National Employment First Policy & Data Platform Launch

The Office of Disability Employment Policy's National Lead Center is hosting a webinar on the website launch for their national platform for Employment First. The webinar will offer comprehensive resource for policymakers, researchers, and external stakeholders to learn about trends and activities that are occurring across the United States in Employment First.These resources include:

•Downloading outcome data across respective Federally-funded systems (education, I/DD adult services, mental health, vocational rehabilitation, workforce investment, and others) at an individual state level as well as the ability to compare data from up to three states at a time;
•Reviewing comprehensive profiles for each individual state with respect to relevant legislation, policies, gubernatorial actions, funding initiatives, pilots, and strategic partnerships going on in each state as it relates to increasing competitive, integrated employment options for individuals with disabilities; and
•Conducting queries to ascertain all policies/actions around a specific topic based on a customized search process

Please note that this webinar will be captioned and presentation materials will be sent to participants before the webinar.