Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research Barriers and Supports for Research Use April 28, 2012 A Workshop Sponsored by the Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (KTER) © 2012 by SEDL Funded by NIDRR, US Department of Education, PR# H133A Ms. Jill Houghton Dr. Richard Horne Dr. Michael Gamel-McCormick

Current Strategies for Employing People with Disabilities Jill Houghton Executive Director, USBLN® April 28, 2012

USBLN® A national non-profit, non-partisan business to business network Supports best practices in disability inclusion in the workplace, marketplace and supply chain Collective voice of over 60 Business Leadership Network affiliates across the United States

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 USBLN ® Disability Supplier Diversity Program’s (DSDP) is the leading third-party certifier of disability owned firms and links corporate & government agencies to certified disability owned firms  DSDP certification is modeled after the certification processes of WBENC, NMSDC and NGLCC  DSDP officially launched January 2010 with input and financial support of Founding Partners Disability Supplier Diversity Program

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