Lets Talk Strategies: Employment First in Action

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Lets Talk Strategies: Employment First in Action Wendy Parent-Johnson 2016 National APSE Conference Cincinnati, OH

What’s Happening in SD? 50.1 % people employed Lowest unemployment rate Ranked 8th on State Employment System Performance Score (Smith & Butterworth, ThinkWork)

Governor Daugaard’s Employment Initiative https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLc4C50Ia2E

SD Employment Works Task Force Recommendations Find and support businesses to employ people with disabilities. Connect businesses to employees with disabilities. Eliminate disincentives to employment for people with disabilities. Develop flexible systems and promote promising policies.

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Transition Project Skills Transition Services Liaison Project Youth Leadership Forum Indicator 14 Outcomes General CESP Certification 25% rate increase Ticket to Work Payments ½ dollars on Job placement & job coaching Establishment Grants (15) Training and TA 511 Reviews

Division of Developmental Disability Services Communicate with families earlier Person Centered Thinking Change the culture and trajectory for employment Employment First Alliance National Core Indicator interviews Waiver cost-share removal

Everyone Works Together

What Makes EF Work? Commitment Leadership Opportunity Engagement Innovation RPJ, 2013

Are We There Yet? Still Have: 49.9% not working 1,284 people receiving subminimum wage 63% say they want a job Implementation issues We Are Seeing: Change in conversations Shifting expectations New questions being asked More people becoming employed

Let’s Talk What EF activities are happening in your state? What do you feel has influenced employment practices? What strategies have been effective in impacting outcomes? What ideas and suggestions would you like to see implemented?

For more information, contact Wendy Parent-Johnson, Ph.D. Executive Director Center for Disabilities University of South Dakota Wendy.parentjohnson@usd.ed (605)357-1468