Jennie Bourgeois

U.S. Department of Labor Steps Up Efforts to Serve Workers with Disabilities

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) joined President Obama today in underscoring the administration’s commitment to serving every American worker, including the 54 million people across the nation living with disabilities.

Read the Press Release (see link below)

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/odep/ODEP20091228.htm

U.S. Department of Labor Holds ‘National Listening Session’ for Public Input on Reauthorization of Workforce Investment Act

ODEP Assistant Kathy Martinez and Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Jane Oates heard comments from workforce investment systems personnel, representatives of the disability community, leaders of nonprofit organizations, academic professionals and members of the general public. Approximately 700 people attended in person, by webinar and via conference call.

Read the Press Release (see link below)

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/odep/ODEP20091211.htm

Workforce3 One Unveils a New Disability and Employment Resource Web Page

In connection with National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Workforce3 One unveiled a new Disability and Employment Resource web page to provide employment-related resources for the workforce system. The purposes of this page are to disseminate promising practices to promote the positive employment outcomes of people with disabilities and expand the capacity of the One-Stop Career Center system to serve customers with disabilities.

http://disability.workforce3one.org/

These stories and more are now available from the Office of Disability Employment Policy home page. Go to http://www.dol.gov/odep/

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