…The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a final rule to clarify the reasonable accommodation protections for qualified applicants or employees who have known limitations that were part of the…
…Committee’s workforce markup package. The Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (S.533) is a bill that would create competitive integrated employment opportunities for disabled people. This month, we celebrate the…
…own employment goals. Programs such as supported employment and the Medicaid Buy-In provide supports to connect people with disabilities to employment, without threatening their access to critical health care and…
…employment for workers with disabilities and pass the Transition to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA). TCIEA would end subminimum wages under 14(c); give states, service providers, and employers the money…
…community for PwD! @[SenUsername] Expand employment opportunities for PwD! Support #Fairwages and Employment first- support S. 1604 @[SenUsername] We need cost-effective supports matching our rising expectations in our work &…
…again proposes to eliminate state supported employment grants, which help vocational rehabilitation agencies get people with disabilities supported employment. The budget additionally cuts $11.4 million from the Office of Disability…
…for the purpose of helping someone obtain competitive employment.” Despite this requirement, in practice these programs are not effective as transitional services leading to competitive employment. Additionally, in most cases,…
…any support. So we need to make sure we’re investing in supported and customized employment, so that people really can work. The good news is that we know how to…
…community Employment Supports You can talk about what would happen if you or someone else could not get Medicaid services. You can talk about how Medicaid services help you or…
…Accessibility Act (CVTA), which would ensure that people with disabilities have access to the innovative communication and video programming technologies needed to participate equally in employment, education, recreation, civic, and…
