The Iowa Able Foundation-Micro-Enterprise, Micro-Lending and Financial Security for Iowans with Disabilities Read the webinar transcript View the full PowerPoint presentation Download the accessible PowerPoint (COMING SOON) Watch the webinar on YouTube with captions Featuring Jill Crosser, Executive Director, Iowa Able Foundation This webinar looks at innovative solutions to address poverty and financial insecurity in the disability [click to continue...]
Montgomery County, Maryland on Jobs for People with Disabilities – Local Lessons from a National Role Model Read the webinar transcript View the full PowerPoint presentation Download the accessible PowerPoint (COMING SOON) Watch the webinar on YouTube with captions Looking at Montgomery County provides a valuable example of what committed leaders can do. Did you know that [click to continue...]
Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint presentation Watch the webinar on YouTube with captions Featuring Shelley Hendren, Rehabilitation Division Administrator Janice John, Deputy Administrator, Nevada State Rehabilitation Division The Rehabilitation Division of Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation has worked hard to improve employment outcomes for Nevadan with disabilities. Join us on this [click to continue...]
Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint presentation Watch the webinar on YouTube with captions Featuring Thorkill Sonne, CEO and Founder, SpecialsiterneUSA Specialisterne engages with corporate partners, post-secondary institutions, school districts, government agencies, and members of the greater autism community. Their mission is to enable sustained, competitive integrated employment for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder [click to continue...]
Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint presentation Watch the webinar on YouTube with captions Featuring David Mitchell, Administrator of Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services (IVRS). Employer engagement is a critical part of workforce development and is critical for expanding jobs for people with disabilities. In this second webinar with leaders from the great state of [click to continue...]
#RespectTheAbility campaign spotlights model employers that demonstrate how hiring workers with disabilities benefits the employer, the employee and society RespectAbility’s #RespectTheAbility campaign highlights the benefits companies reap when they hire talented people with disabilities. Using the hashtag #RespectTheAbility, the campaign hopes to ultimately erase negative and untrue stigmas associated with hiring people with disabilities. “Many [click to continue...]
Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint presentation Watch the webinar on YouTube with captions Featuring David Mitchell, Administrator of Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services (IVRS) Iowa ranks third overall in the nation in terms of empowering people with disabilities to get jobs and enter the workforce. The state has consistently achieved great employment outcomes through [click to continue...]
Read the webinar transcript Download the accessible PowerPoint presentation Watch the webinar on YouTube with captions Featuring Secretary Gloria Pearson, South Dakota Department of Human Services. Fully fifty-percent of South Dakotans with disabilities are employed, making it number one in terms of having the highest employment rate of any state in the nation. Join us for [click to continue...]
IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (WIOA) To: The White House Administration, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, Governors, Workforce Boards & Agencies, VR, Disability Leaders, Presidential Candidates and others who care deeply about poverty reduction and jobs for people with obstacles to work Re: Urgent update on WIOA implementation, reviewing [click to continue...]
#RespectTheAbility Campaign: Spotlight on Iowa Em’s Coffee Company: Bringing Independence To Independence, Iowa Independence, Iowa, Jan. 22 – “I like to be the boss.” That’s one thing Em’s Coffee Co. owner Emilea Hillman likes most about being self-employed. In a town that has seen several coffee shops go out of business after only two years, Em’s Coffee Co. [click to continue...]
