Brag and Steal
Watch the archive here. North Dakota takes a look a look back at its actions over the past 4.5 years, stressing its commitment to capacity building.
July 18, 2017
Employment Learning Community Webinar Series
Welcome to the webinar series from the Employment Learning Community. You can browse and watch/listen to them below.
Missouri: Employment Systems Change
Watch the archive here. Building Capacity Between and Within State Agencies and the Provider Community Duane Shumate, M.Ed.-Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities. Duane talked about the way Missouri's agencies are learning from one another about federal policy changes and their impact upon state services.
Ohio: Employment Systems Change
Watch the archive here. A conversation with Kristen Helling, the Assistant Deputy Director for the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation at Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities, Kristen's primary focus is providing leadership for OOD’s partnerships with other state and local agencies, including the Employment First Partnership with the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD) and the Ohio Transition Support Partnership with the Ohio Department of Education.
Brag and Steal Parts 1 & 2
Watch the part 1 archive here. Watch part 2 here. ELC members, Minnesota and Nevada, kick off 2017 talking about their current status, achievements and plans for the coming year. Project staff report on the follow up survey of Delphi panel members.
January 17, 2017
Capacity Building Parts 1 & 2
Watch part 1 archive here. Watch part 2 here. Securing state agency and organizational investment in building capacity to support, fund, and deliver employment services
November 15, 2016 & December 20, 2016
Employment Policies
Listen to the archive here. A conversation about current federal and state policies to improve employment opportunities and outcomes for individuals with intellectual disabilities. ELC members discussed the challenges facing states and strategies that are being used to advance systems change.
April 17, 2016
ELC Strategies
Listen to the archive here. Conversations about Employment Learning Community states positioning themselves to improve their practices leading to increased employment outcomes.
March 22, 2016
Special Interest Group on Rates
The small group discussion addressed approaches that states are using to devise a rate structure for funding employment services for individuals with IDD.
Watch the recorded webinar here...
