Live.WORK.Achieve
A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment
for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Including Intellectual Disabilities Project
December 2013
Welcome to Live.WORK.Achieve, a monthly e-newsletter targeting anyone interested in and supportive of employment for youth and young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Live.WORK.Achieve is offered through the Institute for Disability Studies in collaboration with the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities and Disability Rights Mississippi and includes resources and information on employment and career development. Visit the project website at www.mspeidd.org.
Inside this edition:
1) It’s Time . . . for Employment First in Mississippi - A Day at the Capitol – Jan. 14, 2014, Jackson
2) EmployAbility Job Fair – Jan. 30, 2014, Jackson
3) Youth in Development (YiD) Internship Program
4) Employer Resource Guide
5) Wishing Everyone a Happy and Safe Holiday Season!
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1) It’s Time . . . for Employment First in Mississippi - A Day at the Capitol – Jan. 14, 2014, Jackson
If you support employment for people with disabilities, then your presence is needed for a Mississippi Employment First day at the Capitol on Jan. 14, 2014. A press conference in support of Employment First in Mississippi will be held on the second floor of the rotunda of the Capitol at 10 a.m. An informational display will be set up downstairs in the first floor rotunda from noon until 5 p.m. Employment First is the concept that people with disabilities of working age should expect integrated employment in the workforce as a first option, and employers and service providers should encourage, provide and create rewarding employment. For more information about Employment First, the MSPE program, or the day at the Capitol, contact Dr. Jerry R. Alliston at jerry.alliston@usm.edu or visit http://www.mspeidd.org/. The Mississippi State Capitol is located at 400 High Street in downtown Jackson.
2) EmployAbility Job Fair – Jan. 30, 2014, Jackson
The Governor’s Job Fair Network and the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services will host a job fair to promote the hiring of Mississippians with disabilities on Thursday, January 30, 2014, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Sparkman Building at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum at 1150 Lakeland Drive in Jackson. For more information, visit http://www.jobfairs.ms.gov/Pages/home.aspx.
3) Youth in Development (YiD) Internship Program
The summer 2014 Youth in Development (YiD) internship program is open for applications from November 11, 2013, through January 29, 2014. The United States International Council on Disabilities (USICD) launched the YiD internship program in 2013 with funding support from the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (MEAF). The YiD program focuses on youth with disabilities from across the U.S. who are interested in international development and foreign affairs careers. The project seeks to increase disability inclusion in U.S. foreign affairs by supporting future generations of Americans with disabilities to invest their skills and talents in this field. The summer 2014 YiD internship program will bring a group of talented graduate students, recent graduates, and rising college juniors and seniors with disabilities to Washington, DC, for nine weeks. This will include a one-week training and orientation program followed by an eight-week internship at an international organization in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. USICD will cover the cost of fully-accessible housing during the YiD program, reimburse travel expenses to and from DC, and provide a limited stipend. It is anticipated that the program will run from May 25 to July 25, 2014. These dates may be subject to change. To learn more about YiD, eligibility criteria, and the application process, visit http://usicd.org/template/page.cfm?id=257 or download a printable handout at http://usicd.org/doc/YiD%20Handout%20Oct'13.pdf.
4) Employer Resource Guide
The Disability and Employment Community of Practice has developed a guide to provide both public and private employers, human resource personnel, hiring managers and supervisors with relevant federal, state and local level information around their legal obligations, along with resources that can assist in identifying, paying for, and implementing effective accommodation strategies, in hiring and/or retaining qualified employees who experience a disability. The Disability and Employment Community of Practice is an online learning destination for public workforce system staff and partners, jobseekers, community-based organizations, grantees, and the business sector, who provide services and programs to people with disabilities and/or other challenges to employment. It is a “one-stop-shop” venue for workforce practitioners to find or share high quality information about how to better provide integrated, seamless, and accessible services and programs to people with disabilities and/or other challenges to employment. For a copy of the guide, visit https://disability.workforce3one.org/view/2001325651014606496/info.
5) Wishing Everyone a Happy and Safe Holiday Season!
The Mississippi Partnerships for Employment (MSPE) for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Including Intellectual Disabilities project, its managing partners—the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities, Disability Rights Mississippi and the Institute for Disability Studies at The University of Mississippi—and its many Consortium, Workgroup and Stakeholder members wish you and your family a happy and safe holiday season.
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Live.WORK.Achieve is sponsored by the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment (MSPE) for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Including Intellectual Disabilities project. MSPE is funded by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is managed by the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities (MS CDD), Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) and The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies (IDS).
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