We are now on Day #4 of our 6-days of disability resources in honor of Disability Employment Awareness Month. I hope you are finding these resources useful. Our goal is to provide you with a variety so you can pick one of interest and give it a try. We’ve selected resources you can use year… Click to read the full article
Disability Employment Awareness Month – Day 3: AbleData
We are continuing on with our 6-days of disability resources in honor of Disability Employment Awareness Month. We are on Day #3. Remember that you can use these resources all year! Resource #3: AbleData Looking for tools or technology to assist a job seeker with a disability? AbleData prides itself in being the premier… Click to read the full article
Disability Employment Awareness Month Resource #2: “30-Second Disability Trainings”
Resource #2: “30-Second Disability Trainings” On the Disability Navigator (DPN) website, you’ll find 30-second trainings on eight different topics! The topics include: Original 30-Second Trainings Mental Health Ticket to Work/Employment Networks National Disability Employment Awareness Month Asset Development DPN Promising Practices Employer One-Stop (American Job Center) Access They were created using PowerPoint. … Click to read the full article
Disability Employment Awareness Month – 6-Days of Resources
Resource #1: “Who I Am” Outreach Toolkit Who I Am is part of 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… Click to read the full article
Best Practices – Part 3: Peer Mentoring – A Strategy for Personalizing Program Outcomes
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
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