Texas Workforce

Texas HireAbility Award

2018Nomination Form

The Texas HireAbility Award honors a Local Workforce Development Board that has successfully promoted employment opportunities for talented and dedicated Texans with disabilities. The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding local HireAbility campaign efforts that have benefited both job seekers and employers, and to encourage and foster replication of best practices across the state.

Nomination Form Instructions:

  • Download, complete, and save the nomination form.
  • Emailthe completed nomination form and supporting documentation to with a courtesy copy to theBoard Chair and Executive Director.

Need help?

Email or call Awards Committee Co-chairsReed O’Brien, (512) 463-5624, or Fabiana Ramirez, (512) 936-3297.

Submission deadline is Thursday, June 21, 2018.

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Nomination Responses

1.Provide an overview of no more than 350 words describing the Board’s Texas HireAbility campaign activities, including the innovative ways the Board promotes the hiring of individuals with disabilities.Identify key partners and relationships in the Board’s campaign efforts.(20 points)

2.Describe the outreach tactics employed to raise awareness among employers and job seekers and employees with disabilities (for example, advertisement, public service announcement, face-to-face communication, social media, and stakeholder networking). Estimate the time involved in carrying out your outreach efforts. (20 points)

3.Describe the Board’s strategies for helping individuals with disabilities to secure meaningful and gainful employment. (15 points)

4.Describe the innovative methods or essential ideas the Board is using to reach out to job seekers who have disabilities. (15 points)

5.Describe the innovative methods or essential ideas the Board is using to educated and encourage employers to attract, hire, retain, and promote individuals with disabilities. (15 points)

6.Explain the results of your efforts.Identify the number of job seekers/employees with disabilities hired/promoted, the number of participating employers, and other key metrics that demonstrate the success of the Boards efforts. (10 points)

7.Explain how others are using or might replicate these efforts. (5 points)

Supporting Documentation

Scan supporting documentation, such as newspaper articles or other relevant documents, and attach them to your email nomination.

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Nomination Summary for Conference Materials

Please prepare an 80- to 100-word summary of your nomination for conference materials.

Your write-up should describe how this program stands out and explain why it is worthy of receiving this award.

Please remember to:

  • describe the challenge and solution that your program addressed;
  • include positive results or outcomes, or draw comparisons to past years;
  • quantify results with data where possible;
  • avoid programmatic language in favor of a public voice; and
  • provide a title for your summary.

Example: Workforce Solutions for Imaginary Area in Texas,Mystery Company ABC

Mystery Company ABC is the largest operator of blankety blank in Texas. It also directly supports workforce development through its membership on the Workforce Solutions Imaginary Board X, aligning with X’s initiative to attract, develop and retain a quality workforce for the Imaginary X area. ABC currently employs 7,500 team members in Location A and is a strong proponent of developing a highly skilled future workforce. To support the Texas workforce system’s goal of ensuring that both employers and workers have the resources and skills needed to remain competitive in the global market last year, Mystery Company ABC initiated and created the Texas Two-Step Education Alliance. This partnership resulted in the direct hiring of eight veterans.

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