John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers Receives $2.3 Million from ODEP to Fund a Consortium to Increase Employment and Self-sufficiency of Americans with Disabilities
The consortium, led by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in New Brunswick, N.J., will conduct research, develop and disseminate information, and provide technical assistance and training in five targeted, critical leadership areas identified by ODEP's research over the past six years. In addition to the Rutgers center, consortium members include the American Public Human Services Administration, Washington, D.C.; the National Leadership Consortium for Developmental Disabilities at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del.; the Elizabeth M. Boggs Center for Developmental Disabilities at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Brunswick, N.J.; and the Community Solutions Group LLC in Arlington, Va.The consortium was selected from applications submitted in response to a solicitation by the Labor Department.
