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TRN Disability Update
The following info from TRN Disability Update may be of interest to =
nifl-LD list subscribers.  There are some real goodies here.

Best regards,
-Mary Ann Corley


----- Original Message -----=20
From: Training Resource Network=20
To: TRN4=20
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:34 PM
Subject: TRN Disability Update



Welcome to this month's Training Resource Network Disability Update=20

Please forward this e-mail to your colleagues.
Visit http://www.trninc.com for updates on training events and new =
resources in the field!=20
Due to the volume of e-mail we receive, we cannot reply individually to =
requests for more information. Details of these reports, plus news and =
features on the employment of people with disabilities, can be obtained =
by ordering a subscription to Supported Employment InfoLines ($99 US per =
year, $139 international rate) at http://www.trninc.com/infolines.htm or =
by calling 904-823-9800.
****
Study Reviews Outcomes of Workshop Participants Now in Supported =
Employment
A recent study highlighted in InfoLines examines changes in wage, hour, =
benefit and integration outcomes of individuals who had been in =
segregated, facility-based employment and who are now in supported =
employment. Few studies have tracked the same individuals from sheltered =
to integrated employment and compared outcome data. Findings show people =
in supported employment had significantly better outcomes than when they =
were in a sheltered facility.
****
Congress Approves $55 Million in Grant Funding: DOL Employment Grants =
Available
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will provide $55 =
million of new funding to the Systems Change Grants for Community Living =
program to enable states to improve their community long-term care =
systems for people with disabilities.  The Dept. of Labor has announced =
the availability of funds for community organizations to enhance One =
Stop systems to serve underserved people. See: =
http://www.tgci.com/fedrgtxt/02-9260.txt=20
 http://www.tgci.com/fedrgtxt/02-9261.txt=20
 http://www.tgci.com/fedrgtxt/02-9259.txt
****
EEOC Holding Free Workshops for Employers on Hiring Workers with =
Disabilities
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is providing a =
series of workshops throughout the US on the employment of individuals =
with disabilities with small businesses. The interactive workshops =
provide small business owners and managers with answers to questions =
about employing individuals with disabilities.=20
****
Resources Available
TRN has announced the release of The Road Ahead, a new resource on =
strategies and ideas for improving the TRANSITION of people with =
disabilities to adult life.=20
http://www.trninc.com/roadahead.htm
Also available: the basics of self-determination: Self Determination =
Pocket Guide $8
http://www.trninc.com/selfdetpg.htm
Supported living and individual support: One Person at a Time $24.95
http://www.trninc.com/oneperson.htm
34 nationally known authors provide supported employment best practices: =
Supported Employment in Business $34.95
http://www.trninc.com/seinbusiness.htm
Creative ways to find jobs for people with disabilities: Demystifying =
Job Development $29.95
http://www.trninc.com/demystifying.htm
Help people to start their own small business: No More Job Interviews =
$29.95
http://www.trninc.com/nomoreinterviews.htm
**
To order: Call toll free 866-823-9800 with a credit card or PO# or order =
directly from the web site.
****
Gateway Offers Nonprofits Free Computers
Gateway has annouced that it will donate up to 4,500 computers that were =
used at the 2002 Winter Olympics to nonprofits that help underserved =
communities access technology.
For more information: http://www.gateway.com/olympics/donations.shtml
****
Help with Recruitment for Disability Programs=20
Looking to hire qualified and experience staff? Or looking for a new =
job? The quickest way to reach the disability provider community is =
through JobLines on the web: http://www.trninc.com/jobline.htm. Job =
postings from around the country with one click!
Featured jobs of the month (click on Jobline website for details):
**
eMERGE, Inc., Baltimore, MD, Director of Employment Services
**
Goodwill Industries Suncoast, St. Petersburg, FL, One-Stop Coordinator
**
Goodwill Industries, Oakland, CA, Community Employment Coordinator=20
****
Some Other Stories in This Month's InfoLines =
http://www.trninc.com/infolines.htm
- Person-Centered Job Development Using a Job Book
- Looking Beyond the Job: Do Supported Employees Belong to a Community?
- Kansas Approves Plan for Workers with Disabilities to Retain Medicaid
- Louisiana Lawsuit Settlement Includes SE Expansion
- Why Businesses Don't Employ People with Disabilities=20
- Predicting Work Outcomes and SE Services for Persons with Psychiatric =
Disabilities
- Some Gains for Women with Disabilities in Employment, but Jobs Still =
Low-Wage
- Job Seekers and Hiring Managers Agree: Diversity Benefits Business =
Performance
- One of Five EEOC Discrimination Charges Now Disability-Related

Recipients of this e-mail either submitted a message to join our mail =
list or your name was submitted to us by a colleague. If you do not wish =
to continue to receive this posting, reply to this message with =
unsubscribe in the text of your reply. To add a name to our list, reply =
with his or her e-mail address.
--=20
TRN: Publishers of resources for the community inclusion of people with =
disabilities.=20
Web: http://www.trninc.com Phone: 904-823-9800 Fax: 904-823-3554=20

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The following info from TRN Disability =
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goodies=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Mary Ann Corley</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20
title=3Dtrninc@aug.com href=3D"mailto:trninc@aug.com">Training Resource =
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dtrninc@aug.com =
href=3D"mailto:trninc@aug.com">TRN4</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:34 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> TRN Disability Update</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV>
<P align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3DArial>
<H2>Welcome to this month's Training Resource Network Disability Update=20
<BR></H2><B>Please forward this e-mail to your colleagues.<BR>Visit =
<FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><U><A=20
href=3D"http://www.trninc.com">http://www.trninc.com></U></FONT> for =
updates on=20
training events and new resources in the field! </B></FONT>
<P><FONT face=3DArial><I>Due to the volume of e-mail we receive, we =
cannot reply=20
individually to requests for more information. Details of these reports, =
plus=20
news and features on the employment of people with disabilities, can be =
obtained=20
by ordering a subscription to Supported Employment InfoLines ($99 US per =
year,=20
$139 international rate) at <FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.trninc.com/infolines.htm></FONT> or by =
calling=20
904-823-9800.<BR></I>****<BR><B>Study Reviews Outcomes of Workshop =
Participants=20
Now in Supported Employment<BR></B>A recent study highlighted in =
InfoLines=20
examines changes in wage, hour, benefit and integration outcomes of =
individuals=20
who had been in segregated, facility-based employment and who are now in =

supported employment. Few studies have tracked the same individuals from =

sheltered to integrated employment and compared outcome data. Findings =
show=20
people in supported employment had significantly better outcomes than =
when they=20
were in a sheltered facility.<BR>****<BR><B>Congress Approves $55 =
Million in=20
Grant Funding: DOL Employment Grants Available<BR></B>The US Department =
of=20
Health and Human Services (HHS) will provide $55 million of new funding =
to the=20
Systems Change Grants for Community Living program to enable states to =
improve=20
their community long-term care systems for people with disabilities. =
&nbsp;The=20
Dept. of Labor has announced the availability of funds for community=20
organizations to enhance One Stop systems to serve underserved people. =
See:=20
<FONT =
color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.tgci.com/fedrgtxt/02-9260.txt></FONT>=20
<BR>&nbsp;<FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.tgci.com/fedrgtxt/02-9261.txt></FONT>=20
<BR>&nbsp;<FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.tgci.com/fedrgtxt/02-9259.txt></U></FONT=
>****<BR><B>EEOC=20
Holding Free Workshops for Employers on Hiring Workers with=20
Disabilities<BR></B>The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission =
(EEOC) is=20
providing a series of workshops throughout the US on the employment of=20
individuals with disabilities with small businesses. The interactive =
workshops=20
provide small business owners and managers with answers to questions =
about=20
employing individuals with disabilities. <BR>****<BR><B>Resources=20
Available<BR></B>TRN has announced the release of <B>The Road Ahead</B>, =
a new=20
resource on strategies and ideas for improving the <FONT=20
color=3D#008000><B>TRANSITION </B></FONT>of people with disabilities to =
adult=20
life. <BR><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.trninc.com/roadahead.htm></U></FONT>Also=
=20
available: the basics of <FONT =
color=3D#008000><B>self-determination</B></FONT>:=20
Self Determination Pocket Guide $8<BR><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.trninc.com/selfdetpg.htm></U></FONT><FON=
T=20
color=3D#008000><B>Supported living</B></FONT> and individual support: =
<B>One=20
Person at a Time</B> $24.95<BR><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.trninc.com/oneperson.htm></U></FONT>34 =
nationally=20
known authors provide <FONT color=3D#008000><B>supported employment best =

practices</B></FONT>: <B>Supported Employment in Business</B> =
$34.95<BR><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.trninc.com/seinbusiness.htm></U></FONT>C=
reative=20
ways to <FONT color=3D#008000><B>find jobs</B></FONT> for people with=20
disabilities: <B>Demystifying Job Development</B> $29.95<BR><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.trninc.com/demystifying.htm></U></FONT>H=
elp=20
people to start their own <FONT color=3D#008000><B>small =
business</B></FONT>:=20
<B>No More Job Interviews</B> $29.95<BR><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.trninc.com/nomoreinterviews.htm></U></FO=
NT>**<BR>To=20
order: Call toll free 866-823-9800 with a credit card or PO# or order =
directly=20
from the web site.<BR>****<BR><B>Gateway Offers Nonprofits Free=20
Computers<BR></B>Gateway has annouced that it will donate up to 4,500 =
computers=20
that were used at the 2002 Winter Olympics to nonprofits that help =
underserved=20
communities access technology.<BR>For more information: <FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.gateway.com/olympics/donations.shtml></U=
></FONT>****<BR><B>Help=20
with Recruitment for Disability Programs</B> <BR>Looking to hire =
qualified and=20
experience staff? Or looking for a new job? The quickest way to reach =
the=20
disability provider community is through JobLines on the web: <FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.trninc.com/jobline.htm></FONT>. Job =
postings from=20
around the country with one click!<BR>Featured jobs of the month (click =
on=20
Jobline website for details):<BR>**<BR>eMERGE, Inc., Baltimore, MD, =
Director of=20
Employment Services<BR>**<BR>Goodwill Industries Suncoast, St. =
Petersburg, FL,=20
One-Stop Coordinator<BR>**<BR>Goodwill Industries, Oakland, CA, =
Community=20
Employment Coordinator <BR>****<BR><B>Some Other Stories in This =
Month=92s=20
InfoLines</B> <FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.trninc.com/infolines.htm></U></FONT>-=20
Person-Centered Job Development Using a Job Book<BR>- Looking Beyond the =
Job: Do=20
Supported Employees Belong to a Community?<BR>- Kansas Approves Plan for =
Workers=20
with Disabilities to Retain Medicaid<BR>- Louisiana Lawsuit Settlement =
Includes=20
SE Expansion<BR>- Why Businesses Don=92t Employ People with Disabilities =
<BR>-=20
Predicting Work Outcomes and SE Services for Persons with Psychiatric=20
Disabilities<BR>- Some Gains for Women with Disabilities in Employment, =
but Jobs=20
Still Low-Wage<BR>- Job Seekers and Hiring Managers Agree: Diversity =
Benefits=20
Business Performance<BR>- One of Five EEOC Discrimination Charges Now=20
Disability-Related<BR><BR><FONT size=3D2>Recipients of this e-mail =
either=20
submitted a message to join our mail list or your name was submitted to =
us by a=20
colleague. If you do not wish to continue to receive this posting, reply =
to this=20
message with unsubscribe in the text of your reply. To add a name to our =
list,=20
reply with his or her e-mail address.<BR></FONT>-- <BR>TRN: Publishers =
of=20
resources for the community inclusion of people with disabilities. =
<BR>Web:=20
<FONT color=3D#0000ff><U>http://www.trninc.com></FONT> Phone: =
904-823-9800 Fax:=20
904-823-3554</FONT> </P></BODY></HTML>

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