Webinar: “I Got Hired!” Increasing Employment of Youth & Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Welcome to the USC UCEDD Webinar Seriesfor Individuals with Disabilities & Parents

funded by grant #90DD0695 from

the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD)Administration on Community Living

September 29, 2016

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Susan KanegawaUSC UCEDD Family Support [email protected]

The USC University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (USC UCEDD) is one of 68 UCEDDs funded to promote systemic change, advocacy, and capacity building in states on behalf of individuals with, or at risk for, developmental, behavioral and/or special health care needs, and their families.

The USC UCEDD Webinar series is designed to educate the community about current policy issues which impact the lives of people we serve and their families. Our primary audience is individuals with special needs and their families. At this time, our webinars are in English only. We are exploring methods to make this series available in other languages in the future.

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“I Got Hired!”Increasing Employment of Youth and Adults

with Developmental Disabilities

Olivia Raynor, Ph.D. and Kecia WellerU.C.L.A. Tarjan Center

September 29, 2016

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About Our Presenters

Olivia RaynorDirector of the Tarjan Center, a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the Semel Institute, [email protected]

The Tarjan Center is a catalyst for collaboration, innovation, and systems change to advance the self-determination and inclusion of people with disabilities.

They serve as a bridge between the university and persons with disabilities from state, regional and local communities, state and local government agencies and community providers.

Kecia Weller Self-Advocacy and Community Liaison, at the U.C.L.A. Tarjan [email protected]

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What Employment First means

What we have

learned from C.E.C.Y.

Changes taking place

If you want to work

Overview of the Webinar

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Webinar Overview

By the End of This Webinar, Participants Should Be Able to…

• Understand the definition of Employment First

• Describe some key practices learned through CECY that lead to competitive integrated employment (CIE)

• To know about key policies creating enhanced or new services in education, rehabilitation, and the regional center for CIE

• Identify some next steps to take if you want to work or advance in your career

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What Employment First means

What we have

learned from C.E.C.Y.

Changes taking place

If you want to work

What Employment First Means for Youth & Adults with Developmental Disabilities

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Employment First PhilosophyEmployment Is a Win/Win for Everybody

• Everyone can work and there is a job for everyone

• Individuals, schools, families and businesses must raise their expectations

• People with developmental disabilities (DD) are hired because of their ability

• Communities embrace people who contribute

• Not working should be the exception

• People are healthier, safer & happiest with meaningful work

• Employment is not a social service.

• Employment is a win/win for everybody.

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What Does Employment First Mean?Employment First = Competitive

Integrated Employment

• It’s a paid job – at least minimum wage — $10 an hour in CA

• The job is in the community ― in typical workplace settings

• The person is paid directly by their employer

• Fully integrated with co-workers without disabilities

• The person receives the same benefits as any other worker doing the same work

• Support and accommodations are provided as needed

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What Employment First Is NOT

• A program, plan or service – it is a philosophy, a set of beliefs about the capability of people with disabilities to work

• Employment First is not employment only, it is about enabling individuals with developmental disabilities to be a part of the community and live more independent and productive lives

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Employment First As Systems Change

APSE, June, 2014

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California’s Employment First PolicyFrom WIC Sect. 4869(a)(1)

October 9, 2013

“It is the policy of the state that opportunities for integrated, competitive employment shall be given the highest priority for working age individuals with developmental disabilities regardless of the severity of their disabilities.”

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Definitions: Employment, Unemployment,and Labor Force Participation

• People who work are employed

• People who are not working and seeking work are unemployed

• People who are neither employed nor unemployed are not in the labor force

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National Disability Employment StatisticsAges 16 years and Over

• Labor Force Participation

– People with disabilities: 19.8%

– People without disabilities: 68.8%

• Unemployment Rate

– People with disabilities: 11.3%

– People without disabilities: 4.8%

ODEP, August 2016

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The majority of working age people with disabilities are

not in the labor force.

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Fast Facts About Employment in California for People With Developmental Disabilities

82,963 individuals with I.D.D. are served by the regional center system

• 12.5% earned wages

• $6,776 in annual earnings

• 76% attend day programs

DDS (2014), Annual Report Employment and Day Services

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Youth with I.D.D. Expect and Want to Work, Go to College, and Be Involved in Their Communities

• Youth today experienced the benefits of IDEA, technology, and K-12 inclusion

• Most 15-19 year olds with D.D. expected to go to some P.S.E. and get a paid job in their future (NLTST-2)

• Youth want to learn and socialize with age appropriate peers, make friends, have a life!

• Youth want to work, earn money, buy things!

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What Does Employment First Mean to Me?

• Gainful employment is the work that I do every day

• I feel productive and contribute to the work place

• I have a sense of purpose and feel needed

• I have friends at work

• Tracy’s Story

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What Employment First means

What we have

learned from CECY

Changes taking place

If you want to work

What We Have Learned From CECY About Competitive Integrated Employment

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The California Employment Consortium for Youth and Young Adults With IDD.

Our Mission……

To stimulate policy change and build capacity in California state systems and local communities to increase the number of youth and young adults with IDD in competitive integrated employment

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Where We Started:The California Landscape

Stiglingh, Piet: Senwes Grain Silos. [Photograph]. Retrieved from:

http://www.xtraspace.co.za/blog/articles/five-of-the-worlds-biggest-storage-spaces-no5

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Laying the Foundation:Collaborative Leadership

(and “Developing the We”)

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Youth Advisory Committee

“It was great to be talking about internships with someone who has been in an internship.”

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CECY Workgroups

Data Nerds

America’s Next Top Models

Outreachers

Policy Change Artists

Unbroken

Chain

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Data Dashboardhttp://scdd.ca.govemployment_data_dashboard.htm

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Strategies that WorkLocal Successful Employment Models

• Person Centered Planning

• Use of multi-media marketing materials

• Collaborative Partnerships

• Diversified access to various funding streams

• Engagement of familiesSpotlight on…

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7 Community Conversations

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What Employment First means

What we have

learned from C.E.C.Y.

Changes taking place

If you want to work

Changes Taking Place in California That Affect Self-Advocates Who Want to Work

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Significant Changes in Policy and Practice

• Americans with Disabilities Act/Olmstead• Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

• Medicaid Home and Community Based Waiver

• California Competitive Integrated Employment Blueprint

• California Legislation ABX2-1

Lots of moving

parts

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What Employment First means

What we have

learned from C.E.C.Y.

Changes taking place

If you want to work

What You Can Do If You Want to Work

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What Can You Do If You Want to Work?There Is No One Path!

• I want to work and I am in high school

• I have a job but would like a better one or move up

• I want a job! I want to find one

• I don’t think I want to work, but I may not know enough about it

(adapted from Ohio Dept. of Developmental Disabilities, Employment First)

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I Want to WorkI am in High School…..

• Advocate for yourself. Share your plan with your transition IEP team.

• You might want to share pictures, or a video, or a PowerPoint that shows you doing things you like to do

• Ask your transition IEP team if you can take classes that prepare you for the job you want or to go to college

• Ask for opportunities to work or volunteer

• Ask for transition services that help you explore education and training opportunities and careers

• Most important–GET PAID WORK EXPERIENCE!

CA Transition Alliance and CECY (2016), I Want to Work, I Know I Can.

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CA Transition Alliance and CECY (2016), I Want to Work, I Know I Can.

Steps I Need to Take to Get a Job

Kecia’s Work Experience

• I have been working since I was 9 years old—I have always been an entrepreneur!

• Non-competitive jobs—did not pay me what I was worth

• Competitive jobs

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Kecia’s Work Today

• Currently working as the Self Advocacy and Community Liaison at the Tarjan Center

– Uses a job coach to support her work at times

• Governor Appointed Member of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities

• Other activities, committees

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“One thing we can agree on is this; we must seize this opportunity to create new possibilities for competitive integrated employment for every person with a disability who wants a job, along with the resources, relationships and meaning that comes from working.”

David Mank, DOL blog, July 13, 2015

Chairman, Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Employment

for People with Disabilities

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Resources

Wondering about getting a job or a career change?

• http://www.mynextmove.org/

• http://www.catransitionalliance.org/content.aspx?id=1561

Considering college?

• www.thinkcollege.net

• www.semel.ucla.edu/opendoors

Want to know more about CECY?

• https://www.semel.ucla.edu/tarjan/employment

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ResourcesWant to know more about the California CIE Blueprint?

• http://www.chhs.ca.gov/Pages/Competitive-Integrated-

Employment-(CIE).aspx

Need more information about the Home and Community Based Waiver?

• http://www.dds.ca.gov/Waiver/Home.cfm

Want to read more about Employment First?

• http://www.scdd.ca.gov/res/docs/pdf/Employment_First/Emplo

yment%20First%20Policy%20Summary%20SCDD%20CECY.pdf

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