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Thank you.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>Sherri Brun<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'> ACL Updates <donotreply@connect.hhs.gov> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 29, 2022 11:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> slbrun4@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> New Brief: Research Supporting Competitive, Integrated Employment<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:0%'><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/msv5/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="Web Bug from 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style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>New Brief: Research Supporting Competitive, Integrated Employment<br> <o:p></o:p></span></h1></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-radius: 3px;-moz-border-radius: 3px;-webkit-border-radius: 3px'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-radius: 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CIE is increasingly becoming the expectation across the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>ACL is committed to expanding employment opportunities for people with disabilities. In addition to funding programs that provide direct employment support services to people with disabilities and advocating for policies and practices that prioritize and support CIE as a key element of community living, ACL also is investing in research to increase knowledge about the benefits of employment of people with disabilities – both for the individual and for the employer – and to increase the availability of effective interventions to support employment. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>This week, as <a href="https://click.connect.hhs.gov/?qs=754f581d093e7a16b14b227b78e1864cadcfd3615aac657a28fb72725790192ce8da389af4dea243b3b53e853e5549ccc64428dcd7c269b2"><span style='color:#1F7FDF'>the country celebrates the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act</span></a> and Disability Pride Month, ACL's National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) is releasing 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