<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi all:<br>Very interesting stuff. Kind of makes sense if you think about it interested to hear your thoughts on the below information<br><br>This electronic message has been brought to you by my mobile device.</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Corporation for National & Community Service" <<a href="mailto:cncs@delivery.nationalservice.gov">cncs@delivery.nationalservice.gov</a>><br><b>Date:</b> December 4, 2013 at 7:19:19 AM PST<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ds94124@aol.com">ds94124@aol.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Youth with Disabilities Find Path to Employment Through National Service</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> <a href="mailto:cncs@delivery.nationalservice.gov">cncs@delivery.nationalservice.gov</a><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>
Youth with Disabilities Find Path to Employment Through National Service
</title>
<table width="700" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
<tbody><tr>
<td>
<a name="gd_top"></a><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center" class="gd_tbl_wrap"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: #DCDCDC;margin: 0; padding: 0; width:100%!important;" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"><table id="gd_ab_main_tab" width="600" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 600px; text-align: left; margin: 20px auto;">
<tbody><tr><td id="gd_ab_header" width="600" data-govdstyle="all" data-govdtitle="Masthead" style="border-collapse: collapse; vertical-align: top; border: none; background-color: #FFFFFF; padding: 0px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 5px; color: #000000; text-align: right; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="right">Having trouble viewing this email? <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMjA0LjI2MDEwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTIwNC4yNjAxMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2Nzg5ODY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZHM5NDEyNEBhb2wuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1kczk0MTI0QGFvbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&100&&&http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCNCS/bulletins/97b753">View it as a Web page</a>.</p><a href="www.nationalservice.gov" style="color: #1D5782;"><img class="govd_template_image" src="http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/USCNCS/2012/12/144022/152276/gd-generic-banner_original_crop.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 85px; border: 0px;" alt="CNCS banner" width="600" height="85"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td id="gd_ab_main_body" width="600" data-govdstyle="all" data-govdtitle="Main body" style="border-collapse: collapse; vertical-align: top; border: none; background-color: #FFFFFF; padding: 10px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><h1 class="govd_header" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #000000; text-align: left; margin: 0 0 0px; padding: 0;" align="left">Youth with Disabilities Find Path to Employment Through National Service </h1><div class="govd_hr" style="padding: 10px;"><div class="govd_hr_inner"><hr></div></div><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="left"><span style="line-height: 1.5; background-color: inherit;">The job market for young job seekers is always challenging but especially so in a recovering economy. <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMjA0LjI2MDEwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTIwNC4yNjAxMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2Nzg5ODY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZHM5NDEyNEBhb2wuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1kczk0MTI0QGFvbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&101&&&http://www.nationalservice.gov/pathway-to-employment" style="color: #076BAA;">A letter from the Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy</a> and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) outlines several of the avenues -- including service-learning and volunteering -- that can be used to release the untapped potential of all youth, including those with disabilities. </span></p><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="left">By opening doors to employment through volunteer and national service programs, youth and youth with disabilities will gain access to valuable job experiences and develop a network of contacts that can lead to employment later. CNCS research has found connections between volunteering and employment, including a 27 percent higher likelihood for volunteers finding work than non-volunteers.</p><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="left">Guidance in the memo from the Department of Labor also addresses concerns about participation in CNCS programs such as <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMjA0LjI2MDEwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTIwNC4yNjAxMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2Nzg5ODY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZHM5NDEyNEBhb2wuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1kczk0MTI0QGFvbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&102&&&http://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps" style="color: #076BAA;">AmeriCorps</a> that provide a stipend, which may ease fears that national service would adversely affect those who receive Social Security benefits and their families. </p><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="left">Learn more about how youth with disabilities can improve their employment prospects by reading the <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMjA0LjI2MDEwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTIwNC4yNjAxMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2Nzg5ODY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZHM5NDEyNEBhb2wuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1kczk0MTI0QGFvbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&101&&&http://www.nationalservice.gov/pathway-to-employment" style="color: #076BAA;">full text of the memo and viewing helpful resources here</a>.</p></td></tr>
<tr><td id="gd_ab_footer" width="600" data-govdstyle="all" data-govdtitle="Footer" style="border-collapse: collapse; vertical-align: top; border: none; background-color: #FFFFFF; padding: 5px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<div id="mail_footer">
<table style="width: 700px;" border="0" align="center">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;" colspan="4"><img src="https://admin.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/USCNCS/2013/01/145940/cncs-emailfooter-2013_original.jpg" border="0" width="700" height="50" usemap="#Map">
<map id="Map" name="Map">
<area shape="rect" coords="1,0,35,48" href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMjA0LjI2MDEwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTIwNC4yNjAxMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2Nzg5ODY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZHM5NDEyNEBhb2wuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1kczk0MTI0QGFvbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&103&&&http://twitter.com/nationalservice" alt="Twitter">
<area shape="rect" coords="34,0,61,47" href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMjA0LjI2MDEwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTIwNC4yNjAxMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2Nzg5ODY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZHM5NDEyNEBhb2wuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1kczk0MTI0QGFvbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&104&&&https://www.facebook.com/nationalservice" alt="Facebook">
<area shape="rect" coords="60,1,91,48" href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMjA0LjI2MDEwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTIwNC4yNjAxMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2Nzg5ODY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZHM5NDEyNEBhb2wuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1kczk0MTI0QGFvbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&105&&&http://www.youtube.com/nationalservice" alt="YouTube">
<area shape="rect" coords="93,1,700,47" href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMjA0LjI2MDEwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTIwNC4yNjAxMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2Nzg5ODY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZHM5NDEyNEBhb2wuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1kczk0MTI0QGFvbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&106&&&http://www.nationalservice.gov" alt="National Service Website">
</map>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Questions? <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMjA0LjI2MDEwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTIwNC4yNjAxMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2Nzg5ODY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZHM5NDEyNEBhb2wuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1kczk0MTI0QGFvbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&107&&&http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/contact-us" target="_blank">Contact Us</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMjA0LjI2MDEwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTIwNC4yNjAxMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2Nzg5ODY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZHM5NDEyNEBhb2wuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1kczk0MTI0QGFvbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&108&&&https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCNCS/subscriber/new" target="_blank">Manage Preferences</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; font-family: 'times new roman', times;"> <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMjA0LjI2MDEwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTIwNC4yNjAxMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2Nzg5ODY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZHM5NDEyNEBhb2wuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1kczk0MTI0QGFvbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&109&&&https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCNCS/subscriber/one_click_unsubscribe?verification=5.d7e7da89a80246f1b2dc022dbc48d84f&destination=ds94124@aol.com" target="_blank">Unsubscribe</a></span></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; font-family: 'times new roman', times;"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMjA0LjI2MDEwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTIwNC4yNjAxMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2Nzg5ODY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZHM5NDEyNEBhb2wuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1kczk0MTI0QGFvbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&110&&&https://subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com/">Help</a></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;" colspan="4"><span style="font-size: xx-small; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">This service is provided to you at no charge by <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMjA0LjI2MDEwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTIwNC4yNjAxMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2Nzg5ODY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZHM5NDEyNEBhb2wuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1kczk0MTI0QGFvbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&111&&&http://www.nationalservice.gov/">Corporation for National and Community Service</a>.</span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div id="tagline">
<hr>
<table style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="color: gray; font-size: 10px; font-family: Arial;" width="89%">This email was sent to <a href="mailto:ds94124@aol.com">ds94124@aol.com</a> using GovDelivery, on behalf of: Corporation for National & Community Service · 1201 New York Avenue, NW · Washington, DC 20525 · (202) 606- 5000 · (800) 833-3722</td>
<td width="11%" align="right"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMjA0LjI2MDEwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTIwNC4yNjAxMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2Nzg5ODY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZHM5NDEyNEBhb2wuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1kczk0MTI0QGFvbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&112&&&http://www.govdelivery.com/portals/powered-by" target="_blank"><img src="https://service.govdelivery.com/banners/GOVDELIVERY/logo_gd_poweredby.gif" border="0" alt="Powered by GovDelivery" width="115" height="35"></a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<img src="http://cdn.mailscanner.info/1x1spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="Web Bug from http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMjA0LjI2MDEwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTIwNC4yNjAxMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmdHlwZT1vcGVuJnNlcmlhbD0xNjc4OTg2NiZlbWFpbGlkPWRzOTQxMjRAYW9sLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9ZHM5NDEyNEBhb2wuY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=" />
</div></blockquote></body></html>