Employment

By developing an iPad app that helps record vending machine inventories, The HEART Program in Houston is one tap closer to helping adults with IDD achieve their employment potential.

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and the Office of Disability Employment Policy assembled a Resource Toolbox that includes a poster, sample social media content, and more.

TCDD issued an RFP to fund up to three Outreach & Development projects that will focus on improving access to culturally competent supports and services for people with disabilities.

Mary Durheim, TCDD Chair, was invited to serve on the National Task Force on Workforce Development for People with Disabilities. The task force will help state leaders address barriers to employment.

Some people may experience workplace bullying and not even know it. Others may know it but not know what to do about it. Fortunately, laws and resources exist to help protect people from being bullied at work.

The Texas Transition and Employment Guide provides secondary transition resources to facilitate a young person’s progress towards post-secondary goals for education, employment, and community living.

The State of Rhode Island enters into a consent decree with the United States Department of Justice to create integrated employment opportunities for people with developmental disabilities.

The U.S. Department of Labor awarded a $1.1 million grant in September to the Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington, D.C., for a national center to prepare youths with disabilities for employment.

Held each October, the National Disability Employment Awareness Month is a national campaign that raises awareness about disability employment issues and celebrates the many and varied contributions of America’s workers with disabilities.

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions released a report on the current state of employment for adults with disabilities and policy recommendations to increase labor force participation.