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Advocacy, public policy, education and training of community rehabilitation personnel to enhance employment outcomes of persons with disabilities.
Free online web course offered by the Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance trains One-Stop Career Center staff and other workforce professionals on how to serve people with disabilities.
Report from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that highlights noteworthy business practices by which employers are complying with their equal employment opportunity obligations and diversity objectives.
Highlights state-level policy options and organizational practices to improve access to work supports and employment retention and career advancement services for low-wage workers, including individuals with a disability.
Developed from a combination of established practices in human service systems, educational reform and successful business models, this resource may be useful to workforce professionals, state agencies working with youth, policy makers and others.
Explore career options and learn about high growth jobs with better wages and a brighter future.
Publication from the Office of Disability Employment Policy on implementing customized employment solutions for people with disabilities.
US DOL's Civil Rights Center (CRC) enforces the nondiscrimination laws, including disability nondiscrimination laws, that apply to the nation's job training system. Find information about those laws, tools for compliance assistance and forms for filing discrimination complaints.
Provides information, training and technical assistance to America's business leaders, organized labor, rehabilitation and service providers, advocacy organizations, families and individuals with disabilities.
Array of information and publications on assisting individuals with disabilities with finding and maintaining employment.
Brochure for small- and medium-sized businesses interested in increasing their hiring pool by recruiting well-qualified employees with disabilities. Document is in .pdf format. This brochure is also available in text form.
A September 2007 report on the needs and challenges of American businesses in employing people with disabilities.
Workforce professionals assist businesses, workers and job seekers to help build a better workforce system. The tools and resources on this page assist workforce professionals in the development of America's workforce.
Fact sheet from the National Center on Workforce and Disability/Adult discusses issues faced by people with mental illness related to employment and outlines tactics shown to be effective in helping people with mental illness to get jobs.
An association of businesses, rehabilitation service providers, schools and universities, trade unions and associations who are placing people with disabilities into employment using a model of partnership with community business and employers.
Fact sheet explains how job coaching services have been successful in working with people with significant disabilities, community programs such as welfare to work, veterans, older workers and others. Document is in .pdf format.
Provides access to information on promising practices, training and resources to help professionals assist individuals with disabilities with their employment goals.
Resource for One-Stop Career Centers, state and local Workforce Investment Boards and policymakers with the goal of increasing employment for people with disabilities.
Centralized library of training materials, as well as additional information and resources for staff development
Online database of promising programs and practices in the workforce development system that effectively addresses the needs of youth with disabilities.
Contains journal articles, books, reports and other sources of research and practice in the area of workforce development and youth with disabilities.
These documents offer guidance in the design and implementation of programs in the fields of workforce, disability and youth.
An educational/job-matching organization that brings together employers, advanced communications technology and vocational rehabilitation agencies to enable people with disabilities to train for and work online.
These regulations, published by the U.S. Department of Labor's Civil Rights Center, provide particular rights to customers, applicants, and employees with disabilities, as well as to people in other protected groups, in the nation's One-Stop Career Center job training system.
Nationally recognized source of career information designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives.
Department of Labor program designed to ensure that skilled personnel are available to serve the rehabilitation needs of individuals with disabilities assisted through the Vocational Rehabilitation, Client Assistance Supported Employment, and Independent Living programs.
Links to RECPs providing training and technical assistance to public vocational rehabilitiation and community agencies.
A guide developed to serve as a resource for organizations working with youth on career exploration and employment options, and policymakers who support youth programs through policy and practice.
Provides technical assistance, resources and training to individuals throughout the country who are interested in pursuing self-employment. Site offers a Web cast series in which successful entrepreneurs share their secrets for success and online seminars on topics including self-employment for individuals with disabilities.
Some people with disabilities will consider self-employment as a career option due to a lack of available employment opportunities in the community. However, difficulty finding a job should not be the only reason that a person decides to start a business. Self-employment should be viewed as another approach to customizing employment for someone who happens to have a disability.
Reports, checklists, guides, tools and other resources produced by state and local agencies and organizations that help One-Stops include people with disabilities in their services.
Training manual to assist service providers in the implementation of supported employment programs.
The Supported Employment Toolkit from the National Mental Health Information Center provides information on how to help people with mental illnesses and other disabilities find and keep competitive employment within their communities.
Fact sheet outlines how employers, workforce professionals and others can work to identify support needs of individuals with autism in order to create successful employment outcomes.
Learn what makes workstation products (such as computer keyboards and chairs) "ergonomic" and how to make smart decisions when selecting these items.
For more information on the TARGET Discovery Series and TARGET Web Connect, visit the TARGET Center website
A national membership organization of individuals and organizations that work in the workforce development field.
A membership organization improving and expanding integrated employment opportunities, services and outcomes for persons experiencing disabilities
Each year, New York Law School's Justice Action Center presents the Tony Coelho Lecture in Disability Employment Law & Policy. A national leader in politics, government, policy, business, organized labor, entertainment, the disabilities community or other related communities will present a major address at New York Law School that contributes to our understanding of the issues associated with increasing the employment rate among people with disabilities.
Training resources and online information related to customized employment strategies for individuals with disabilities.
List of Community Work Incentive Coordinators who offer information and technical assistance in your state on the work incentives that help Social Security Disability (SSDI) and Supplementary Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries return to work.
Links to wide range of workforce development resources, including webinars.
Employment focused guide on how employers and service providers can utilize assistive technology to make workplaces and service centers accessible to people with disabilities. Contains illustrations of many different types of assistive technologies including descriptive text on the use of these technologies. Document is in .pdf format.
Training and technical assistance center with information on supports assisting individuals with disabilities in maintaining employment and advancing their careers.
Provides online information and guidance for job seekers, career counselors, job developers and prospective employers about what works best for a range of disability employment issues.
