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Workforce Preparation and Human Resources​

Integrating individuals into the workforce creates new challenges in human resource management. Individuals who were once recipients of services are now considered employees and, as employees, are entitled to receive the same benefits as other employees. If individuals are employed as apprentices or interns, the development and implementation of new policies and guidelines are often necessary.

The resources provided here offer information about integrating former recipients of service into the workforce and include links to Department of Labor (DOL) and Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) resources on workforce development and human resource management policies. These links offer a valuable way to remain current with new initiatives and policy changes on the Federal level.

Individuals who enter competitive employment or who become paid apprentices or interns will also be confronted with the challenges of managing their benefits effectively. For this reason, resources and information about benefits management are also provided here.
Webinars
  • ​PART 1: Tools for Human Resource Management: Integrating Volunteers, Interns, and Paid Employees into Your Business
    Joanmarie Dowling, Esq. of Dowling Law LLC examines the challenges and compliance issues around human resource management and integrating volunteers, interns, and employees into human resource management protocol. 
  • ​PART 2: Tools for Human Resource Management: Integrating Volunteers, Interns, and Paid Employees into Your Business
    In Part 2 of this series, Joanmarie Dowling, Esq. of Dowling Law LLC shares her insights and expertise on employment and human resources regulations and laws and how these can be implemented in Work Centers and integrated employment situations.
  • ​Navigating the Benefits Terrain Successfully
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    How many times have we said to a person with disabilities: "You can only work part- time or you will lose your benefits"? The stigma surrounding work and Social Security Disability benefits has been an ongoing issue for beneficiaries as well as people who provide services. This webinar, presented by Emily Tortorici of the Disability Employment Initiative, examines work incentives and supports designed to transition individuals from depending on disability benefits to self-sufficiency.

Additional Resources
The US Department of Labor (US DOL) and the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). Both DOL and ODEP provide comprehensive online and downloadable information and resources about employment opportunities, including material focusing on the role of apprenticeships as a pathway to successful competitive employment.

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DOL also features a series of blogs about apprenticeships. Blogs can be accessed at this web address: https://blog.dol.gov/category/apprenticeship

ODEP offers a 6-part series of informational resources about apprenticeships. You can view them here: 
  • Introduction: Youth with Disabilities Entering the Workplace Through Apprenticeship
odepintro-apprenticeships.pdf
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  • Understanding Apprenticeship Basics
odep_apprenticeships_basics.pdf
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  • Preparing Youth and Young Adults for Apprenticeship Programs ​
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  • Increasing Participation of Young Adults with Disabilities in Apprenticeship Programs
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  • Establishing New Apprenticeship Programs
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  • What Employers Need to Know About Working with Young Adults with Disabilities
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  • Looking to Future Opportunities in Apprenticeships
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Additional DOL and ODEP resources are provided here:
  • Integrated Employment Toolkit
    The Office for Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) website offers a wealth of resources for employers and potential employees who are exploring integrated employment opportunities. The Integrated Employment Toolkit is a great place to begin to explore ODEP resources.
  • Customized Employment 
    As stated on the Office of Disability Employment Policy website, "Customized Employment is a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job seeker and an employer in away that meets the needs of both." To learn more about Customized Employment, read the article from ODEP.
customized_employment_odep.pdf
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  • Apprenticeship FAQs 
    Learn about Employment Equal Opportunities (EEO) Final Rule regarding the policies and regulations governing apprenticeships.
apprenticeship_faqs.pdf
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  • Women in Apprenticeship 
    Women have been under-represented in apprenticeships. The DOL Final Rule addresses the inequities that have made it challenging for women to participate in apprenticeship programs.
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State Employment Leadership Network (SELN)
Launched in July 2006 as a joint initiative of the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services and the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston, the SELN supports states to improve integrated employment outcomes. The SELN is a membership-based network of state intellectual and developmental disability agencies committed to making changes in their service systems. The SELN website is an excellent resource for information about employment services and initiatives, across many states and includes an extensive resource library. http://www.selnhub.org Some current articles published by the SELN are offered here:
  • The Employment Framework 
    Learn more about the SELN and the work it does.
hp_framework_8.21.2015.pdf
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  • SELN Article: Unpaid Work
    An informative examination of internships and volunteer opportunities published by the SELN.
seln_unpaidwork_2017.pdf
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  • New Restrictions on Subminimum Wage Under WIOA: Requirements and Opportunities for State IDD Agencies
    Learn more about restrictions on below-minimum wages under WIOA in this SELN article.
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  • Small Business Disability and Disability Employment: ​Steps to Success   
    This informative booklet examines the many ways that small businesses can become partners in developing inclusive workplaces for individuals with disabilities.
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  • Campaign for Disability Employment (CDE)
    The Campaign for Disability Employment (CDE) is a collaborative effort to promote positive employment outcomes for people with disabilities by focusing on the talents and skills that they bring to the workplace. Visit the website to learn more about working with employers to increase employment opportunities through blogs, public service announcements, and downloadable toolkits.
  • National Business and Disability Council at Viscardi Center
    The National Business & Disability Council (NBDC) at The Viscardi Center is a comprehensive resource for Fortune 1000 companies and government employers promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities into the workplace, marketplace and accessible technologies. The website also includes a database of available jobs throughout the country.
  • Keeping America Competitive: Addressing the Skills Gap in Manufacturing
    This is a summary of a Summit Meeting on the current shortage of workers in American Manufacturing. It includes valuable information on the necessity of developing a skilled and reliable workforce if American manufacturing is to remain viable.
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  • Workforce Mentoring
    Navigating the workplace can be challenging for anyone who is a new employee. Access to a mentor can help the worker meet the challenges associated with any position and become a more competent and productive member of the workforce, which in turn benefits the organization as a whole. Learn more about workforce mentoring by reading through the Employer Assistance Resource Network's Workforce Mentoring Primer.
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  • ​Benefits Management
    ​Many individuals are reluctant to pursue competitive employment at competitive wages because of its potential impact on their Medicaid and disability benefits. Included here are resources about managing benefits as well as articles about the health and emotional difficulties associated with chronic unemployment and living at the poverty level.
If Work Makes People with Mental Illness Sick, then What Do Poverty, Unemployment, and Social Isolation Cause?
This article explores the health and emotional challenges of poverty and unemployment. (Used by permission of the authors.)
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The Costly Price of Benefits 
​In this insightful article, Len Statham of the New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS) examines the true cost to physical and emotional health associated with living in poverty and unemployment.
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  • Navigating the Benefits Terrain Successfully
    Prepared and presented by Emily Tortorici of the DEI Initiative. These are the slides used in the webinar presentation Navigating the Benefits Terrain Successfully and offers access to the resources and information discussed in the webinar.
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  • SSA: Debunking The Three Biggest Myths about Disability and Employment 
    A useful fact sheet about managing benefits while developing employment that provides a sustainable living wage.
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  • Earned Income Disregard
    Provided by Emily Tortorici as part of her webinar presentation, this worksheet offers a step-by-step process for estimating how earning income can affect benefits.
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  • Continued Medicaid Eligibility 
    One of the biggest concerns that people receiving SSI benefits have about going to work is that they will lose their Medicaid coverage. This link provides information about 1619b of the Social Security Act and offers solutions.
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  • Medicaid Buy-In
    Learn how working people with disabilities can earn more income without the risk of losing their Medicaid benefits.
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  • Managing Benefits and Employment: Ticket To Work 
    The Ticket To Work website provides multiple resources about getting a job and attaining financial independence. Information is provided in a variety of accessible formats.
  • Disability Employment Initiative 
    The Disability Employment Initiative is a collaboration of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) to improve effective and meaningful participation of people with disabilities in the workforce. The website provides numerous tools and resources to support employment.
dei_fact_sheet_sept2016.pdf
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  • SSA Redbook
    Published annually, the SSA Redbook is a general reference resource for employment-related information about Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI) benefits.
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