The Arc of Monmouth

We are your key to unlocking the best options for
cutting costs - not quality!

In-House Products
Hospital Admission Kits
Personal Care Toiletry Kits
Suction Canisters
Plastic Cutlery Kits
All customized to your specifications

Bulk Items
Personal Care Toiletries
Suction Canisters
Disposable Plastic Hospital Items
All kits are designed to customer specification

Subcontract Services
Hand Assembly
Hand Packaging
Shrink Wrapping
Heat Sealing
Bulk Mailing
Mail Preparation
Delivery to Post Office
Auto Poly Bagging
Auto Mail Bagging
Pick-N-Pack
Assemble Point of Purchase Displays

Businesses We Serve
Manufacturers * Printers
Advertising Agencies
Direct Mail Marketers
Utility Companies
Specialty Suppliers
Non Profit Organizations
Hospitals
Hospital Supplies
Nursing Homes
Correctional Facilities
Candy Distributors

Since 1966, the business community has benefited from the services provided by WOC. WOC handles a wide range of subcontract work including general assembly, shrink-wrapping, poly bagging, packaging, heat sealing and special events fulfillment. WOC offers your business efficient & cost effective solutions to managing your production needs..

In addition, WOC assembles and delivers customized health care kits to hospitals and State Correctional Facilities within New Jersey. WOC also services New York City and the surrounding boroughs as well as Philadelphia, PA and the surrounding boroughs. WOC Contract Packaging and Fulfillment can provide your business with time saving production assembly, freeing your employees to perform other tasks and help meet customer deadlines.

The Customer

The Work Opportunity Center professional business services include a personal customer relations liaison, a production team [consisting of a supervisor and a work group(s)] to handle your projects from beginning to end, a quality control team to assure your business and product's integrity as well as your satisfaction, and over-all friendly and courteous service. Whether you are starting up a new business, adding new services or looking to outsource your existing services ... we can help.

WOC has a team of professionals that will oversee your projects from beginning to end. The professional business services that are performed by a work force of 165 people will give your business valuable time and resources that would otherwise prevent you from making on-time deliveries to your customers.


                                               Value Added

Services

Value pricing to reduce your labor and payroll costs, reliable high quality service, quick response to turn-around time to assure on-time deliveries, qualified workers and specialized equipment.

WOC can also help you with material source research, with a list of reputable suppliers of industrial materials and equipment to help expedite your work. Customer service also includes assisting you with job simplifications and suggesting creative methods to facilitate production of your product.

Inventory Control Management

WOC gives prompt attention to any questions or concerns regarding your materials. Our production team keeps a real-time check on your materials for your projects as they move through our production system. You can request your inventory status at any time during the production to shipping stages.

Quality Control Management

WOC has a team of highly skilled and qualified QC staff that oversees the production quality of your product and adheres to all required specifications. Ask about the QC system when placing an order for assembly.

Packing & Assembly

WOC can help with seasonal work or one-shot projects, or problem jobs such as re-labeling, repacking or re-assembly. We pack point-of-purchase displays and perform hand assembly jobs. Our flexible, friendly and professional staff will oversee your production in our facility with strict product and quality control. We specialize in hand assembly, shrink wrap, heat sealing, stapling, labeling, poly bagging, collating, bulk mail, UPS, and pickup/ deliveries.

Fulfillment

WOC can pick-n-pack your orders and ship them to your specifications. Your choices of delivery include UPS, your carrier/truck or our pickup/delivery service. Event planners are welcome to use our services to stuff bags for any event from a corporate picnic to a street festival.

Equipment

We are equipped with automatic and semi-automatic shrink-wrap machines with a sealing area of 22.5" x 16.5" x 9.5" and Teflon coated sealing blades. Other equipment utilized includes Roll Bag System that automatically dispenses and opens any pre-made bag on a roll from 2" x 2" up to 12" x 12" making bag packaging quick and easy; a mailbag poly bagger with adjustable bag length and bag margin to package magazines, newsletters, catalogues, bulletins, books and other reports or publications; heat sealers; automatic staple machines; glue guns; pallet jacks; and a electric forklift.

WOC has 10,000 square feet of temperature-controlled, secured warehouse space with a two-way loading dock. WOC can receive up to ten pallets of product for any given project at one time. If product can be double stacked, twenty pallets can be received. With adequate notice, larger product space can be arranged if the project has a quick turn-around time. WOC uses an in/out bound warehouse system to monitor the movement of all products. All products must arrive with packing slips and on pallets.

WOC has available to you pick-up and delivery service via our 22 foot truck, that holds eight pallets of product. WOC has a computerized UPS Shipping system to meet your next day shipping needs within the United States.

Order Processing

Your production can increase without adding manpower, allowing your own personnel to be utilized more effectively and profitably. Orders are processed on a set production schedule. WOC generally needs a two week lead time as to project arrival. You set the start and ship dates; WOC adheres to your specifications. All delivery/pick-up of products is scheduled with the WOC Shipping and Receiving Coordinator.

Hospital &

Medical Supplies

WOC assembles customized hospital admission kits, personal care toiletry kits, suction canisters and plastic cutlery kits. All kits are designed according to customer specifications. Bulk items such as personal care toiletries, suction canisters and disposable plastic hospital items can also be ordered and delivered.

"I continue to have excellent cost effective services from The Arc of Monmouth Work Opportunity Center."
George Rademacher, President of Finale Marketing Group - Neptune, NJ

"We truly enjoy partnering with the Work Opportunity Center in Long Branch. The staff and clients' enthusiasm, energy and dedication, along with their excellent work ethic and timely production schedule has been a huge help to us in accomplishing our mass mailing campaigns."
Michael Klein, Vice President, TSK Products, Inc., - Tinton Falls, NJ

"New Jersey Natural Gas is honored to partner with The Arc and its Work Opportunity Center. Not only are we helping to support a great organization, but we receive such reliable and affordable services. It's a true win-win."
Thomas F. Hayes, Director of Community Relations of New Jersey Natural Gas - Wall, NJ

"WOC is performing a job for us that we do not have the staff to complete. The jobs are on time, our contacts are polite and work is done as requested. It is a cordial service."
Andrea Geffon, Purchasing Manager of Immunostics, Inc., Ocean, NJ

"Whatever the economic conditions, we can always count on the Work Opportunity Center to be there with the workers we need to get the job done. Not only is the job done perfectly to our specifications, but the WOC allows us the flexibility to accept large jobs, new customers and adjust when times are slower. It is not only a pleasure to work with all the people associated with the WOC, but it is a smart business decision tool. We look forward to many more years of commitment and excellence."
Norman Ferber, President of Nifty Products, Old Bridge, NJ

Accreditations
& Affiliations

CARF...The Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission
CBVI… Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
ACCSES New Jersey, Inc. ... Association for Choice in Community Supports and Employment Services www.accsesnj.org
New Jersey Department of Human Services
New Jersey Department of Labor
The Arc of New Jersey
The Arc of the United States

Contact: Linda Porter
Director of Vocational Services
(732)229-4414 ext. 204

For Subcontract Work Contact: Elaine Richardson, Marketing & Sales Mgr.
(732)229-4414 ext. 205
woc@arcofmonmouth.org

Vocational Evaluations

This service provides diagnostic services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, exploring their vocational interests and abilities. A written report is generated by the Work Evaluator, which highlights areas of strengths as well as those areas that may need additional training. Community job samplings are conducted in this service.

Work adjustment Training
This training assists individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to develop the vocational skills and social behaviors necessary for successful employment. Areas of concern that are identified in the vocational evaluation are addressed through counseling, vocational training as well as additional job samplings.

Extended Employment
This service provides ongoing support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Staff not only assists individuals in maximizing their earnings but they also offer individual habilitation plans in an effort to foster independence and enhance self esteem.

Share Time Program
This program is a vocational training experience for high school students with disabilities, who are transitioning into the adult world. Work skills taught include packing, basic assembly and machine operations. Each student works on individual goals, for example, increasing work stamina or learning appropriate work attitudes and behaviors. Job clubs are run covering vocational topics such as: interviewing skills, social and work behavior problems on the job, applications, resumes, etc. The school year program is offered September – June, Monday through Friday. The Summer Program, for those in an extended school year, runs during July and August, Monday through Friday. Interdisciplinary team decisions determine the students number of days at WOC each week and the length of each day.

Individual Job Skills Training
Job Clubs I & II
Interview Training
Self-Advocacy Groups
Job Sampling
In-House Work Experience
Referrals to Arc Employment
Dental Services
Vision Screenings
Podiatrist Services