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Business Leadership Network (BLN)

The Business Leadership Network (BLN), chaired by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is a national program led by employers in concert with state Governor's Committees and/or community agencies that engages the leadership and participation of companies throughout the United States to hire qualified job candidates with disabilities. ODEP and DOL support the BLN concept of business-to-business mentoring and have provided financial support for its Annual Summit, hosted in 2002 by the U. S. Chamber.


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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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