For Immediate Release From ODEP!
WIOA Disability Data Webinar Series
The LEAD Center will host a two-part webinar series discussing leading practices in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) disability-related reporting. These webinars will feature Wisconsin's workforce system practices, showing how effective reporting and analysis can enhance services and help mitigate job losses for individuals with disabilities. The sessions will also highlight existing reporting on individuals with disabilities through a new online interactive data visualization tool to improve disability-related reporting. Part 1 on "Understanding WIOA Disability-Related Reporting: Tools for Data Visualization" will be held on September 17, 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET. Part 2 on "WIOA Disability-Related Reporting: A Deep Dive into the Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL)" will be held on September 24, 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET.
Register for "Understanding WIOA Disability-Related Reporting: Tools for Data Visualization:"
https://www.addevent.com/event/Zp5071675?u... Register for "WIOA Disability-Related Reporting: A Deep Dive into the Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL):"
https://www.addevent.com/event/QN5071751?u... Guideposts for Success Webinar
As part of its webinar series celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Council of State Governments, in partnership with the ODEP-funded Center for Advancing Policy on Employment for Youth and the Cornell University Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, will present "Getting Ready for Work – Youth Transition and Guideposts for Success" on September 10, 12:00-1:30 p.m. ET. This webinar will cover the updated Guideposts for Success Framework with a policymaker audience. Additionally, the webinar will highlight state examples of policies that support the framework and interview legislators who sponsored relevant bills.
Register for "Getting Ready for Work – Youth Transition and Guideposts for Success"
COVID-19 and the ADA.
https://seed.csg.org/ada30/?utm_source=gov... The Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion published "COVID-19 and Job Applicants and Employees with Disabilities: Emerging Practices to Employ and Protect Workers." This policy brief examines intersecting issues related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides guidance for employers to support the employment, health, and safety of all job applicants and employees, including qualified individuals with disabilities. It also recognizes that Title I of the ADA does not interfere with employers following advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public health authorities on appropriate steps to take relating to the workplace.
Read "COVID-19 and Job Applicants and Employees with Disabilities: Emerging Practices to Employ and Protect Workers:"
https://askearn.org/wp-content/uploads/202... EARN Newsletter
The Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) released its August 2020 newsletter. Featured are profiles of CVS Health, EY, and Merck, discussing how these companies consider the needs of employees with disabilities in their responses to COVID-19. Also highlighted are success stories of two individuals who participated in ODEP's Workforce Recruitment Program, and more.
Read the EARN newsletter.
https://askearn.org/news-events/newsletter...
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