• Support Groups
• Job Readiness Training
• Job Placement Services
• Diabetes Education

Support Groups

Blind and visually impaired people and their families and friends gather together to share stories, network with other people in their community and listen to speakers talk about issues of the blind. Topics are determined by the group attendees with the facilitator. The get-togethers run two hours, and food and drinks are always served. Each group is placed in an area of need to the community. Meetings are on the same day each month unless otherwise indicated by holiday or facility schedule.

Job Readiness Training

Our Job Readiness Training program (JRT) teaches a six-part program, which includes personal and socialization skills, resume and cover-letter writing, application training, job seeking skills, interviewing skills and job retention. Upon completion of the 20-hour program, the student can demonstrate the necessary skills to find work in an area of their expertise. This program is the groundwork to our job placement services. Many students continue with the job placement at the end of Job Readiness Training.

Job Placement Services

Blind Ambitions Groups Job Placement Services program assists individuals (“consumers”) with job development using resources developed by the Blind Ambitions Groups staff. Our job development team works closely with our consumers to find job opportunities in their area of expertise. Our job development team then informs the consumer of opportunities within their career goals, location of the job within their travel requirements and let the consumer evaluate the job for themselves. Blind Ambitions Groups Job Placement services is  a service to assist the consumer to use their skills to find jobs and help the consumer with advocacy, education of the potential employers and assists them in after-employment follow up.

Diabetes Education

Blind Ambitions Groups offers diabetes education for the blind, visually impaired and their families on a one-on-one, family or group training program in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Sabrina Marvel of Blind Ambitions Groups has been approved by the DARS Division for Blind Services as a Diabetes Educator and will serve the Dallas/Fort Worth community’s blind and visually impaired citizens. Sabrina is a graduate of Texas Woman’s University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and is a Registered Nurse in the state of Texas. Her duties will include assessment of consumer’s ability to self manage their diabetes with consumer’s current knowledge, education (including use of non-visual instruments for diabetes care) and evaluation. For more information or to contact her for your consumer diabetes education needs, call the Blind Ambitions Groups office at (214) 760-9252 at extension 6 or her cell phone at (214) 641-9345. You may also contact her by email at sabrina.marvel@blindambitionsgroups.org