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FYI ------ Forwarded Message > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:38:49 -0600 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Conversation: REFERENCE POINTS: Employment Reports > Subject: REFERENCE POINTS: Employment Reports > > REFERENCE POINTS: Employment Reports > > THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE > WITH DISABILITIES: NEW SOLUTIONS FOR OLD PROBLEMS > A report from the National Council on Disability with recommendations that > could be useful in policy and procedural modification discussions by both > Congress and the Social Security Administration to significantly address the > continuing number of SSA beneficiaries who never leave the SSI and DI rolls, > and to increase the number of beneficiaries who enter, or reenter, the U.S. > workforce. To access the report go to > http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2005/ssa-promoteemployment.htm > > FINAL REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES > IN STATE GOVERNMENT > A comprehensive report on the efforts of nine states to employ more people > with disabilities in government jobs has been released by the EEOC. The best > practices related to recruiting and hiring of people with disabilities for > state jobs includes: providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and > employees with disabilities; retaining and advancing persons with disabilities > within state government; and employing people with disabilities more generally > in public- and private-sector jobs. The report highlighted some practices that > may inadvertently act as barriers to employment for people with disabilities > in the states surveyed, the EEOC said. The report can be viewed on-line at: > http://www.eeoc.gov/initiatives/nfi/final_states_best_practices_report.html > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > REFERENCE POINTS, transition updates from the TATRA Project, features > resources and information to help parent organizations, advocates and > professionals better serve adolescents and young adults with disabilities, and > their families. Administered by the TATRA Project at PACER Center > www.pacer.org, REFERENCE POINTS was launched with the initial support from the > National Center on Secondary Education and Transition www.ncset.org. TATRA is > funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services > Administration > > To SUBSCRIBE to REFERENCE POINTS go to > http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/signup.asp > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please go directly to > http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/maildel.asp > > Readers are invited to send information about new resources on secondary > education, transition and vocational rehabilitation topics to [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > > Note: There are no copyright restrictions on this document. However, please > credit the source and support of federal funds when copying all or part of > this material. > ------ End of Forwarded Message
