Live.WORK.Achieve
A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment
for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Including Intellectual Disabilities Project
March 2016
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) EmployAbility Job Fair – Mar. 31, Jackson
2) Chit Chat Thursday with Taylor
3) Employment First Technical Brief Published
4) Just-In-Time Toolkit for Managers
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1) EmployAbility Job Fair – Mar. 31, Jackson
The third annual Employability Job Fair will be held Thurs., Mar. 31, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Thad Cochran Center at the Jackson Medical Mall at 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Avenue in Jackson. The event is co-sponsored by the Governor’s Office and Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services’ offices of Vocational Rehabilitation and Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind. No registration required for job seekers. Employers will be onsite at the fair, and resumé writing and interview skills sessions will be held. For more information, contact Adam Todd at 601.503.4555 or atodd@mdes.ms.gov or Dorothy Young at 601.853.5310 or dyoung@mdrs.ms.gov.
2) Chit Chat Thursday with Taylor
Chit Chat Thursday with Taylor is a monthly video series highlighting self-advocacy activities, services and successes in Mississippi. It is hosted by Taylor Carley, self-advocacy coordinator, and is produced by the Institute for Disability Studies, specifically through the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment Project which is a joint project between the Mississippi’s Developmental Disabilities Network. This network includes the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities (MS CDD), The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies (IDS), Mississippi’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service (UCEDD), and Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS). To view the current episode, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhTraDj9hxM.
3) Employment First Technical Brief Published
The fourth Employment First Technical Brief, Federal Resources Available to Support State Employment First Efforts has been released by the Office of Disability Employment Policy and the LEAD Center. The four-part series is for anyone working to implement Employment First in their state, region or agency. This brief provides information to state governments and external stakeholders about available federal funding resources and technical assistance available to further state Employment First systems change efforts. The federal government utilizes funding vehicles such as competitive grants, direct programmatic funding, demonstration projects, pilot initiatives, and increased federal matching funds to help state and local governments prioritize strategies that lead to competitive, integrated employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Funding can also be used to discourage certain practices or policies, as in the case of reduced reimbursement rates or decreased funding invested in services that lead to segregated outcomes for individuals with disabilities. To download the fourth brief, as well as the first three briefs in the series, visit http://www.leadcenter.org/resource-center/publication/employment-first-technical-briefs.
4) Just-In-Time Toolkit for Managers
With an increasingly diverse workforce and new federal regulations encouraging organizations to employ more people with disabilities, it is essential that organizations learn to attract, retain and engage prospective and current employees with disabilities. Managers are critical to achieving these disability goals. Unfortunately, most managers are not prepared to foster a disability inclusive workplace. The Just-In-Time Toolkit developed at Cornell University's Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability is online and easy to use with 10-modules of five minutes or less. For more information, visit DisabilityToolkit.org.
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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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