Disability EmploymentResources
Business Strategies That Work: A Framework for Disability Inclusion.
Business Strategies That Workidentifies promising employment policies and practices for recruiting, hiring, retaining, and advancing qualified individuals with disabilities. It helps employers to ensure workplaces are diverse and inclusive and to use proactive and dynamic human resource strategies.
Campaign for Disability Employment
What Can You Do: The Campaign for Disability Employment is a collaborative effort to promote positive employment outcomes for people with disabilities, encourage employers, to recognize the value and talent people with disabilities add to the workforce, and to challenge negative assumptions about disability and employment
The Employer Assistance & Resource Network (EARN)
EARN is anODEP-sponsored free service for all types of employers that offers one-on-one consulting and updated information on how to increase the recruitment hiring and engagement of employees with disabilities. Visit the siteor call directly at 1-855 –AskEARN.
Employer Assistance and Resource Network Federal Contractor Page
Available through EARN, this link specifically answers questions about the responsibilities of Federal contractors and sub-contractors pertaining to hiring persons with disabilities and veterans.
Disability Disclosure in the Workplace: What Employers Should Know
Offered through EARN, this webinar helps employers understand disability disclosure and when it is appropriate (and not appropriate) to discuss a worker’s disability.
The Business Case for Disability Hiring
To be competitive in today's global economy, companies cannot afford to overlook people with disabilities as a significant labor pool and customer base. This resource addresses the business case for disability hiring in terms of human capital, innovation, marketing, diversity, and return on investment.
Workforce Recruitment Program
The Workforce Recruitment Program is a resource that offers qualified candidates with disabilities for employment. The program has an online database of students from all academic and professional backgrounds pre-screened and ready for internships, part-time, or full time employment. Candidates may be identified by location, expertise, academic achievement or even academic concentration.
The Job Accommodation Network
The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is a source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. Visit the website or contact JAN directly at (800)526-7234 (Voice) (877)781-9403 (TTY).
Universal Design Resources
Universal Design (UD) is a strategy for making products, environments, operational systems, and services welcoming and usable to the most diverse range of people possible. This link offers helpful resources related to UD specifically for employers.
The 411 on Disability Disclosure: A Workbook for Youth with Disabilities
This guide is designed for youth and adults working with them to learn about disability disclosure. This workbook helps young people make informed decisions about whether or not to disclose their disability and understand how that decision may impact their lives.
Integrated Employment Toolkit:
The Integrated Employment Toolkit is an ODEP-sponsored initiative designed to create a resource that pulls together critical community resources and is organized by six stakeholder groups: employers; Community Employment Agencies (CEA); families and individuals (both youth and adult); policymakers, and researchers.
Customized Employment Video for Employers:
These Customized Employment (CE) videos, each specifically focused on Employers, Youth, or a General audience, highlight the benefits of CE, an employment strategy which matches the skills and preferences of the individual with the specific business needs of the employer.
Disability Non –discrimination Law Advisor
The Disability Nondiscrimination Law Advisor is designed to help employers determine which federal disability nondiscrimination laws apply to their business or organization.
Disability.gov
Disability.gov is managed by ODEP, in collaboration with 21 federal agency partners.The site links to more than 14,000 resources from federal, state and local government agencies; academic institutions; and nonprofit organizations.
Employment Resource Referral Directory (ERRD)
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has developed an Employment Resource Referral Directory, (Directory) that lists governmental and non-governmental not-for-profit organizations as references to assist hiring of qualified applicants by contractors.
OFCCP National Office
The national OFCCP website contains a number of Federal Contractor Guides designed by OFCCP to assist any type of contractor, including service and supply, construction, new contractors guide, and a small business guide.
Office of Disability Employment Policy
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) provides national leadership by developing and influencing disability employment-related policies and practices affecting an increase in the employment of people with disabilities.
New Regulations: Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act
Information on OFCCP’s final rule to improve job opportunities for individuals with disabilities:this link provides an overview of the new regulations, technical assistance materials, such as frequently asked questions and fact sheets, andincludes the self-identification form.
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)
OFCCP Key Personnel - Regional Offices
NORTHEAST REGION
Covered States/Territories: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Regional Director: Diana S. Sen
Regional Outreach Coordinator: Stephen Sunshine
Contact Information:
U.S. Department of Labor for OFCCP
201 Varick Street
Room 750
New York, NY 10014
(646) 264-3170
(646) 264-3009 (Fax)
(877) 889-5627 (TTY-National Office)
MID-ATLANTIC REGION
Covered States/Territories: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Regional Director: Michele Hodge
Regional Outreach Coordinator:Vincent Whipple
Contact Information:
U.S. Department of Labor for OFCCP
Curtis Center, Suite 200 East
170 S. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3317
(215) 861-5765
(215) 861-5769 (Fax)
(877) 889-5627 (TTY-National Office)
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)
OFCCP Key Personnel - Regional Offices
SOUTHEAST REGION
Covered States/Territories: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Regional Director: Marva James (Acting)
Regional Outreach Coordinator: Tina Williams
Contact Information:
U.S. Department of Labor for OFCCP
Atlanta Federal Center
61 Forsyth Street, S.W.
Room 7B75
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 893-4545 (404) 893-4546 (Fax)
(877) 889-5627 (TTY-National Office)
MIDWEST REGION
Covered States/Territories: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Wisconsin
Regional Director: Bradley A. Anderson
Regional Outreach Coordinator:Carmen Navarro
Contact Information:
U.S. Department of Labor for OFCCP
230 South Dearborn Street, Room 570
Chicago, Illinois 60604
312-596-7010 (Main)
312 596-7044 (Fax)
(877) 889-5627 (TTY-National Office)
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)
OFCCP Key Personnel - Regional Offices
SOUTHWEST and ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
Covered States/Territories: Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming
Regional Director: Melissa L. Speer
Regional Outreach Coordinator: E. Michelle Hernandez
Contact Information:
U.S. Department of Labor for OFCCP
Federal Building, Room 840
525 South Griffin St.
Dallas, TX 75202
(972) 850-2550
(972) 850-2552 (Fax)
(877) 889-5627 (TTY-National Office)
PACIFIC REGION
Covered States/Territories: Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington
Regional Director: Janette Wipper
Regional Outreach Coordinator: Patricia Kuhaiki
Contact Information:
U.S. Department of Labor for OFCCP
90 7th Street
Suite # 18-300
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 625-7800
(415) 625-7799 (Fax)
(877) 889-5627 (TTY-National Office)
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