[nfbmi-talk] Michigan Misses Out

Marcus Simmons MarcusSimmons at comcast.net
Fri Oct 1 15:52:12 UTC 2010


Could be because we don't have our RSA report?
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From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at comcast.net>
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Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 11:20 AM
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Michigan Misses Out


> Hello,
>
>
>
> Well, I don't understand how the state with the second highest 
> unemployment
> rate in the nation failed to qualify for this grant program.
>
>
>
> - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an award of $21,276,575 to
> nine states
>
> under the Disability Employment Initiative to improve education, training,
> and employment
>
> opportunities and outcomes of youth and adults who are unemployed and/or
> receiving
>
> Social Security disability benefits. The Disability Employment Initiative 
> is
> jointly
>
> funded and administered by the department's Employment and Training
> Administration
>
> and its Office of Disability Employment Policy.
>
> "During these difficult economic times, we want to make it possible for 
> all
> workers,
>
> especially those with disabilities, to benefit from the Labor Department's
> employment
>
> and retraining services that have a proven success rate," said Secretary 
> of
> Labor
>
> Hilda L. Solis. "Through this new grant, individuals with disabilities 
> will
> be able
>
> to utilize the necessary tools to obtain permanent and secure jobs."
>
> The Labor Department has entered into cooperative agreements with the
> following states
>
> to implement strategic approaches to support exemplary employment services
> for individuals
>
> with disabilities in the public workforce system: Alaska, Arkansas,
> Delaware, Illinois,
>
> Kansas, Maine, New Jersey, New York and Virginia. These projects build 
> upon
> the department's
>
> Disability Program Navigator Initiative by hiring staff with expertise in
> disability
>
> and workforce issues. The grants also will support extensive partnerships,
> collaboration
>
> and services provided across multiple workforce and disability systems in
> each state.
>
> These involve state vocational rehabilitation services, mental health and
> developmental
>
> disability agencies, Medicaid Infrastructure Grant-supported activities,
> independent
>
> living centers, business leadership networks, and other community and
> nonprofit provider
>
> organizations.
>
> Another critical component of the Disability Employment Initiative is
> expanding the
>
> workforce system's involvement with the Social Security Administration's
> Ticket to
>
> Work program. The Disability Employment Initiative requires a state
> workforce agency
>
> or local workforce investment boards participating in a cooperative
> agreement to
>
> become employment networks under the Ticket to Work Program. The 
> department
> recognizes
>
> that many Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability
> Insurance beneficiaries
>
> utilize the mainstream workforce system to seek employment opportunities, 
> as
> shown
>
> in the May 2010 Mathematica Policy Research Inc. report "Use of One-Stops 
> by
> Social
>
> Security Disability Beneficiaries in Four States Implementing Disability
> Program
>
> Navigator Initiatives," which is available at
>
> http://www.doleta.gov/disability/whatsnew.cfm
>
> .
>
> The department considers individuals with the most significant 
> disabilities
> to be
>
> a major priority, with grant resources focused on their entry or return to
> work.
>
> States will be working closely with the Social Security Administration's
> Work Incentive
>
> Planning and Assistance Program and its Community Work Incentive
> Coordinators to
>
> conduct outreach and coordination to expand services to beneficiaries.
>
> Grant Recipients
>
> Disability Employment Initiative Grants
>
> Amount
>
> State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development
>
> $2,727,000
>
> State of Arkansas Department of Workforce Services
>
> $1,500,000
>
> Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
>
> $1,490,409
>
> Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
>
> $1,839,588
>
> Kansas Department of Commerce
>
> $1,879,459
>
> State of Maine Department of Labor
>
> $1,500,000
>
> New Jersey Department of Labor, Workforce Division
>
> $2,479,280
>
> New York State Department of Labor
>
> $4,945,060
>
> Virginia Community College System
>
> $2,915,779
>
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