Hot Off the Press
June 30, 2008
ODEP's Customized Employment Initiative Adopted by Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett praises the County’s Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) report on County Government Hiring of Persons with Disabilities and highlights a unique public internship program designed to create flexible work opportunities in County government for individuals with significant disabilities. The County Customized Employment Program is administered through the Montgomery Works One Stop Workforce Center, one of ODEP's Customized Employment funded intiatives. Read more.
May 23, 2008
The Business and Professional Women's Foundation (BPWF) is highlighting four of ODEP's and ODEP's funded projects' employment strategies in its Successful Workplaces Digest. The Digest, a companion to BPWF's June 2008 National Employer Summit, will showcase promising practices, great ideas, and applied research that builds diverse, equitable, and flexible workplaces. Submissions were contributed by a diverse pool of employers, researchers, and advocates. ODEP's customized employment, mentoring for youth, recruitment and retention of mature workers, self-employment, and universal design strategies targeted to employers and workforce development systems are among the four Digest strategies.
