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The Arkansas MIG grantees, the EmployAbility Project, developed a number of handouts and fact sheets to help medical professionals and counselors understand the program. Review the definition of working disabled and medically improved plus a fact sheet on Medicaid Screening for Working Disabled Medicaid.

The Arkansas MIG grantees developed a number of resources to spread the word about the ways that people with a disability or severe long-term illness can work. The program designed brochures, posters, newspaper ads, coffee mugs, t-shirts, magnets, and table displays all designed for agency workers, consumers, advocates.

The South Dakota MIG grantees have developed this short overview of Employer Resource Networks (ERNs). The presentation is shown to prospective ERN groups and answers questions about how an ERN can address labor issues in the community and create partnerships.

The Pennsylvania MIG project developed the Work Incentive Planning Assistance (WIPA) Program in order to promote employment among those receiving SSI/SSDI benefits. WIPA produced the following newsletter entitled “Employment Resource Guide for Persons with Disabilities”, which sought to succinctly list services available to individuals with disabilities who wish to work. Some of these resources include Family Savings Accounts and information about the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program.

This brief piece explains the steps involved in the transition process in Nevada including the services and supports available and the agency that provides referral for those seeking transition from an institutional setting. The goal of the project was to divert people from institutionalization and/or transition people from institutional care into a less restrictive environment.

The Michigan Nursing Facility Transitions Initiative (NFTI) produced both a brochure and video to offer first hand accounts of their program. Meet a few of the people who the program has helped transition. View consumer stories as well as testimonials from their support specialist.

The Colorado Dept. of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) developed a program that enables people with disabilities to manage their own attendant services. In the CDAS, people hire, train, supervise and fire their own attendants. They set their own attendant schedules and to a degree they determine what services the attendants provide. HCPF is not accepting applications for the CDAS at this time however, the forms provide an overview of the program and serve as templates for similar programs.

The Guardian Mentor Program was set up, in part, to assist legal guardians with issues, concerns and questions that may arise in the first year after someone from a State Center transitions to the community. This brochure explains the guardian-to-guardian mentor program which including support, information and advocacy for legal guardians.

The Alaska MIG grant has developed three fact sheets about the Americans with Disabilities Act. The first sheet explains the ADA, offers definitions, major provisions, and enforcement information. A second page explains general misconceptions about the law. The third sheet explains how the ADA covers employment issues.

What is Supported Employment? The following presentations, brochures and manuals explain the ways that supported employment helps consumers find and maintain meaningful jobs in the community. The Alaska MIG grantees have shared two presentations and brochure on the principles of supported employment. The manual is designed as a guide for employment specialist.