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State Agency Promising Practice: Maryland - Collaborating To Promote Self-Employment For People With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, Jennifer Bose Mar 2019

State Agency Promising Practice: Maryland - Collaborating To Promote Self-Employment For People With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, Jennifer Bose

Jennifer Bose

Self-employment has emerged as a viable option for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD). To meet increased self-employment demands, Maryland’s Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA), in collaboration with the Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS), adapted services offered through the Reach Independence through Self Employment (RISE) program. The RISE program, funded by DORS, provides technical assistance and financial support to people starting their own businesses. DDA’s role in this self-employment initiative has helped people with IDD start a wide variety of businesses and achieve meaningful employment.


State Agency Promising Practice: Pennsylvania’S Employment Newsletter - A Communication Strategy To Promote Employment, Jennifer Bose Mar 2019

State Agency Promising Practice: Pennsylvania’S Employment Newsletter - A Communication Strategy To Promote Employment, Jennifer Bose

Jennifer Bose

The State of Pennsylvania’s Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) created a monthly newsletter called The Employment Update, which covers state- and nationwide news about the employment of people with disabilities, including intellectual/developmental disabilities. The Employment Update is sent via email to state agency contacts and a large stakeholder community, including individuals with disabilities, service providers, state associations, employers, advocacy groups, family members, representatives from academia and others. The Employment Update contains information about employment trends, employment policy, trainings and conferences throughout Pennsylvania and nationwide. The newsletter also contains information about employment grants and project activities, including links to articles covering …


State Agency Promising Practice: Massachusetts - Using A Collaborative, Person-Centered Planning Approach To Facilitate Community Employment, Jennifer Bose, Jaimie Ciulla Timmons Mar 2019

State Agency Promising Practice: Massachusetts - Using A Collaborative, Person-Centered Planning Approach To Facilitate Community Employment, Jennifer Bose, Jaimie Ciulla Timmons

Jennifer Bose

The Northeast Region Supported Employment Project was developed by the North Shore area office of the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services in 2007. This pilot program, open to any individual with ID/DD who wanted to work, emphasized a person-centered planning approach to achieving the individuals’ goals for employment in the community. The project emphasized the individual’s choice of employment providers, collaboration with the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC), and use of an independent facilitator to support career and life planning. The project was spearheaded by two DDS administrators dedicated to communicating the value of community-based employment to the Department.


Small Data Big Justice The Intersection Of Data Science Social Good And Social Services(2).Pdf, Lauri Goldkind Dec 2018

Small Data Big Justice The Intersection Of Data Science Social Good And Social Services(2).Pdf, Lauri Goldkind

Lauri Goldkind

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Peer-Based Education And Use Of The Sbirt Model In Unique Settings With Transgender Young Adults, Michael P. Dentato Phd, Msw, Reyna Ortiz, John Orwat Phd, Brian L. Kelly Phd, Trevor G. Gates Phd Dec 2018

Peer-Based Education And Use Of The Sbirt Model In Unique Settings With Transgender Young Adults, Michael P. Dentato Phd, Msw, Reyna Ortiz, John Orwat Phd, Brian L. Kelly Phd, Trevor G. Gates Phd

Michael P. Dentato

Transgender young adults are at higher risk for alcohol and substance
use that could lead to other health and mental health complications.
Utilization of the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment
(SBIRT) model might be effective to identify members of this
minority community at risk for alcohol and substance use, provide
early interventions for those not meeting diagnostic criteria, and link
them to care. A tailored, peer-based approach to universal screening
with SBIRT could offer affirming experiences for transgender young
adults to openly discuss substance use within unique practice settings
such as the house/ball community. In addition to examining …