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Circle of Champions

The NFI Circle of Champions (CoC) is the distinguished group of U.S. businesses that have received the Secretary of Labor’s New Freedom Initiative Award for innovative and proactive efforts to recruit, hire, and promote people with disabilities. The CoC participants work with ODEP to help inform disability employment policy by sharing proven business strategies that result in hiring, retaining and advancing the careers of talented employees who have disabilities.


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Workforce Recruitment Program


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Business Case


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Business Sense


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Job Accommodation Network


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EARN Works


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ODEP Summit


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Disability Information Resource


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Circle Of Champions


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Alliance Initiative

Technical Assistance Centers:

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Start-Up USA


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National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability


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National Technical Assistance and Research Center

Disability
Employment
Situation

April 2009


Percentage of people with disabilities in the labor force:

  22.8%

Unemployment rate of persons with a     disability:

    12.9%

 

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