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Hear directly from the Department of Labor's Civil Rights Center and Office of Disability Employment Policy staff about changes to the provisions, DOL's Promising Practices in Achieving Universal Access and Equal Opportunity: A Section 188 Disability Reference Guide and how the state of Missouri is using the Disability Reference Guide to promote equal opportunity and the inclusion of people with disabilities in workforce services.  View the archive of this webinar on YouTube or visit the webinar archive page to download presentation materials, including a transcript of the webinar. 

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As Employment First gains ground across the nation, shifts in organizational thinking and leadership are needed in order to not only comply with law, but to provide the best services to individuals with disabilities.  In this report, Cary Griffin, CEO of Grffin-Hammis Associates, offers advice to leaders of community rehabilitation programs on ways to transform their organizations and embrace the move to community employment. Click here to read the report.

Options Unlimited, Inc., UPS, and the Coalition for Workforce Diversity worked collaboratively to develop the Transitional Learning Center training program at UPS.  The program's success reinforced the company's view that training and hiring people with disabilities is both a social responsibility and a means of meeting strategic business needs.  UPS’s program may provide a model for other companies interested in diversifying their workforce and creating inclusive career pathways for youth and adults with disabilities.  Click here to read the publication.

The webinar will be held August 27 from 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EST.  To register, click here.

A reminder the NDI’s LEAD Center will conduct a webinar on July 30 from 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EST to build your understanding of Customized Employment and your ability to provide this innovative employment practice to those you serve. This webinar will move beyond the basics of Customized Employment to explore using the information gathered during Discovery to connect job seekers to a vast array of employment opportunities using a casual approach to job development. Participants will gain valuable information and strategies to support job placement efforts for job seekers with disabilities and harder to serve job seekers without disabilities. To register, click here.

Join the National Disability Institute's (NDI) LEAD Center on July 30 from 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EST to build your understanding of Customized Employment and your ability to provide this innovative employment practice to those you serve. This webinar will move beyond the basics of Customized Employment to explore using the information gathered during Discovery to connect job seekers to a vast array of employment opportunities using a casual approach to job development. Participants will gain valuable information and strategies to support job placement efforts for job seekers with disabilities and harder to serve job seekers without disabilities. This webinar will be captioned and a link to download the presentation will be sent to registrants prior to the webinar.  To request any other reasonable accommodations, please contact Brittany Taylor at [email protected] within 48 hours of the webinar. You can register here.