Thursday, September 10, 2015

[Mspe] MSPE Live.WORK.Achieve Listserv - Special Edition - What Matters to Me Employment Survey

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 – September 10, 2015

 

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: What Matters to Me Employment Survey

 

The What Matters to Me Employment Survey is collecting data on a spectrum of areas people with disabilities encounter every day in Mississippi—employment, housing, transportation, education, voting, health care, and long-term care. Information gained from this study will be used to guide systems change efforts in the state.

 

You are being asked to complete a web-based questionnaire developed by staff at the Institute for Disability Studies at The University of Southern Mississippi.  The questionnaire should take approximately 10 minutes to complete.  Your participation in this study is completely voluntary.  You may decline to answer any questions that make you uncomfortable and you may withdraw at any time without penalty.  Foreseeable psychological, social, or physical risks expected as a result of participating in this study are nonexistent to minimal.  All data will be kept strictly anonymous and confidential.

 

To take the survey, go to https://usmep.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bJWI8mIWUd5ILpX.   

 

As a participant in this research study, your anonymity is important.  Only group information will be presented in fulfillment of degree requirements and at scientific meetings and/or published in journals.

 

Questions concerning this research should be directed to Jerry Alliston at 601.266.5979.  This study and consent form have been reviewed and approved by The University of Southern Mississippi's Institutional Review Board, which ensures that research projects involving human subjects follow federal regulations.  Any questions or concerns about rights as a research subject should be directed to the Administrator of the Institutional Review Board at The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive #5147, Hattiesburg, MS  39406, 601.266.5997.

 

 

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[Mspe] MSPE Live.WORK.Achieve Listserv - September 2015

Live.WORK.Achieve

A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment

for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Including Intellectual Disabilities Project

 

September 2015

 

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) Disability Partners Community Forums – Sept. 23, McComb, 5-7 p.m.; Sept. 24, Clarksdale, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

2) Why a Record Number of People with Disabilities Work for the Government

3) Career Pathways Breaking Down Barriers to Employment for People with Disabilities

4) Department of Labor Clarifies Sibling Coverage for Family and Medical Leave

5) Workforce Information Advisory Council

6) Accessibility Matters in eRecruiting

7) New Section 503 Checklist Tool

8) National Disability Employment Awareness Month Posters Now Available

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1) Disability Partners Community Forums – Sept. 23, McComb, 5-7 p.m.; Sept. 24, Clarksdale, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

 

Mississippi’s three developmental disabilities network partners—the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities, Disability Rights Mississippi and The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies—are holding their annual community forums in September. The purpose of these community forums is to hear directly from the public about concerns and issues. The two remaining meetings are scheduled for Wed., Sept. 23, from 5 to 7 p.m. in McComb (McComb Public Library, 1022 Virginia Avenue) and Thurs., Sept. 24, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Clarksdale (Coahoma County Courthouse, 115 First Street). For more information, transportation or an accommodation request, call 1.800.772.4057.

 

2) Why a Record Number of People with Disabilities Work for the Government

 

President Barack Obama set a target in a 2010 Executive Order that called on the government to be a model employer by adding 100,000 new employees with disabilities over a five-year period. In the executive order, the President noted that agencies had failed to meet a similar goal laid out 10 years earlier by President Bill Clinton. The most recent figures show the strategy is working. For more information, read a Federal News Radio article at http://federalnewsradio.com/hiringretention/2015/08/record-number-people-disabilities-work-government/.

3) Career Pathways Breaking Down Barriers to Employment for People with Disabilities

 

A recent Homeroom blog by the U.S. Department of Education looks at career pathways. The blog, by Michael Yudin, assistant secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, and Johan Uvin, the acting assistant secretary of the Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education, highlights a notice of final priority and a notice inviting applications to establish model demonstration projects to develop and use career pathways to help individuals with disabilities, including youth with disabilities, acquire necessary marketable skills and recognized postsecondary credentials. Read the blog at http://www.ed.gov/blog/2015/08/career-pathways-breaking-down-barriers-to-employment-for-individuals-with-disabilities/.

 

4) Department of Labor Clarifies Sibling Coverage for Family and Medical Leave

 

The Sibling Leadership Network (SLN) is excited to announce that the Department of Labor has clarified when siblings may be eligible to take job-protected leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)! The department describes the situations when sibs may be protected in two updated fact sheets, 28B and 28C, and a listing of frequently asked questions. For copies of these fact sheets, visit http://siblingleadership.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/FMLA-Fact-Sheet.pdf.

 

5) Workforce Information Advisory Council

 

The U.S. Labor Department is seeking nominations for members for the newly created Workforce Information Advisory Council that is being established as required by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.  The 14-member council will provide recommendations to the Secretary of Labor to address the evaluation and improvement of federal and state workforce and labor market information systems, and how the department and the states will cooperate in the management of those systems. Nominations must be received by Oct. 6, 2015. For more information, visit http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ETA20151369.htm

6) Accessibility Matters in eRecruiting

With most of today's employers using some form of web recruiting to evaluate and hire job applicants, it's more important than ever for organizations to understand why accessibility matters to the "eRecruiting" phase of the employment lifecycle. This summer, the Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology (PEAT) concluded its national survey on user experiences related to the accessibility of online job applications and other eRecruiting tools. To check out a new infographic summarizing the survey results and to stay tuned as PEAT develops new tools and resources related to this critical issue, visit http://www.peatworks.org/talentworks/infographic.

7) New Section 503 Checklist Tool

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (DOL/OFCCP) has released a new interactive tool to help federal contractors assess their compliance with the affirmative action program (AAP) requirements of Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. Developed by OFCCP in coordination with the Office of Disability Employment Policy, the Checklist for Compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 enables employers to answer a series of “yes/no” questions about their company’s practices and policies. While contractors are not required to use the checklist (and using it doesn’t ensure compliance), doing so may prove beneficial in enhancing awareness of AAP obligations and flagging potential problem areas in need of correction. For a copy of the checklist, visit http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/ChecklistforCompliancewithSection503_JRF_QA_508c.pdf

8) National Disability Employment Awareness Month Posters Now Available

 

National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) 2015 is less than a month away! To help employers and others in planning observances, the official poster and other materials are now available. Held each October, NDEAM celebrates the many and diverse contributions of America’s workers with disabilities, both past and present, and employers can take part in a variety of ways. This year’s theme is “My Disability is One Part of Who I Am.” For more information or to order a copy of the poster, visit http://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/ndeam/. NDEAM activities for Mississippi will be available soon on the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment (MSPE) website at www.mspeidd.org.

 

 

***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).   

 

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