Live.WORK.Achieve
A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment
for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Including Intellectual Disabilities Project
October 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) White Cane Safety Day – Jackson, Oct. 15
2) City of Jackson Disability Awareness Day – Jackson, Oct. 22
3) Tools to Educate Business in 30 Seconds
4) Wage Reporting Fact Sheet for SSA Disability Beneficiaries
5) Employer Resource for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
6) Supported Employment Works for People with Mental Illness
__________________________________________________________________
1) White Cane Safety Day – Jackson, Oct. 15
The white cane is recognized as an instrument of safety and self-help for people with visual impairments and symbolizes the capacity to achieve independence and work productively. White Cane Safety Day will be held October 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Jackson Medical Mall. The community is invited to attend. For more information, call Barbara Hadnott at 601.364.2700.
2) City of Jackson Disability Awareness Day – Jackson, Oct. 22
Disability Awareness Day is scheduled for Wednesday, October 22, at Metrocenter Mall Center Court. Registration starts at 9 a.m. and the conference starts at 9:30 a.m. The expo will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Disability Awareness Day is designed to increase public awareness and provide an opportunity for increased services to people with disabilities. The day is sponsored by United Healthcare, BankPlus, United Way and the City of Jackson. For additional information, call Sam Gleese, ADA coordinator for the City of Jackson, at 601.960.1572.
3) Tools to Educate Business in 30 Seconds
As part of ongoing technical assistance, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration's Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) Technical Assistance Team, National Disability Institute (NDI), created the Employment and Disability 30-Second Training Series and complementary Business Resource Guide. These resources are designed to educate employers, hiring managers, and supervisors about proven strategies and easy-to-use resources to hire, retain, and advance existing employees who experience the onset of a disability or who have existing disabilities. These tools will provide valuable information to businesses. To view and download the 10 series segments and the resource guide, visit https://disability.workforce3one.org/page/tag/1001403833465878171.
4) Wage Reporting Fact Sheet for SSA Disability Beneficiaries
The National Disability Institute has produced the Wage Reporting Fact Sheet for Social Security disability beneficiaries. This two-page fact sheet describes when and how to report wages, and how the wages are counted. For a copy of the fact sheet, visit http://realeconomicimpact.org/data/files/other%20documents/wage_reporting.pdf.
5) Employer Resource for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
The Employer Assistance and Resource Network (EARN) has published resources for employers on the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). It provides an overview of the law as well as links to information on the WIOA pages of the Department of Labor and the Department of Education websites. Visit EARN’s WIOA webpage for additional information and links at http://www.askearn.org/refdesk/Disability_Laws/WIOA.
6) Supported Employment Works for People with Mental Illness
The Bazelon Center’s new report, Getting to Work: Promoting Employment of People with Mental Illness, describes victories that have occurred for states providing supported employment services. The report offers recommendations to help states expand the availability of supported employment services for people with mental illnesses. To view or download a copy of the 22-page report, visit http://www.bazelon.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=TGW5AEIvqjs%3d&tabid=738.
***PLEASE NOTE: If you are unable to access any of the links in Live.WORK.Achieve, please make sure the entire link is highlighted. If a link is not highlighted, please copy and paste the entire link into your Web browser.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~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).
***********************************
SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE
***********************************
TO SUBSCRIBE
If this mailing was forwarded to you and you are not already subscribed to the Live.WORK.Achieve listserv, here’s how you can become a subscriber:
Sign up online at https://mailman.usm.edu/mailman/listinfo/mspe.
TO UNSUBSCRIBE
Unsubscribe online at https://mailman.usm.edu/mailman/listinfo/mspe and login with your email address and your password. If you do not have a password (they are emailed to members at the beginning of every month), contact one of the administrators listed below.
****************************************
Please visit the IDS Calendar of Events at http://www.usm.edu/ids/calevents/.
Questions may be addressed to
OR
_______________________________________________
MSPE Live.WORK.Acheive mailing list
https://mailman.usm.edu/mailman/listinfo/mspe
