EXCERPT FROM (pg. 10) E-'Toolkit' in Web Store
Creating the Right Work Culture
- Avoid buying in to the stereotypes
- Develop a Work Training Program
- See work training as precursor to paid work
- Offering Work Training to people with disabilities also helps to create a diverse
workforce
- Work in partnership with community Colleges and One Stop Career Centers
- The Department of Labor offers various financial incentives to employers who employ people with disabilities – http://www.doleta.gov/business/incentives/ opptax/
- Apprenticeships with accreditation are the way forward
- Job Carving frees established staff to be more productive – see model provided pages 16 - 17
- People with disabilities represent a motivated yet under-tapped workforce yet unemployment for men and women (ages 16 to 64) reached 16.2% and 14.8% respectively in 2010
- Use natural work supports (established staff) and phase out external support whereappropriate
- B.E.A.T. will donate 10% of the proceeds to - The Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) - Adult Care. We became disheartened by the comment made by DVNF's Director that donations have fallen by the way side.
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