Law, Health Policy & Disability Center
University of Iowa College of Law
http://disability.law.uiowa.edu/dpn/
and
The Burton Blatt Institute
Syracuse University
http://bbi.syr.edu
One–Stop Toolkit
Resources of the Week Technical Assistance Project E–Mail listserv
1 February 2008
Good morning everyone,
Check out the 60-second pre-game Super Bowl PepsiCo ad that will air on Sunday. The pre-game advertisement features a joke that originates from the deaf community and will play out on screen over 60 seconds of total silence, a veritable eternity when it comes to the noisiness of Super Bowl ads. Read the news article on MSNBC at:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22824530/. (This information was shared by Angela Work, a Disability Program Navigator in Flint, Michigan.)
Below please find the web site and publication of the week, as well as other resources that we hope will be useful as you work on systems change activities to help improve employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.
To subscribe and / or view past resources of the week archives, access: www.onestoptoolkit.org and click on the link to "Resources of the Week" on the right hand side of the home page.
To view an indexed list of the resources of the week by subject matter, visit the L.P.H.D.C. web site at http://disability.law.uiowa.edu/lhpdc/resources/wig/default.asp. It currently includes 20 categories, covering over 300 annotated references. Each category opens to a new window with each Resource of the Week which covered material in that area.
Have a good day and weekend!
Laura Gleneck
Program Associate
Law, Health Policy & Disability Center
University of Iowa College of Law
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[The full announcement is located under the section heading "For Your Information."]
Navigators, this represents an excellent opportunity to highlight the great partnerships that you are helping to build at the local level to address the workforce needs of job seekers with disabilities. The purpose of the New Freedom Initiative award is to encourage the use of public-private partnerships. Initiated in 2002, this award is made annually to individual(s), non-profit organization(s), or business(es), that have, through programs or activities, demonstrated exemplary and innovative efforts in furthering the employment objectives of President George W. Bush’s New Freedom Initiative.
On February 1, 2001, President George W. Bush announced the
New Freedom Initiative. Founded upon the spirit of the Americans
with Disabilities Act, the New Freedom Initiative represents
a comprehensive set of proposals designed to ensure that Americans
with disabilities have the opportunity to learn and develop
skills, engage in productive work, make choices about their
daily lives, and participate fully in their communities. For
more information, access:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/newfreedom/
By increasing access to assistive technologies, and by utilizing innovative training, hiring, and retention strategies, the recipient(s) will have established and instituted comprehensive strategies to enhance the ability of Americans with disabilities to enter and advance within the 21st Century workforce and to participate in daily community life.
The nominees must be individuals, businesses, or non-profit organizations whose activities exemplify the goals of President George W. Bush’s New Freedom Initiative, which include increasing employment opportunities for youth and adults with disabilities. Nominations may be submitted by other persons and entities with the knowledge and permission of the nominee. Self nomination is also encouraged. This fits many of the activities and efforts led by Navigators in local workforce investment areas. This may be a great opportunity to highlight on a national level the great systems change activity that is taking place at the local level.
Take this opportunity to read the full announcement, which
includes the eligibility requirements and nomination process,
and work with your local partners to see if there is some great
work that you can nominate. To check out past awardees, access:
http://www.dol.gov/odep/newfreedom/2007nfi.htm.
Nomination packages must be received by May 30, 2008.
DATES: All proposals must be submitted via the online database at by Friday, February 22, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).
The Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is issuing a Call for Presentations (CFP) for “Learning Labs” (workshops) for Workforce Innovations. Workforce Innovations, co-hosted by ETA and the American Society for Training and Development, is the premier annual conference promoting collaborative leadership among workforce development, business, economic development, education, faith-based and community organizations, and philanthropy. Over 3,500 participants are expected to attend the conference, which will be held July 15-17, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
This year, the theme for Workforce Innovations is “Success Decoded.” The conference will bring together local, state, and national-level strategic workforce investment partners to learn from successes to cultivate the talent development solutions needed in today’s global economy. Workforce Innovations will provide an unparalleled opportunity to dialogue with a wide range of practitioners and thought leaders who are forging effective strategies for regionally-driven innovation and talent development.
Access the URL to download the Call for Presentation document for more information, along with the ETA Training and Employment Notice on this process.
DATES: Nomination packages must be received by May 30, 2008.
PURPOSE: To outline the eligibility criteria, the nomination process and the administrative procedures for the New Freedom Initiative Award, and to solicit the Secretary of Labor’s New Freedom Initiative Award nominations.
BACKGROUND: To encourage the use of public-private partnerships, the Secretary of Labor will present the Secretary of Labor’s New Freedom Initiative Award. Initiated in 2002, this award is made annually to individual(s), non-profit organization(s), or business(es), that have, through programs or activities, demonstrated exemplary and innovative efforts in furthering the employment objectives of President George W. Bush’s New Freedom Initiative.
By increasing access to assistive technologies, and by utilizing innovative training, hiring, and retention strategies, the recipient(s) will have established and instituted comprehensive strategies to enhance the ability of Americans with disabilities to enter and advance within the 21st Century workforce and to participate in daily community life.
Please access the URL to read the full announcement including the nomination submission requirements.
Registered Apprenticeship is an important workforce investment strategy, as it creates pipelines of skilled workers and provides incentives to attract and retain more highly qualified employees and improve productivity and services. As the workforce investment system transforms into an even more dynamic resource, it needs to leverage Registered Apprenticeship's strengths in talent development and access to more than 250,000 employers. Many workforce investment professionals are unaware of how to leverage and support Registered Apprenticeship programs.
The Employment and Training Administration issued Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 2-07 on July 12, 2007, to address this need. The TEGL, titled "Leveraging Registered Apprenticeship as a Workforce Development Strategy for the Workforce Investment System", provides information and guidance on collaboration strategies, including how WIA funding sources can be used to support Registered Apprenticeship and guidance on tracking apprenticeship activities through the WIA performance measurement system. This Webinar will provide in-depth details on how these strategies can be achieved. To view the complete TEGL prior to the Webinar, please click the following URL to download a copy: [ http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?docn=2491 ] [ Get free Adobe Reader ]
Registration for this Webinar is limited and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Please access the URL to login to Workforce3 One and register.
Note, you must be logged in to sign-up for a Webinar. You can sign up by accessing the website and scrolling to the link at the bottom of the page that reads: Don't have a login? Register now!
If you are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or have speech disabilities and captioning would facilitate your participation in this Webinar, you can register for captioning service through the Federal Relay Conference Captioning. Please note the Federal Relay Service requires at least 48 hours notice (2 working days) to guarantee coverage.
As a participant in a federally sponsored event, this service, managed by the General Services Administration and provided by Sprint, is available to you at no cost.
Learn how the public workforce investment system is assisting to create economic transformation in regional economies across the nation through innovative asset building strategies. Through the Real Economic Impact Tour, the National Disability Institute along with its lead partner, the Internal Revenue Services (IRS), is identifying and documenting the unique role of the public workforce investment system in building economic self-sufficiency for its customers with low incomes. This Webinar will provide you with a brief review and update of the Real Economic Impact Tour and show how its partnership with the Disability Program Navigators (DPNs) and local One-Stop Career Centers is benefiting a variety of "targeted" populations (youth, older workers, ex-offenders, TANF, ESL, Indian and Native Americas, migrant and seasonal farm workers, and persons with disabilities).
Mark your calendars now. Once it is available, the One-Stop Toolkit will include the official webinar announcement along with instructions on how you can register to participate.
The following list of emergency preparedness resources including personal preparedness and State, Local, and Tribal Community Preparedness was shared during a recent presentation by U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to the Disability Program Navigator Initiative.
In addition to the resources listed below, the Emergency Preparedness Initiative of the National Organization on Disability (NOD) has an Interactive Map of Disability & Emergency Preparedness Resources: This unique tool provides an accessible, interactive directory of federal, regional, state, and local disability-related emergency management resources. The map contains information on regional branches of FEMA and ADA&IT Technical Assistance Centers, Governor's websites and state disability resource agencies, a directory of ILCs and SILCs by state, state Citizen Corps and American Red Cross Chapters, as well as links to State and local Emergency Management Agencies. We encourage everyone to make connections at the state and local level to your emergency management agencies:
The CareerOneStop’s Regional Economic Development website represents a blueprint to Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED). This ongoing initiative is the U.S. Department of Labor’s groundbreaking approach to integrate workforce and economic development.
CareerOneStop’s Regional Economic Development website offers free and reliable labor market, economic, and workforce data and information in one convenient location. Economic developers, workforce developers, and business and education leaders can select information unique to their region and compare it with other areas. Also, there are helpful planning models such as WIRED and Six Steps to Regional Success. These models integrate economic and workforce development activities and demonstrate how talent development can drive economic transformation in regional economies across the United States.
Six years after No Child Left Behind's passage, the U.S. Department of Education has collected data about the academic performance of both students and schools. Access the URL to link to an interactive map of the United States to see data -- student achievement in reading and math, high school graduation rates, schools making adequate yearly progress, highly qualified teachers, parents taking advantage of tutoring and choice options, state participation in flexibility options, and more.
[The following is excerpted from the Executive Summary.]
This report by the National Council on Disability (NCD) documents changes in student outcomes, professional practices, and policy around the country.
In 2004, NCD issued a report called No Child Left Behind: Improving Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities, which examined the impact of NCLB and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) on improving educational outcomes for students with disabilities. The report drew its conclusions and recommendations from interviews with disability policy, education, and advocacy leaders and identified some changing attitudes and behavioral shifts in K–12 education as a result of the new legislation.
This report provides both a follow-up and a more detailed reporting of the trends and attitudes about NCLB and IDEA over the past several years. In this study we spoke to dozens of researchers, practitioners, and state administrators from across the country about NCLB and IDEA. In addition, we conducted a study of 10 of the largest states in the nation, representing approximately half the U.S. general population.
This report is divided into four sections. Part I provides a brief overview of trend data regarding students with disabilities. Part II describes conversations with state administrators and representatives about trends and issues related to NCLB and IDEA. Part III describes similar conversations with advocates, federal officials, and other stakeholders. Part IV provides recommendations based on our findings.