Exploring the New National Center on Leadership for the Employment and Economic Advancement of People with Disabilitie

1. Exploring the New National Center on Leadership for the Employment and Economic Advancement of People with Disabilities (LEAD) January 30, 2013 3:00PM EST

2. Today’s Moderator Elizabeth Jennings Assistant Project Director LEAD Center

3. The National Center on Leadership for the Employment and Economic Advancement of People with Disabilities (LEAD) is a collaborative of disability, workforce and economic empowerment organizations led by National Disability Institute with funding from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, Grant No. #OD-23863-12-75-4-11.

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9. Today’s Agenda Welcome & Overview of Today’s Agenda – Karen McCulloh Overview of ODEP’s Vision for the LEAD Center– Kathy Martinez, Assistant Secretary / Rhonda Basha, Chief of Staff LEAD Center's Mission & Focus – Michael Morris LEAD Center’s Leadership Activities – Karen McCulloh & Kelly Buckland LEAD Center’s Employment Activities – Lisa Mills & Barbara Wleklinski LEAD Center’s Economic Advancement Activities – Jonathan Mintz & Michael Morris LEAD Center’s Public Policy Activities – Michael Morris & Ari Ne’eman Join Us – How You Can Participate Question & Answer Session

10. Welcome Karen McCulloh Project Director LEAD Center

11. ODEP’s Vision for the LEAD Center Kathleen Martinez Assistant Secretary Office of Disability Employment Policy U.S. Department of Labor

12. LEAD Center Mission & Focus Michael Morris Policy Team Co-Lead LEAD Center Executive Director National Disability Institute

13. LEAD Center Mission To advance sustainable individual and systems level change that results in improved, competitive integrated employment and economic self-sufficiency outcomes for individuals across the spectrum of disability.

14. LEAD Center Goals The LEAD Center focuses on five strategic goals to meet the overall mission.

15. LEAD Center - Goal One Sustainable systems change through development, dissemination, and bringing to scale of novel, innovative, solutions-oriented models, approaches, and practices.

16. LEAD Center - Goal Two Strengthen capacity of the Workforce Investment sector by coordinating and providing state-of-the-art technical assistance, training, and knowledge transfer activities.

17. LEAD Center - Goal Three Implement and document effective retention and return-to-work policies and strategies at both an individual and systems level.

18. LEAD Center - Goal Four Develop policy analysis and tools to advance ODEP leadership role to promote federal policy change that enhances employment and economic self-sufficiency for adults with disabilities.

19. LEAD Center - Goal Five Serve as a central locus and repository of information on best practices and successful strategies, both for individual jobseekers and employment systems.

20. Systems Change Capacity Coordination Customization Development / Adaptation / Evaluation of new practices Dissemination Sustainability

21. Framing the Picture • The LEAD Center brings together a first-rate team comprised of 7 National Organizations, 12 Dissemination Partners, and a pool of 13 National Subject Matter Experts. • The LEAD Center will work with this dynamic consortium of strategic partners to implement a comprehensive, high-impact work plan that focuses on the three key pinnacles of the LEAD Center’s Mission: • Leadership • Employment • Economic Advancement

22. LEAD Center National Partners • National Disability Institute • Autistic Self Advocacy Network • Cities for Financial Empowerment • National Association of Workforce Development Professionals • National Council on Independent Living • TASH • US Business Leadership Network

23. LEAD Center Dissemination PartnersProvided Letters of Support Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) and NCWD/ Youth Institute for Veterans and Military Families Job Accommodation Network (JAN) National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) NDI Consulting/ DEI Technical Assistance Center National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

24. LEAD Center National Subject Matter Experts MeeraAdya, Burton Blatt Institute Terri Bergman, National Association of Workforce Boards Mike Callahan, Marc Gold & Associates Abby Cooper, Marc Gold & Associates Tawara Goode, National Center for Cultural Competence & University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Georgetown University Medical Center Cary Griffin, Griffin-Hammis Associates

25. LEAD Center National Subject Matter Experts, continued Allen Jensen, Center for Health Services Research and Policy, George Washington University Christopher King, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, The University of Texas at Austin Lisa Mills, Consultant Bobby Silverstein, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, P.C. Janet Steveley, Griffin-Hammis Associates Sally Weiss, Southeast ADA Center Barbara Wleklinski, Consultant

26. LEADCenter Focus • As previously mentioned the National LEAD Center is focused on three primary areas: • Leadership • Employment • Economic Advancement

27. Focus on Leadership • National Disability Institute actively recruited and employed leaders with disabilities as the LEAD Center Project Director, Team Leads, and Subject Matter Experts to ensure that the disability perspective comes directly from people with disabilities in following the theme “Nothing about us without us.” The disability perspective influences and impacts every aspect of the LEAD Center program planning and execution.

28. Leadership Activities The LEAD Center’s leadership activities will focus on three issues that demonstrate to strengthen both individual and system capacity in helping job-seekers and workers with disabilities obtain competitive employment in integrated settings by meaningfully engaging in workforce development programs and services: • Development of leadership and informed advocacy skills among job-seekers and workers with disabilities. • Enhancement of access for job-seekers and workers with disabilities to the full range of services and supports available in American Job Centers. • Development of strong leaders within the nation’s workforce investment system who are knowledgeable in effective practices related to the training and employment of prospective workers with disabilities.

29. Leadership Activities:NCIL Demonstration Project Five selected CILs from across the US will provide peer-to-peer training, technical assistance, and education on self-advocacy skills to job-seekers with disabilities with the goal of increasing their ability to effectively utilize American Job Centers (AJCs) and access services, training, and assistance to secure employment.

30. Leadership Activities:NCIL Demonstration Project, Continued Local AJC staff will receive training and technical assistance from CIL staff on disability awareness and appropriate communication with job seekers representing a cross spectrum of disabilities to ensure full access to intensive services and accommodations, as needed, to assist job-seekers with disabilities in achieving their employment goals. Effective practices related to universal design and accessibility will also be disseminated.

31. Leadership Activities:NCIL Demonstration Project, Continued This pilot will result in the development of partnership models for replication nationally to expand effective participation of citizens with disabilities in American Job Centers through the Centers for Independent Living (CILs).

32. Focus on Employment There exists a critical need for the testing, scalability, and replication of novel and proven innovations that focus on the unique abilities of individuals across the spectrum of disability, inclusive of mature workers. As such, the LEAD Center will focus on: Bringing to scale both effective practices previously invested in by ODEP and novel strategies focused on improving employment outcomes of citizens with disabilities; and Implementing innovative strategies aimed at facilitating the magnitude of systems transformation necessary to ensure the widespread deployment of effective practices coupled with policy guidance leading to sustained improvements in the employment of citizens with disabilities.

33. Employment Activities:Bringing to Scale Effective Practices & Sustained Systems Transformation Led by TASH, a collaborative of subject matter experts will provide local level training and technical assistance to support the integration of both proven effective practices (including but not limited to group discovery, customized employment, and self-employment) as well as develop models for the validation of novel strategies within the application of workforce development services.

34. Employment Activities:Bringing to Scale Effective Practices & Sustained Systems Transformation, continued Through the dissemination of policy guidance and technical assistance at the state level, LEAD will promote the alignment of policy, practice, and funding strategies across systems to facilitate participation in the workforce of job-seekers and workers with disabilities possessing long-term support needs.

35. Employment Activities:Bringing to Scale Effective Practices & Sustained Systems Transformation, continued These activities will collectively result in a comprehensive focus on both the scalability of effective practices and sustained systems transformation, leading to real progress in improving the employment outcomes of citizens with disabilities.

36. Employment Activities: Return-to-Work Model Work with a national employer to identify and confirm factors that influence an employer's perspective with respect to integrating and managing workers with disabilities in the workplace. Demonstrate how to promote the employability of the aging workforce and employees impacted either by work-related or non-work related injury, illness, or disability, while reducing costs.

37. Focus on Economic Advancement LEAD Center staff and subject matter experts will educate stakeholders on available economic advancement strategies that can be accessed in communities across the country and further integrated into workforce delivery services. CFE Fund will design a Financial Empowerment Program to deploy systematic integrations within the American Job Centers using proven supports to improve employment opportunities and financial stability for program participants, including professional financial counseling, safe banking products, and other opportunities as appropriate

38. Economic Advancement Activities:Core Strategies A myriad of economic advancement strategies will be explored to support individuals with disabilities in making the shift from employment as “the” goal to a more comprehensive approach to financial stability that integrates employment as an initial step towards greater financial advancement.

39. Economic Advancement Activities:Cities for Financial Empowerment • The CFE Fund's mission is to improve the financial stability of households by embedding financial empowerment strategies into local government infrastructure. Financial Empowerment covers 4 key service areas: • Financial Education and Counseling • Access to Safe and Affordable Financial Products • Asset building • Consumer Financial Protection • Mindful of both the general and unique needs of American Job Centers’ client populations, the LEAD Center and CFE will design a targeted approach to implementing and evaluating financial empowerment integration within the Centers’ service delivery components.

40. Focus on Public Policy Development Develop policy analysis and tools to advance ODEP’s leadership role to promote policy reform and systems change that advances employment and socioeconomic advancement of individuals with disabilities.

41. Public Policy Development:Year One Priorities • Labor - CMS Collaboration • Employment and long term supports • Affordable Care Act Implementation • WIA Section 188 and Methods of Administration: Equal Opportunity policy development • WIA Performance Measurement and Waiver Options

42. Public Policy Development:Year One Priorities, Continued • Labor - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Collaboration • Consumer Education • Employment and Financial Capability • Social Security Reform Options • Employment and Economic Advancement Incentives

43. Public Policy Development:Activities Policy Briefs Legislative and Regulatory Reviews Annual Policy Roundtable & Recommendations Policy Brown Bag Educational Series with Policy-Makers & External Stakeholders

44. Join Us Read the LEAD Center’s inaugural newsletter - http://conta.cc/ZoPl4t  Join the LEAD Center mailing list - http://leadcenter.us6.list-manage2.com/subscribe?u=bb0c478f9803ed67c40eec568&id=79c43d2d82 Connect with us on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/LEADCtr Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/LEADCtr Watch for the launch of http://www.leadcenter.org/ in Spring 2013

45. LEAD Center FREE Webinar Series • The LEAD Center will provide a new webinar on the last Wednesday of the month from 3:00p.m. EST - 4:30p.m. EST. • Webinars will include three mini-series on: • Leadership • Employment • Economic Advancement • The first mini-series will focus on economic advancement strategies for workers with disabilities.

46. Upcoming Webinars:Economic Advancement Series February 27, 2013 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm EST Promoting Economic Advancement - Free Tax Prep  Webinar will offer attendees an overview of three free tax prep models, how to choose a model, who to partner with, practical steps to implementing a free tax model in American Job Centers, and a story from the field. Target Audience: Workforce Investment System and related stakeholders

47. Upcoming Webinars:Economic Advancement Series, Continued March 27, 2013 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm EST Promoting Economic Advancement - Financial Education Webinar will offer attendees a context for the need for and benefits of financial education, connections to free financial education curriculums and resources, practical steps to implementing Money Smart in American Job Centers, and a story from the field. Target Audience: Workforce Investment System and related stakeholders

48. Upcoming Webinars:Economic Advancement Series, Continued April 24, 2013 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm EST Using Work Incentives to Build Financial Stability Webinar will offer individuals an overview of the two Social Security disability benefit programs, opportunities to increase income through the use of SSDI work incentives, opportunities to increase income through the use of SSI work incentives, and work incentives that support savings above the $2000 SSI asset limit. Target Audience: Individuals with disabilities and related stakeholders

49. Questions?

50. Thank You Karen McCulloh LEAD Center, Project Director kmcculloh@ndi-inc.org Elizabeth Jennings LEAD Center, Assistant Project Director ejennings@ndi-inc.org