[Ohio-talk] FW: Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities and Giant Eagle, Inc. Partner to Increase Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities

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Giant Eagle, Inc. Partner to Increase Employment Opportunities for People
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Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities and Giant Eagle, Inc. Partner to
Increase Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities

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FOR RELEASE: January 30, 2019

Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities and Giant Eagle, Inc. Partner to
Increase Employment Opportunities

for People with Disabilities

COLUMBUS, OH - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) and Giant
Eagle, Inc. announced today an innovative new partnership to increase
employment opportunities and job retention for people with disabilities at
Giant Eagle stores in Northeast Ohio. This partnership demonstrates Ohio's
business-focused approach to enhance employment opportunities for
individuals with disabilities.

Through this partnership, a full-time OOD Talent Sourcing Coordinator will
be embedded at Giant Eagle to facilitate sourcing, hiring and retention of
OOD job seekers with disabilities. In addition, the Talent Sourcing
Coordinator will work closely with Giant Eagle's human resources staff to
initiate training on inclusion, accessibility concepts in the workplace and
create pathways to promotional opportunities within Giant Eagle. The Talent
Sourcing Coordinator will be a resource to support ongoing job retention for
Giant Eagle Team Members with disabilities.

"This partnership is the first of its kind with a private company in Ohio,"
said OOD Director Kevin Miller. "We hope this will serve as an example that
inspires other members of the business community to recognize the benefits
of hiring individuals with disabilities."  

"Giant Eagle has long been committed to creating an inviting in-store
environment brought to life by talented and diverse Team Members," said
Giant Eagle Differently Abled Inclusion Leader Jeremy Shapira. "People who
are differently abled are an important part of our culture for one simple
reason - they make great Team Members. We are excited to grow our
relationship with OOD in an effort to find even more people to make Giant
Eagle a great place to work and shop."

"Expanding opportunities for jobs in the private sector for individuals with
disabilities and promoting new ideas to support a more inclusive workforce
in Ohio is very important, and I am pleased that Opportunities for Ohioans
with Disabilities is partnering with Giant Eagle to do that in Northeast
Ohio," said Governor Mike DeWine. "As governor, I believe we need to lead by
example, so on my first day in office, I signed an executive order to ensure
that individuals living with disabilities have the opportunity to pursue
careers with the state of Ohio."

For more information about how OOD's Business Relations staff can support
disability inclusion practices in the workplace, visit
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The services described are funded, in part, with federal funds awarded by
the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) under the Vocational Rehabilitation
(VR), Supported Employment Services, and the Independent Living Services for
Older Individuals Who are Blind (OIB) programs. For purposes of the VR
program, the federal VR grant paid 78.7% of the total costs of the program.
In federal fiscal year (FFY) 2018, the VR agency received $100,336,097 in
federal VR funds. Funds appropriated by the state paid 21.3% of the total
costs $27,155,767 under the VR program.

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