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Illinois Interagency Committee on Employees with Disabilities Programs
Current ICED Programs
Each year, the Committee hosts a
videoconference for state employees,
educational programs for state agencies, and
an Awards Program for public and private
entities around the state. The Committee also
sponsors an Intemship Program for College
Students with Disabilities
Educational Programs
The Committee sponsors an annual
videoconference in the fall, to which all
state employees with disabilities are invited.
Past conferences have addressed the issues of
technology in the workplace, state benefits
for employees with disabilities, and advocacy
techniques. Handout and reference materials
are provided, and employees have time to ask
questions.
The Committee also makes training available
for agency EEOI AA Officers and ADA
Coordinators on significant legal issues. All of
the Committee's programs are provided free of
charge.
Awards Program
Each year the Committee hosts an Awards
Ceremony and Reception to honor individuals
and organizations that have promoted
independence and civil rights for people
throughout the state. Award categories
include Employee, Agency, Legislator, Nonprofit
organization, and the Media.
Internship Program
In 1999 the Committee created an Internship
Program for College Students with Disabilities
to provide work experience for a group of
students that has difficulty in entering the work
force and to increase the diversity of state
agencies.
College students with active rehabilitation cases
are recruited statewide with the assistance
of Anixter Center, a nonprofIt rehabilitation
agency in the Chicago area. Both state agencies
and the student interns have benefIted from
this program. Several students have gained
permanent employment with state agencies,
and attitudinal barriers to employment of
people with disabilities have been lessened as
a result of agencies learning first hand what
people with disabilities can do.
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