Quick Facts

About Northeast Career Planning

  • NCP is an agency specializing in services for individuals with barriers to employment and/or self sufficiency.
  • Founded in 1954 under The Workshop Inc.
  • NCP was started to provide job opportunities for individuals with physical disabilities.
  • NCP serves more than 1,500 consumers per year
  • Currently employing approximately 100 staff members
  • Provides services in the following counties:
    • Albany County
    • Rensselaer County
    • Schenectady County
    • Saratoga County
    • Columbia County
    • Washington County
    • Greene County
    • Warren County
  • Program Services:
    • Supported Employment
    • Job Placement Services
    • Work Center Services
    • Vocational Programs for Persons with Addictions
    • Vocational Programs for Persons with Mental Illness
    • Vocational Evaluation
    • Supported Education
    • Satellite location for Hudson Valley Community College classes
    • Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Treatment
    • Youth Services
    • Programs for Recipients of Social Services
    • Interpretive Services for the Hearing Impaired
    • Programs for Veterans
    • Employment Network
    • Crandall Library Computer Classes
    • COMING SOON: Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (PROS)
  • How are we funded?
    • NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)
    • NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH)
    • NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS)
    • School Districts
    • NISH
    • New York State Industries with the Disabled (NYSID)
    • Corporate Partnerships
    • Department of Social Services
    • Veterans Administration
    • NYS Office of Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (ACCES-VR)

The Norton Center (formally known as The Workshop Inc.)

  • Approximately 150 Work Center Employees.
  • The Norton Center provides subctontract work for businesses throughout the Capital Region

What is our relationship with New York State Industries with the Disabled (NYSID)?

  • We are a member agency
  • Our current contracts include Corporate Partnerships with Focused Technologies LLC, Camelot Consulting and Immediate Mailing Services.

We also have several long term contracts with NYS offices such as:

  • NY State Archives, Cultural Education Building
  • NY State Department of Education, Print Plant
  • NY State Department of Education
  • NY State Department of Education, Publications Unit
  • NY State Department of Education, Duplicating Unit
  • NY State Surrogate Court