National Conference on Disability Inclusion & National Service: Acting Today to Shape the Future Considering the Effect of Policies on People with Disabilities.

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National Conference on Disability Inclusion & National Service: Acting Today to Shape the Future Considering the Effect of Policies on People with Disabilities in National Service

National Conference on Disability Inclusion & National Service: Acting Today to Shape the Future Presenters Brian Lock - Disability Coordinator, Washington Commission for National and Community Service Bob Shogren - Director, Arizona Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism Amy Borgstrom - Associate Director for Policy, AmeriCorps State/National, CNCS Lanny Taulbee – Disability Coordinator, Kentucky Eddie Aguero - Facilitator

National Conference on Disability Inclusion & National Service: Acting Today to Shape the Future Introduction A discussion highlighting examples of CNCS policies negatively affecting actual or potential members with disabilities. Session Goals To identify and recommend a process for “field- testing” new policies as they are being developed and; To recommend a companion process for providing continuous feedback on the unintended consequences of current policies.

National Conference on Disability Inclusion & National Service: Acting Today to Shape the Future Introduction (Con’t) Who is in the room? –Presenters? –Representatives from AmeriCorps, Learn & Serve, Senior Corps, Disability Organizations? –CNCS Staff?

National Conference on Disability Inclusion & National Service: Acting Today to Shape the Future Framing AmeriCorps Policy 101 Amy Borgstrom Director of AmeriCorps Policy

National Conference on Disability Inclusion & National Service: Acting Today to Shape the Future Presenters Sampling of Policies/Rules/Regulations H.S. Diploma/GED Requirement The Education Award – requirements for receipt of… Slot Conversion Rule (s) Compelling Personal Circumstances Enrollment/Retention

National Conference on Disability Inclusion & National Service: Acting Today to Shape the Future Sampling of Other Policies/Rules/Regulations with Potential Implications Flexibility around start/end times Penmanship or data entry (if computer based) possible issues Computation skills; time calculating skills

National Conference on Disability Inclusion & National Service: Acting Today to Shape the Future Sampling of Other Policies/Rules/Regulations with Potential Implications (Con’t) AmeriCorps Grant Guidance and Template Instructions Strategic Initiatives Tracking Time Logs Authoring Great Stories

National Conference on Disability Inclusion & National Service: Acting Today to Shape the Future How can we mitigate the unintended consequences of AC policies for people with disabilities as we move forward? What mechanisms do we need or can we put in place, now? Questions?

National Conference on Disability Inclusion & National Service: Acting Today to Shape the Future Recommendations - Part I 1: Permanent CNCS focus group to review policies as they are being developed… 2: Establish on-going channel of communication to report impacts on members with disabilities… 3: Provide for Disability Inclusion representation on CNCS policy committee…

National Conference on Disability Inclusion & National Service: Acting Today to Shape the Future General recommendations: 1: Review AC applications, guidelines, provisions and all public CNCS documents and websites to ensure accessibility/Universal Design language. 2: Include “inclusion of people with disabilities” as an emphasis area or strategic priority area in AC application instructions 3: Develop/update FAQ Recommendations - Part II

National Conference on Disability Inclusion & National Service: Acting Today to Shape the Future Next Steps & Close CNCS Response Field Response