Lee County Industries, a social services nonprofit that provides services to disabled people, said today it received a $200,000 federal stimulus grant to provide job training and other services.

The agency, located in Sanford and known as LCI, will train 18 disabled people in a range of jobs, including nursing assistants, retail sales, customer service and office clerks.

The training periods will last 15 weeks per trainee and will be spread out over 13 months. LCI will pay the trainees $7.25 per hour, the minimum wage, during their training period.

The program will be structured to lead to employemnt after training is completed.

The agency will also use the money to create products for disabled people. LCI is working on umbrellas and bags that care easy to use by people in wheelchairs.