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Employment Task Force
Employment
The main areas of emphasis of the Employment Task Force are employment-related activities including advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change activities that result in individuals with developmental disabilities acquiring, retaining, or advancing in paid employment, including supported employment or self-employment, in integrated settings in a community.
(At the discretion of the Council Chair, with the assistance of the Executive Committee, task forces may be appointed to accomplish special assignments required to implement the Council's mission and state plan. Once the Council approves these projects it is the members of the task force who are charged with overseeing and ensuring that the project is implemented and evaluated for effectiveness.)
RFP-2009-IP-7600 - Partners in Transition Training and Technical Assistance
Project Search - Competitive Application Instructions - PDF
2009-EM-8000 – One Stop Service Center Initiative
Supported Employment Incentive Payment Study - Final Report
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ETF Minutes -June 27, 2008 [DOC]
ETF Minutes - January 25, 2008 [DOC]
ETF Minutes - October 26, 2007 [DOC]
ETF Minutes - August 3, 2007 [DOC]
ETF Minutes - May 4, 2007 [DOC]
Florida Asset Development Project – The findings of the 2006 Asset Development Summit identified specific areas of knowledge and skills that were the focus of training and technical assistance in Year Two of this project and will continue, along with the findings from the four local Asset Summits, to provide a framework for training and technical assistance in Year Three. In Year Three, this project will focus on three main areas: continued technical assistance; extension of local models from Year Two; and integration of this project with existing statewide efforts toward the employment of individuals with disabilities.
White Paper - Ramifications of Farris v. DCF – The Employment Task Force is working with the Florida Center for Advocacy Research and Education, Inc., in Jacksonville, Florida, to prepare a report on a recent court ruling—Farris v DCF. Mr. Farris lost all his Supplemental Security Income benefits when he began earning above what was allowed by the Medicaid Waiver. This project will discuss the implications of the ruling and make recommendations for policy changes, specifically ones that will prevent similar rulings in the future. The project will also address other methods for the removal of disincentives, increasing income protection, and the need for educating and informing individuals with developmental disabilities and those who support them on existing work disincentives and income protection.
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries, Inc.-Project SEARCH (LOA) – This is a worksite-based, school-to-work program that provides training in independent living, employability skills, and specific job skills; placement assistance; job coaching; on-the-job support; and career advancement opportunities for high school students with developmental disabilities.
Hope Haven Children’s Clinic Family Center; - Project SEARCH - This is a worksite-based, school-to-work program that provides training in independent living, employability skills, and specific job skills; placement assistance; job coaching; on-the-job support; and career advancement opportunities for high school students with developmental disabilities.
City of Miami-Project SEARCH – This is a worksite-based, school-to-work program that provides training in independent living, employability skills, and specific job skills; placement assistance; job coaching; on-the-job support; and career advancement opportunities for high school students with developmental disabilities.
Lakeview Center/Baptist Health Care Project SEARCH – This is a worksite-based, school-to-work program that provides training in independent living, employability skills, and specific job skills; placement assistance; job coaching; on-the-job support; and career advancement opportunities for high school students with developmental disabilities.
Students’ Website on Employment and Transition - This project is a continuation of a project that created a Florida-specific web portal for youths with disabilities, their families, and service providers with information about transition and employment. The website is www.fyitransition.org and individuals can also reach the site through www.fyitransition.com and www.fyitransiton.net. The website now consists of a visually pleasing homepage that identifies the website and contains links to each of the three information modules targeted to a specific group - students with disabilities, families and other interested individuals, and service providers. Each site provides both information and links to transition resources that include other state and national resources, as well as mini-courses and other content.
Project SEARCH Statewide Project Coordinator – The project is an agreement between the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council and the Statewide Coordinator for Project SEARCH. The role of the Statewide Coordinator is to assist in the implementation of Project Search to include assisting pilot sites in start-up activities with particular emphasis on identifying and establishing their required business partners. The Coordinator also provides technical assistance and support, as well as monitoring and evaluating the pilot sites.
Project SEARCH – This is a one-year educational program for students with disabilities in their last year of high school. It is targeted for students whose main goal is competitive employment. The program takes place in a healthcare or business setting where total immersion in the workplace creates an environment where the teaching and learning processes function through continuous feedback and application of new skills.