by RIDDCouncil | May 29, 2014 | Employment, Federal Laws & Legislation, Laws & Legislation
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the result of months of negotiations, addresses everything from adult literacy and job training to preparing youths with disabilities for employment. The nation’s workforce development system would receive a long-awaited...
by RIDDCouncil | May 21, 2014 | Employment
JUNE SERIES June 19 & 20, 2014 Rhode Island College and the Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, a federal University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, are hosting a series of public forums and workshops in 2014 focused on promoting a...
by RIDDCouncil | Apr 10, 2014 | Employment
Remarks by Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels at Press Conference Regarding Employment Services for Rhode Islanders with Disabilities Click here for copy of Settlement Agreement (“Consent Decree”)
by RIDDCouncil | Apr 10, 2014 | Employment
PROVIDENCE, R.I. –- The state and the federal government have reached a groundbreaking settlement that will move disabled Rhode Islanders from segregated settings that isolated them for decades into the work force and the community at large. The Department of Justice...
by RIDDCouncil | Jan 21, 2014 | Employment, Employment First
Rhode Island is part of the national movement toward a greater emphasis on community employment that echoes a general shift toward services designed to integrate individuals with disabilities into their communities, providing them with the same opportunities and...
by RIDDCouncil | Jan 21, 2014 | Employment
The goal for every person with a developmental disability is a life that includes a good place to live, individualized integrated employment, and an individual lifestyle. There is a national body of evidence from multiple states that has documented strategies that are...
