Indiana Alliance for Full Participation State Team: 100 Jobs Promotion
Goals and Objectives:
The Indiana Alliance for Full Participation State Team is an emerging coalition of key stakeholders in the developmental disabilities community in Indiana committed to increasing employment outcomes for people with disabilities.
Indiana’s Alliance for Full Participation State Team includes the voices of Hoosiers with disabilities, families, employers, policy makers, providers, researchers, and community builders and is organizing in response to the National Alliance for Full Participation in promoting employment outcomes in Indiana.
The National AFP and the Indiana State Team are setting a goal to double the employment rate for those with developmental disabilities from 22% nationally to 44%. Here in Indiana, we are a little ahead of the national average (about 28-30%) according to 2008 data received from David Braddock and Indiana’s Day and Employment Services Outcome System. Indiana’s Team is promoting a goal of achieved 50% employment for people with developmental disabilities by 2015 and the national Alliance for Full Participation goal of doubling the employment rate for those with developmental disabilities from 22% nationally to 44%.
The Indiana Alliance for Full Participation State Team believes that Indiana is in a good position to accelerate the employment rate in community jobs if we work together. The Alliance provides a vehicle for drawing attention to the possibilities and the need for improving employment in Indiana.
The Indiana Alliance for Full Participation State Team is currently engaged in a 100 Jobs promotion. We are collection 100 stories and related photos/videos celebrating the employment of people with disabilities from across the Hoosier State. We are asking agencies to assist us by identifying persons who have a story to tell and providing 2-3 paragraphs that describe that persons story, how did he or she come to get services at your agency, how was job placement made, what do they like about their job, what does employer think of their work/contribution to their business, how is this a success story, etc.Additionally, the 100 jobs promotion will be presented at the 6th National Organizational Change Forum scheduled for September 22-23, 2010 at the Hilton Downtown, Indianapolis.
For questions, contact Joel F. Fosha at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail . Please find a date catcher to complete and a photo/video release from. These forms may be returned via U.S. Mail, fax, or e-mail to:
Joel F. Fosha
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
2853 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, IN 47408-2696
Fax: (812) 855-9630