Monday, February 3, 2014

[Mspe] MSPE Live.WORK.Achieve Listserv - Special Edition - February 2014

Live.WORK.Achieve

A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment

for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Including Intellectual Disabilities Project

 

Special Edition - February 2014

 

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.

 

Inside this edition:  Employment First

 

The following bills are part of the effort to expand employment opportunities for people with disabilities in Mississippi.

 

House Bill 132 (Crawford) and Senate Bill 2072 (Burton) are to: “CREATE THE "EMPLOYMENT FIRST ACT"; TO REQUIRE STATE AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO CONSIDER, AS THEIR FIRST OPTION, COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT IN AN INTEGRATED SETTING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; TO REQUIRE ALL STATE AGENCIES TO FOLLOW THIS POLICY FOR EMPLOYMENT BY COORDINATING ALL COLLABORATING EFFORTS AMONG AGENCIES; TO AUTHORIZE STATE AGENCIES TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE THE DISABILITY RESOURCE COMMISSION TO REVIEW MEASURABLE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AS SUBMITTED TO IT BY EACH RELEVANT STATE AGENCY TO ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE AGENCIES; TO AMEND SECTION 43-30-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.” (Copied from the attached bills)

 

These are identical bills at this point, so it isn’t known which one will eventually be passed.

 

Use the emails below to contact committee members as a concerned citizen, parent, person with a disability, etc. regarding these bills. Stress the importance of these bills to individuals with disabilities, families, and improving the economy as more people work and pay taxes.

 

HOUSE BILL 132 is reviewed by the Workforce Development Committee:

Donnie Bell, Chairman; Members: Gene Alday; Oscar Denton; Reecy L. Dickson; Bob Evans; Wanda Jennings; Nolan Mettetal; Margaret Rogers; William Shirley; Rufus Straughter; Adrienne Wooten

 

E-mail addresses (copy and paste into your e-mail):

dbell@house.ms.gov; odenton@house.ms.gov; rdickson@house.ms.gov; bevans@house.ms.gov; wjennings@house.ms.gov; nmettetal@house.ms.gov; wshirley@house.ms.gov; rstraughter@house.ms.gov; mrogers@house.ms.gov; wshirley@house.ms.gov; rstraughter@house.ms.gov; adrienneahopper@yahoo.com  

 

 

SENATE BILL 2072 is being reviewed by the Appropriations committee at this point (referred from Public Health committee):

Eugene S. Clarke, Chairman; Terry C. Burton, Vice-Chairman; Members: David Blount; Terry W. Brown; Albert Butler; Videt Carmichael; Nancy Adams Collins; Hillman Terome Frazier; Phillip A. Gandy; Tommy A. Gollott; Angela Burks Hill; W. Briggs Hopson III; John Horhn; Robert L. Jackson; Gary Jackson; Sampson Jackson II; Russell Jolly; Perry Lee; Chris McDaniel; Sollie B. Norwood; Willie Simmons; Melanie Sojourner; Sean J. Tindell; Angela Turner; Brice Wiggins; J. P. Wilemon, Jr.

 

E-mail addresses:

tburton@senate.ms.gov; eclarke@senate.ms.gov; dblount@senate.ms.gov; tbrown@senate.ms.gov; abutler@senate.ms.gov; vcarmichael@senate.ms.gov; ncollins@senate.ms.gov; hfrazier@senate.ms.gov; pgandy@senate.ms.gov; tgollott@senate.ms.gov; ahill@senate.ms.gov; bhopson@senate.ms.gov; jhorhn@senate.ms.gov; rjackson@senate.ms.gov; gjackson@senate.ms.gov; sjackson@senate.ms.gov; rjolly@senate.ms.gov; plee@senate.ms.gov; cmcdaniel@senate.ms.gov; snorwood@senate.ms.gov; wsimmons@senate.ms.gov; msojourner@senate.ms.gov; stindell@senate.ms.gov; aturner@senate.ms.gov; bwiggins@senate.ms.gov; jwilemon@senate.ms.gov

 

 

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[Mspe] MSPE Live.WORK.Achieve Listserv - February 2014

Live.WORK.Achieve

A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment

for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Including Intellectual Disabilities Project

 

February 2014

 

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.

 

Inside this edition:

 

1) Learning and Working During the Transition to Adulthood

2) New Data Note Fact Sheet Examines Youth Employment Rates

3) ODEP Publishes New Study on Health Care Transition and Employment

4) RespectAbility Nationwide Poll

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1) Learning and Working During the Transition to Adulthood

 

Transitions RTC is a national effort aiming to improve the supports for youth and young adults ages 14 to 30 with serious mental health conditions who are trying to successfully complete their schooling and training and move into rewarding work lives. The Transitions website provides reports, articles and helpful tip sheets such as Applying for a Job: The Young Adult’s Guide or How to Keep a Job: The Young Adult’s Guide. For more information, visit http://labs.umassmed.edu/transitionsRTC/index.htm#sthash.0rdH7IBG.dpbs.

 

2) New Data Note Fact Sheet Examines Youth Employment Rates

 

“Engaging in employment at a young age is critical for workplace participation later in adulthood.” The most recent Data Notes fact sheet published by the Institute for Community Inclusion compares the employment rates of young adults with cognitive disabilities with the employment rates of their peers without disabilities using data from the 2004-2011 Census Bureau Community Survey. To view the fact sheet and additional state data, visit http://statedata.info/datanotes/datanote.php?article_id=374.

 

3) ODEP Publishes New Study on Health Care Transition and Employment

 

In 2012, the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) commissioned a study to better understand the relationship between disability (including chronic health conditions), health and wellness, and transition and employment outcomes for youth with disabilities. Because the ability to manage one's health is critical for attending school, learning, and transitioning into employment, the study examined the role that health care providers play in establishing employment expectations. Despite the growing recognition of the importance of health care transition as youth move from school to work and independent living within the health care community, the study revealed that youth with chronic health conditions and other disabilities face a number of challenges in accessing health care transition services. To learn more, view the full policy brief at http://www.dol.gov/odep/pdf/2013ODEPHealthyReport.pdf.

 

4) RespectAbility Nationwide Poll

 

This national survey addresses perspectives on employment including attitudes of employers, value of work over benefits by people with disabilities, contributions of government and school. Its intent is to shape federal and state policy and contribute to the national dialogue and priority setting for employment.  Between Nov. 6 and Dec. 2, 2013, there were 3,839 respondents to the survey which included 1,969 people with disabilities. The survey discovered 3 out of 4 people with disabilities surveyed value a job and independence over government benefits. The survey also discovered that while young people with disabilities are more confident, less than half of those looking for work have access to quality training programs, career counseling and professional resources needed to help with a job search. For more information from the survey, visit http://www.scribd.com/doc/198419978/20140110-Final-Poll-Slides?goback=%2Egde_1803718_member_5830028873097568257#%21.

 

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Live.WORK.Achieve~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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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Jerry.Alliston@usm.edu

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