Since 1975, Toolworks has been providing client driven services that increase economic and social opportunities for people with disabilities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

An innovative forerunner in the community, we are proud of our clients' achievements and are pleased to have played a key role in their success.

Bay Area Project SEARCH

Toolworks is excited to be part of a small consortium of agencies awarded funding to create Bay Area Project SEARCH.

Project SEARCH is a highly effective model that partners medical centers with nonprofit agencies serving people with disabilities to create successful recruitment, employment training, and retention programs for people with disabilities.

Project SEARCH was started at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, OH and has been been replicated successfully in several other states. Through the grant, Medical Center partners interested in working with us will have the opportunity to visit Cincinnati Children's Hospital or other medical centers to see the program in action, as well as meet with the hospital administrators who made it work for their facilities.

Through technical assistance provided by the national Project SEARCH group, Medical Centers can:

  • Identify hard to fill positions or positions with high turnover
  • Identify tasks that are being completed by highly skilled personnel, reducing patient care time
  • Learn from industry professionals how to create efficiencies by using the project SEARCH employment model




Toolworks' participant Christine Gunabe.

The Bay Area Project SEARCH team will then create a customized recruitment, training and support program for employees with disabilities with our medical center partners. Our Project SEARCH team provides staffing for the program, typically at no cost to our partners.

For information on the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Project SEARCH program, visit their website at:

http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/svc/alpha/p/search/

For information regarding Bay Area Project SEARCH, please contact Kristy Feck, Vice President, Toolworks, Inc. at kfeck -at- toolworks.org

New and Exciting Affordable Housing Services in the East Bay

Learn more about the unique and specialized services Toolworks is now providing to residents of several affordable housing projects in Berkeley.

Client Emergency Fund

Toolworks' Client Emergency Fund helps support the people we serve in many ways:

  • One-time rent payments or move-in deposits
  • Emergency food or household supplies
  • Scholarships to advocacy conferences
  • Adaptive equipment
  • Accessible recreation events

If you'd like more information about contributing to this fund, contact us at (415) 733-0990 or info -at- toolworks.org

Job Opportunities at Toolworks

Check out our Job Opportunities page for the latest opening at Toolworks: Assistant Director of Community Integration.
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