Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Employment and Training Task Force

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Mission

The CCD Employment and Training Task Force works on issues relevant to the employment of people with disabilities, particularly issues related to the programs and projects funded under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.

The Task Force has also been working with on recent proposals regarding the Social Security Administration's efforts to facilitate the employment of individuals receiving Social Security benefits, and the employment and training programs administered by the Department of Labor.

Co-chairs

Alicia Epstein
NISH
8401 Old Courthouse Road
Vienna, VA 22182
(571) 571-226-4660 (office)
(571) 288-9146 (fax)
aepstein@nish.org
Cheryl Bates-Harris
National Disability Rights network
202-408-9514 phone
202-408-9520 fax
Cheryl.Bates-Harris@ndrn.org
Susan Goodman
National Down Syndrome Congress
2107 Dumfries Terrace
Olney, MD 20832
(301) 570-8892 (office)
(301) 570-7022 (fax)
susan1961@aol.com
Charlie Harles
International Association of Business Industry and Rehabilitation
P.O. Box 15242
Washington, DC 20003
(202) 543-6353 (office)
(202) 546-2854 (fax)
charlie@harles.com
Susan Prokop
Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
202-416-7707 phone
202-416-7706 fax
susanp@pva.org

Update
Throughout the quarter, the Employment and Training Task force continued to monitor Hill action on the Workforce Incentives Act and the Rehabilitation Act and followed up with the Office of Personnel Management on the status of the final regulations for Excepted Service for People with Disabilities in federal employment.

Acitivities

Employment and Training Task Force Annual Report 2012 [PDF][WORD] (January 02, 2013)
Letter to National Governors Association Supporting Employment of People with Disabilities Initiative (August 17, 2012)
Response to the column by Bill Frezza in the March 6th edition titled “Is Your Company Ready to Meet Its New Disability Hiring Quota?” (March 29, 2012)
Employment and Training Task Force Annual Report 2011 [PDF][WORD] (January 18, 2012)
CCD Employment and Training Task Force Workforce Investment Act reauthorization letter to the HELP Committee (August 11, 2011)
Comments on HELP Committee WIA Draft Bill June 2011 (July 18, 2011)
Comments on HELP Rehab Draft Bill June 2011 (July 18, 2011)
Written Statement to the Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee Hearing of March 2, 2011 by the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Employment and Training Task Force (March 15, 2011)
Letter sent today by the cochairs of the Employment and Training Task force objecting to the cuts in the Continuing Resolution that would affect several workforce programs important to people with disabilities (February 25, 2011)
Employment and Training Task Force Annual Report 2010 [PDF][WORD] (January 12, 2011)
CCD funding recommendations for FY 2011 (April 19, 2010)
CCD FY 2011 Justification For Recommendations Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (April 19, 2010)
CCD Appropriations Recommendations Chart for FY 2011 (April 19, 2010)
Legislative Recommendations for the Workforce Investment Act (April 19, 2010)
Legislative recommendations for the Rehabilitation Act (April 19, 2010)
Transition Principles (April 19, 2010)
Comments by the task force cochairs in response to a Social Security Administration advance notice of proposed rulemaking concerning the Ticket to Work program (February 22, 2010)
Employment and Training Task Force Annual Report [PDF][WORD] (January 13, 2010)
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TWWIIA) (April 21, 2009)
Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization Principles, 2009 [House] /[Senate]
Media Release CCD Task Force on Employment and Training: Groundbreaking Developments on the Statistics on Unemployment for People with Disabilities (February 06, 2009)
Employment and Training Task Force Annual Report [PDF][WORD] (December 22, 2008)
Recommendations for the Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (November 24, 2008)
CCD Economic Stimulus Letter (November 17, 2008)
Employment and Training Task Force Statement of Principles on Employment of People with Disabilities (November 17, 2008)
Employment and Training Task Force Annual Report 2007 (January 14, 2008)
Fture of Vocational Rehabilitation Dialogue Update
The vocational rehabilitation community, including state vocational rehabilitation agencies, community rehabilitation providers, advocacy groups, researchers, and government partners, began a discussion in 2006 to explore the changing needs of individuals with disabilities who looking to enter or advance in the world of work. This discussion has sought to produce concepts as well as tangible models for equipping the broad community engaged in employment and training issues for people with disabilities to begin crafting now the systems to support workers with disabilities in the next decade. Two national forums have been held to date, with a third meeting scheduled for early to mid September 2007 in Washington, DC. The groups charged with crafting the discussion for that meeting recently reported on their activities since the last national gathering. The presentation materials are available to the public here (insert link to doc). For additional information on this process and/or next steps in the discussion, contact Brad Turner-Little (bturner@easterseals.com) or Carl Suter ( carlsuter@rehabnetwork.org ).(June 2007)
Response to the Notice of Proposed Priority for a RRTC on Vocational Rehabilitation that the Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) (April 2007)
Employment and Training 1st and 2nd Quarter Report (August 2006)
Submitted comments to Department of Education in Response to Proposed Priorities for DRRPs, RRTCs, and RERCs.
Participated in CCD Employment Summit to set direction in working with Congress in the coming year.
Reviewed the U.S. Census Bureau report regarding disability and employment and attended the Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) meeting seeking comments with respect to the federal disability and rehabilitation research agenda. The Task force had submitted comments on their published priorities and strives to understand disability data as it relates to program needs.
Task force members attended a focus group meeting sponsored by NISH soliciting input on the pending modernization of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act.

Archive
Visit the Archive for past documents and information from the Task Force