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
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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