2004 NCSL Annual Meeting: Disabilities and Employment

Labor and Employment

Disabilities and Employment

"No Workers Left Behind: Clearing a Path for Workers with Disabilities"

2004 NCSL Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City Utah
July 20, 2004
3:00pm - 5:00pm

Did you miss NCSL's annual meeting or were you in another session at this time? If so, here's your opportunity to gain valuable information.

"No Workers Left Behind: Clearing a Path for Workers with Disabilities" highlighted activities to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Two federally supported technical assistance centers and local projects that help state and local agencies improve access to the workforce development system presented information to NCSL's Labor and Workforce Development Committee. Below are handouts from this session:

William Kiernan, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Community Inclusion
Boston, Massachusetts
PowerPoint Handouts (PDF): "Jobs for the New Economy: No Worker Left Behind"

Joan L. Wills
Director, Center for Workforce Development
Institute for Educational Leadership
Washington, D.C.
PowerPoint Handouts (PDF): "Youth with Disabilities: Building Blocks of an Effective Transition System"
Adobe (PDF): "Guideposts for Success Supporting the Key Customers of the Workforce Development System:
Youth and Employers"

Gordon Allen
Executive Director
New Hampshire Developmental Disabilities Council
Concord, NH
Adobe (PDF): Transition Services -Before; Transition Services -After

Donna DeWeerd
Director, North Bay Employment Connection
Napa, California
PowerPoint Handouts (PDF): "Planning and Implementing for Inclusion"

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