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These trainings focus on the use of person-centered planning and connecting with community partners as a strategy for employment. The trainings were created for persons ages 16-24 with developmental disabilities and their families, transition specialists and other professional staff. Find the "Self-Directed Employment" Presentation and the "Getting a Job" Training, which includes an evaluation, materials list, copy of the presentation and other handouts.

In February 2006, a Round Table Discussion Meeting was held in Oregon to identify and analyze policies and strategies that maintain or increase the availability of supported employment services to persons with developmental disabilities. The meeting focused on how such services may be preserved and expanded in Oregon, but in addition, national perspectives on supported employment were discussed. The discussion report, evaluation and graphic facilitation of the Round Table are included.

This MIG project is focused on assisting individuals with disabilities to become gainfully employed. Included are work products from CES including: a resource mapping project on the availability of employment related services and supports, summaries of findings from focus groups regarding the rehabilitation needs of un-served and under-served populations, and a summary of input gathered from employer focus groups.

Find a variety of documents used in the strategic planning process for a Comprehensive Employment System in North Dakota. A diagram outlines the planning process and roles of individuals involved. A criteria sheet discusses elements that needed to be included in the final strategic plan. Two summaries provide information covered in regional planning meetings. Finally, an agenda and the minutes for the statewide planning meeting present an overview of the meeting’s accomplishments.

Find an abundance of information on Health Coverage for Workers with Disabilities (HCWD), a Medicaid expansion in North Carolina created under the authority of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. Included are: reports on cost and participation projections; a powerpoint presentation on information gathered from workgroups; brochures on the program; and a fact sheet about the shift from personal care services (PCS) to HCWD.

Listen to a radio advertisement about New Mexico's Working Disabled Individual (WDI) Program. This program provides health insurance coverage to working individuals with disabilities. English and Spanish versions included.

The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured supported this focus group project of adults with disabilities in 4 states, who are enrolled in Medicaid Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Services programs. This research was undertaken to learn about Medicaid enrollees’ experiences in the program and their opinions about key features of the program including recruitment issues and degree of responsibility over services. Ways to improve upon the programs were also identified.

Consumer direction of personal assistance services (CD-PAS) is one model of service delivery that gives Medicaid beneficiaries varying degrees of control over hiring, scheduling, training, and paying personal care attendants. Program administrators, experienced with the programmatic features of CD-PAS in their state, were interviewed. Eligibility criteria, participant support services, and method of financial management used by Medicaid beneficiaries to pay direct care workers are discussed.

Find a variety of posters, flyers, brochures and registration forms on New Jersey conferences on Transportation Needs and Employment Opportunities for people with disabilities and specifically for people with disabilities in the Latino and African American communities.

New Jersey WorkAbility was implemented in February 2001 and extends basic Medicaid coverage to working-age residents who are employed, have a permanent disability, and have income and asset levels below specified thresholds. Find an evaluation of this program, including a description of current and former enrollees, an evaluation of the program focused on employment variables, earning trends and more, and a series of recommendations for the future.