<div>---------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">DDS Communications</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:DDS.Communications@dhs.nj.gov">DDS.Communications@dhs.nj.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 10:20 AM<br>Subject: DDS Communications February 10, 2023<br></div><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-528186438904620383WordSection1">
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">February 10<span style="color:black">, 2023</span></span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="m_-528186438904620383xxxxmsonormal" style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">nTIDE January 2023 Jobs Report: More people with disabilities are striving to work. Will employers call upon them?</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="m_-528186438904620383xxxxmsonormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) – is issued semi-monthly by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="m_-528186438904620383xxxxmsonormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">East Hanover, NJ – February 3, 2023 – More jobseekers with disabilities entered the labor market in January, providing a potential
resource for the current boom in job openings, according to today’s National Trends in Disability Employment – Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Qz7AJLEyjRKNsDAJqG0pJJThw3UXEE72d0D2L-IphBD4SvsA15hjHdXdmARlB0mlxyJylB1NB1MPwr7qhnuuO4nFQilFH4VpX0T7A3GbTov6JFUuzRMP0EaJ5cBsci7Vq7XVOlKML59jmyk3YxgBZyGJasfSG25t&c=dJTNTTj9BWyDLIPJ4SIETRGizwKf1ZgcbZQdQp5IW16epdMicInwXA==&ch=1l_T2iowCFVAcioMbT1cBkVjLIGIGAM5p0mgrBYGWRpxegvWj92o7Q==__;!!J30X0ZrnC1oQtbA!OhYI2YggIX5EjaHXZsa6boT9X9Jqv4IQY0RrtYASuzo6nfsJ2W7CnEj7WQy2ijjgGUflunRgNX0IbO3KvWZzsfjVKd-3VN0s$" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kessler
Foundation</span></b></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and the
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of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability</span></b></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> (UNH-IOD). Declines in the employment-to-population ratios for people with and without disabilities may reflect the impact
of the Federal Reserve’s efforts to curtail inflation and/or seasonal effects.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<img border="0" src="cid:1863c0b983622dc3154" alt="Title: December 2022 to January 2023 National Trends in Disability Employment. Month to month comparison. - Description: This graphic compares the economic indicators for December 2022 and January 2023, showing a slight decrease in the employment-to-population ratio and a slight increase in the labor force participation rate for people with disabilities. For people without disabilities, the employment-to-population ratio and the labor force participation rate showed a slight decrease.
Source: Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability. January 2023 National Trends in Disability Employment Report (nTIDE)." style="width:482px;max-width:100%"><u></u><u></u></p>
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This graphic compares the economic indicators for January 2022 and January 2023, showing a significant increase in both the employment-to-population ratio and in the labor force participation rate for people with disabilities. For people without disabilities, the employment-to-population ratio shows a slight increase and the labor force participation rate increased slightly.
Source: Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability. January 2023 National Trends in Disability Employment Report (nTIDE)." style="width:482px;max-width:100%"><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Leaning into Discomfort: Making Mistakes and the Social Model of<span style="color:#1f497d">
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</span>Speaker</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: Sarah Napoli<span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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</span></span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">J<span style="color:#111f33">oin in a discussion of how – with the assistance of the IHC grant program – their organizations are making the outdoors more accessible
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</span><b>Speakers</b>: Jennifer Papa<span style="color:#1f497d">, </span>Executive Director of City Green and<span style="color:#1f497d">
</span>Carleton Montgomery, Executive Director of Pinelands<span style="color:#1f497d"> </span>Preservation Alliance<span style="color:#1f497d">
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