For Madera County Workforce Investment Corporation (MCWIC), integrating peer mentoring into their services for customers with disabilities was actually not part of the identified strategies of California’s Disability Employment Initiative (DEI). It was a component they felt strongly about including and utilized the flexible spending component of their contract with the State of California Employment… Click to read the full article
Archives for June 2015
Best Practices – Part 2: Integrated Resource Teams – The What, Who, Why, and How
For Golden Sierra Job Training Agency, an American Job Center, the use of Integrated Resource Teams (IRT) was a key service delivery component in implementing California’s Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) in their area. The IRT, originally a Disability Program Navigator (DPN) Initiative, is a team composed of both public- and private-sector representatives coming together to… Click to read the full article
Best Practices – Part 1: The Power of Partnership
Partnership has been a central theme for Managed Career Solutions (MCS), an American Job Center (AJC) within the City of Los Angeles’ Workforce Investment Area. With 18 AJCs, this task took on new meaning when MCS was assigned to facilitate this process system-wide as part of California’s Disability Employment Initiative, a Department of Labor (DOL)… Click to read the full article
Announcement: June 2015 Career Development Facilitator Training
We’re gearing up for our next Career Development Facilitator e-learning training, which starts June 26, 2015. In response to a number of requests, this is the first time we are offering the course during the summer! While you’ll access the majority of this 13-week course from your computer, we’ll meet part way through for a… Click to read the full article
Resource: “Who I Am” Outreach Toolkit
I recently ran across an outreach toolkit called “Who I Am.” It’s part of the Campaign for Disability Employment (CDE), a collaborative effort among several disability and business organizations seeking to promote positive employment outcomes for people with disabilities by encouraging employers to recognize the value and talent they bring to the workplace. What I… Click to read the full article