Nevada Integrated Employment Resource Center

2015

This resource center is a collaboration of programs, agencies, businesses, and people that are interested in making Nevada's workforce more integrated for Nevadans with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ID/DD). It includes activities to make Nevada an Employment First state, activities to change legislative policy that supports integrated employment for persons with ID/DD, training for community rehabilitation providers, training for parents, businesses, and persons with ID/DD. The resource center will also generating external funding to carry out these aforementioned activities. The need is critical with only 5%-8% of Nevadans with ID/DD working in the community for competitive wages. Overall goals include generating funding through the 2015 legislature, developing a subcommittee on the NGCDD, NV becoming an Employment First state, working in the priorities set forth in the ad hoc committee.

Integrated Employment, Inclusion, Employment First

Performing Direct and/or Demonstration Services, Performing Research or Evaluation, Continuing Education/Community Training, Demonstration Services

Employment-Related Activities

Community Trainees / Short term trainees, Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities, Legislators/Policy Makers

Disadvantaged Circumstances, Specific Groups

State, National

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