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

Put Yourself in Their Shoes – Special Needs Awareness We created this video in Spring 2014 for our Girl Scout Silver Award Project. A Silver Award is a Take Action Project that identifies a need or an issue within the community. A Silver Award requires at least 50 hours of work and is the highest…   Click to read the full article

As you work with your clients to prepare them for job interviews, one important area to cover is the type of questions that may lead to disclosure of protected information.  This can be a challenge for a job seeker that isn’t  prepared or is unsure how to respond.  The following is a list of questions…   Click to read the full article

A screen-reader in the “cloud!”  WebAnywhere is a web-based screen reader that allows someone with a visual impairment to access the web from any computer with a sound card.  While it’s still a work in progress, and has some limitations, it’s still worth checking out to determine how you might make it available to your…   Click to read the full article

The Veterans Administration and the Department of Defense recently launched the PTSD coach, a phone application that offers tools to Veterans experiencing post-traumatic stress. Key features include: – A self assessment of PTSD symptoms with individualized feedback – Coping skills & assistance for common PTSD-related symptoms & problems – Assistance finding immediate support – Education…   Click to read the full article

If you are a Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funded program or are a partner of a One-Stop, today’s resource is actually the source of many of the recommendations I share with One-Stops during my one-on-one consultations and disability-related trainings. It’s meant to help providers in implementing the regulations related to serving customers with disabilities. I’d…   Click to read the full article