Resource of the Week

Accessible Attitudes: Disability Etiquette for One Stop Staff
http://www.employ-ability.org/one-stop/begnoblequest2.asp

This handbook presents guidelines for One-Stop staff on how to communicate effectively with persons with disabilities. Guidelines are consistent with practices endorsed by recognized disability advocates and also comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

However, with over 50 million Americans with disabilities, there are differing opinions on what is offensive or correct. It's important to not only follow what is legal or politically correct, but truly take into account the feelings and needs of each individual.

Includes: Customer Service Etiquette; Service Animal Etiquette; Service to Persons with Specific Disabilities; and a Glossary of Acceptable Terms.

This handbook was developed by EmployABILITY, a program of the City of Los Angeles Community Development Department in collaboration with the Los Angeles City Workforce Investment Board. The mission of EmployABILITY is to create career empowerment for persons with disabilities. Learn more at: http://www.employ-ability.org/index1.html.

This and other resources on disability etiquette are located in the Disability Resource Library. Questions about how to access the library? Contact disabilityprogramnavigator@gmail.com.

Resource of the Week

Disability Etiquette Basics
http://www.onestops.info/subcategory.php?subcat_id=402

The National Center on Workforce and Disability developed 10 web pages which provide a basic and thorough introduction to disability etiquette, including:

• strategies for interpersonal communication tailored to specific disabilities
  
• what to do/not do during an interview
• guide to respectful language

The disabilities addressed include:

• Blind, low-vision
• Deaf and hard of hearing
• Mental illness
• Speech impairment
• Wheelchair use
• Mobility impairment
• Mental retardation
• and more!

Take a few minutes today to browse the resources on this website. You will be sure to learn something new that will help you develop genuine and respectful relationships with clients with disabilities.

This and other resources on disability etiquette are always available in the Disability Resource Library, powered by Zoho Creator.

Questions about how to access the library? Contact the Disability Program Navigator at disabilityprogramnavigator@gmail.com.

Tip: Zoho printing solution

At long last, there is a solution to the printing issue in Zoho, which hosts the Disability Resource Library. As many have expressed, searching the library is easy and printing the search results for clients is a high priority. Unfortunately, printing a list of resources with all the information on one page has been impossible...until now!

Simply follow these instructions:

1. Click on More Actions -> View as -> Summary.
2. Click on More Actions -> Save Changes. Now the view will be converted to the Summary type.
   
3. Again click on More Actions -> Print. The print screen will open containing the records in the Summary type.

Any questions? Contact the DPN at disabilityprogramnavigator@gmail.com or at the main line 415-544-0424.

Happy printing!

Resource of the Week

An Introduction to Disability Etiquette

https://admin.acrobat.com/_a203284292/disabilityetiquette/

For the next month, the DPN blog will focus on resources about disability etiquette. Disability etiquette is a set of best practices that can help foster gracious and informed relationships among people of all abilities.

The first resource is a 12-minute web presentation from the National Business & Disability Council which gives an overview of disability etiquette for employers and their employees.

Laura Francis, Coordinator of Information Services for the National Business & Disability Council, narrates the PowerPoint-style presentation. A written script accompanys each slide, which makes the presentation easy to follow. It covers a range of disabilities, including:

• Blindness or Visual Impairment


• Deaf or Hard of Hearing


• Mobility Disabilities


• Speech Disabilities

Feedback? Questions? Contact the DPN at disabilityprogramnavigator@gmail.com.

Resource of the Week

Fact sheet: Disability Inquiries In The Workforce Development System
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/information-brief-09

Ever wonder what you can and cannot ask about an individual's disability? What can you then do with that information?

The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability has created a short, 2-page fact sheet that answers these very questions. Download the fact sheet in PDF or MS Word formats in English or Spanish.

This publication is for those working in One-Stop centers as well as youth and adult service providers who interact with individuals with disabilities. It is designed to help clarify what you can and cannot ask about someone's disability.

Questions? Contact the DPN at disabilityprogramnavigator@gmail.com.

LEGACY Training #3 Evaluation

We want your feedback!
http://creator.zoho.com/disabilityprogramnavigator/one-stop-training-registration/form-perma/Give_Us_Feedback/

If you attended the LEGACY Training #3, "One-Stop Access for Persons with Substance Dependence," we want to hear from you. This was the last training in the 3-part LEGACY Training Series.

What did you like? What could be improved? The DPN provides at least 1 training each quarter. We read all your comments to help direct which trainings to provide you. Please take 2 minutes today to share your thoughts using this feedback form:

Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving from the DPN.

Resource of the Week

Harm Reduction Coalition
http://www.harmreduction.org/

The Harm Reduction Coalition is a national advocacy and capacity-building organization that promotes the health and dignity of individuals and communities impacted by drug use. Website includes a job board, resources for sex workers, training materials, and programs for special populations.

They list resources specifically about HIV, syringe access, Hepatitis C, overdose, drug treatment and safer use. Click on the U.S. map on the homepage to find local resources by state.

More resources like HRC are available to you in the Disability Resource Library database by filtering on "Recovery (Drug, Alcohol)". Need help locating more resources about substance abuse? Contact the DPN at disabilityprogramnavigator@gmail.com.

Resource of the Week

Services for People with Disabilities booklet
http://www.ilrcsf.org/resources/publications.shtml

Independent Living Resource Center has produced this resource guide on basic San Francisco services available to people with disabilities. Services listed include

• assistance
• employment
• public benefits
• rights
• transportation
• and other extremely useful information!

It is a comprehensive introduction to disability services in the city. The booklet is also available in Spanish and Chinese.

You can download the booklet directly from the Disability Resources Library, which is available to each One Stop via the Internet. Don't know how to access the online library? Don't remember your login and password? Ask your Manager or contact the Disability Program Navigator at disabilityprogramnavigator@gmail.com or 415-544-0124. We can help you over the phone or even set up a time to visit your One Stop in person.

LEGACY Training #3 Details

Part III of the LEGACY Disability Awareness training series is coming up on Friday, November 20th! You must be registered for the entire series and complete online modules in advance. Contact the DPN for more details.

LEGACY Training #3: Substance

Awareness Training
Friday, October 23, 2009
9:00AM-1:00PM
50 Van Ness, 2nd Floor Conference Rm.

The LEGACY Disability Awareness Training Series
The series includes 3 in-person trainings and 8 online lessons. Once complete, participants will be certified as Disability Service Specialists. Each One Stop is required to have at least one person go through the full training series, start to finish. Triage Specialists are also required to attend.

Remember to complete online lesson L107 (Substance Dependence) prior to Nov. 20th.  
 
How to access the online lessons:
To get started with the self-paced lessons, go visit the website below and select "Northern California" as your location:
http://www.employ-ability.org/legacy/register.asp

You MUST complete all online lessons and attend all 3 in-person trainings to get your Disability Services Specialist certificate. Certificates should be turned in to Marc Majors upon completion.

If you have any questions, please contact Patrick Regan: pregan@cve.org

Resource of the Week

Resources on Compulsive Hoarding and Cluttering
http://www.mha-sf.org/documentSharing/BeyondOverwhelmed.pdf

Last Thursday November 5th, the Disability Program Navigator was at the Mental Health Association of San Francisco's 12th Annual Conference on Hoarding and Cluttering. This week's resources focus on the issue of compulsive hoarding and cluttering in San Francisco.

The San Francisco Task Force on Compulsive Hoarding estimates there are 12,000-25,000 adults in San Francisco with hoarding behaviors. Compulsive hoarding requires coordinated attention before reaching a crisis point which can lead to eviction, other loss of housing, and homelessness. Compulsive hoarding can be considered a disability for purposes of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

The Task Force published a final report, Beyond Overwhelmed: The Impact of Compulsive Hoarding and Cluttering in San Francisco and Recommendations to Reduce Negative Impacts and Improve Care, which offers eight recommendations for reducing monetary and human costs of compulsive hoarding.

Don't have time to read the report? Get your questions answered about the report here: http://mha-sf.org/documentSharing/taskforceqa.cfm.

Clutterers Anonymous (CLA) is a support group of men and women for compulsive hoarders and clutterers. Weekly meetings are open to the public.

Sundays, 1:30-2:30pm
The Alano Club, 2nd Floor
1748 Market St. @ Octavia Blvd.

Resource of the Week

California Telephone Access Program
http://www.ddtp.org/
The California Telephone Access Program (CTAP) offers free specialized phones for people who have difficulty seeing, hearing, speaking, remembering or moving. There is no cost, obligation, age, or income requirement for this State mandated program.
To be eligible, the person must:

• Live in California
• Have telephone service at their residence, but it does not need to be in their name
• Be certified to have one or more of the following disabilities either temporarily or permanently:
• Deaf/Deafened
• Hard of Hearing
• Cognitive
• Mobility
• Blind/Low Vision
• Speech

There are all types of telephones available! Phones that:

• turn up the volume
• make dialing easier
• allow hands-free operation
• flash incoming calls
• display conversations in text
• remember numbers

There are even the Jitterbug cell phones, which you may have seen commercials for. The cell phone is free and all you pay for is the service charges, which can be as low as $14.99 per month.

To request an application, contact the CTAP Call Center:

1-800-806-1191 (English)
Spanish Voice: (800) 949-5650
Cantonese Voice: (866) 324-8754
Mandarin Voice: (866) 324-8747
Hmong Voice: (866) 880-3394
English TTY: (800) 806-4474
Spanish TTY: (800) 896-7670
Fax: (800) 889-3974

Call center hours of operation are: Monday – Friday 7 am to 9 pm, Saturday 9 am to 5 pm, Closed on Sundays.

You may also visit the Bay Area Service Center located in Oakland at 1970 Broadway, Suite 650, CA 94612.

Went to the LEGACY Training #2? Share your feedback today!

http://creator.zoho.com/disabilityprogramnavigator/one-stop-training-registration/#Form:Give_Us_Feedback

If you went to the LEGACY Training #2 on October 23, we want to hear your feedback! It only takes 5 short minutes to complete the survey (click on the link above).

This feedback is extremely useful for us! We use it to make sure that your time is well spent and you gain the most possible from the trainings we provide.

Resource of the Week

NAMI-San Francisco Monthly Membership Meeting
http://www.namisf.org/meetings.html

NAMI-San Francisco sponsors a free monthly membership that is open to the public and features speakers addressing issues relating to mental illness, including research, medications, social security benefits, and job-training programs.

From the NAMI-San Francisco website: NAMI-San Francisco is one of more than 1,000 local affiliates of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, known by its acronym NAMI. It is a self-help organization of family members, mental health consumers, friends, professionals and other interested citizens, united to provide support, education and advocacy for persons with severe mental illness.

The next upcoming meeting is:

"Out of synch and Out of sorts: Schizophrenia"
Wednesday, November 19th
Family Service Agency
1010 Gough (at Eddy), San Francisco
6:30pm-9:30pm

Presented by: UCSF faculty: Dr. Daniel Mathalon, PhD, MD, a psychiatrist, and Dr. Judith Ford, PhD, a neuroscientist.

For more information, call 415-905-6264 (905-NAMI). There is no registration required to attend.

Meet the new DPN Librarian!

There is a new face on the DPN team and her name is Cristina Mitra. She is the new DPN Librarian. Her main job is to help you -- the San Francisco One Stop staff. Each Friday, you'’ll receive a "Resource of the Week" email in your inbox from Cristina that will point to to this blog. On the blog, you will find an organization, program, campaign, or service that might help you better serve job-seeker with disabilities. Usually, this will be a resource from the San Francisco Disability Resource Library (sfDRL), which you should be able to access.

She will also help you by:

• Keeping the sfDRL up-to-date with the most current info while adding new resources every week. Have a question about the database? Cristina can help!
• Visiting the One Stop centers each month with the DPN and also outreaching to employers, job-seekers, non-profits, and other organizations.
• Helping coordinate trainings on a wide range of topics to help you do the best job possible.
  

She will be in the office part-time from Wednesday through Friday each week. Contact her at disabilityprogramnavigator@gmail.com or 415-544-0124. She is also bilingual in Spanish.

Disability Resources Guide Launch

This week the DPN is launching its online Disability Resources Guide!

This web-based guide is your One Stops' personal library of disability and employment information. It was created by the Disability Program Navigator for SF One Stops in order to centralize information on services for individuals with disabilities.

Each One Stop must provide a permanent email address to serve as your site's username.

Orientation sessions will be held:
Fri, August 21, 3-4pm
Wed, August 26, 3-4pm
Fri, August 28, 3-4pm

LOCATION: CVE office, Computer Lab, 1425 Folsom St., San Francisco

Please let us know if you will attend.
disabilityprogramnavigator@gmail.com
510-544-0124 office

Resource of the Week

Quick and Easy Guide to SSI and SSDI
This free booklet answers common questions about SSI/SSDI benefits, definitions of disability, how to apply, how to appeal, amount determinations, and In Home Support Services. Published in 2007, it is available in English, Spanish and Chinese from the Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco (ILRCSF). ILRCSF runs Latino and Chinese outreach programs, workshops, support programs, and special services for individuals with hearing loss.

With budget constraints ILRCSF is not currently able to provide free printed copies of their publications, so we have posted this Quick and Easy Guide to SSI and SSDI, along with several other ILRCSF pubs, on the DPN's new Disability Resources Guide (launching this week). Contact the DPN to access the database and sign up for an orientation session.

To preview this publication in English, click here.

Resource of the Week

This week we're focusing on screen readers, a form of accessible technology to help users with low-vision or blindness. Screen reader software can also be very helpful for users with learning disabilities or cognitive problems caused by medication, illness or brain injury.

Introduction to Screen Readers
JAWS is the most common and robust screen reader. It is also the most costly ($1000). For One Stops, JAWS may be more powerful than necessary. Below is a comparison of free screen readers compiled by Jane Berliss-Vincent at the Center for Accessible Technology. These will be the most useful for One Stops.

View the screen reader comparison here.

Additionally, the following software also has audio features that can help users with vision loss or learning disabilities:

• ZoomText Magnifier/Reader ($500)
• EasyTutor from Dolphin Computer Access ($335), or Kurzweil 1000 (for the visually impaired, $1000 and up) and Kurzweil 3000 (for those with reading difficulty, $2000 and up)

Resource of the Week

Access for All Customers: Universal Strategies for One-Stop Career Centers
http://www.communityinclusion.org/article.php?article_id=268
Institute for Community Inclusion, January 2009

The One-Stop system is required to be “universally accessible” to all members of the public, including people with disabilities. The use of universal design strategies can be a major component in such efforts. Beyond helping to meet these mandates, the use of universal design can simply enable the One-Stop to provide easier access, a welcoming atmosphere and better customer service. This guide presents both principles and practical examples One Stops can follow.

Download PDF here.

Impact of the New ADA for People with Major Illness

Check out this interesting article from the Workplace Fairness blog:

The Potential Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Individuals with Disease
http://www.todaysworkplace.org/2009/07/20/the-potential-impact-of-the-americans-with-disabilities-act-on-individuals-with-disease/

Resource of the Week

Creating a Roadmap out of Poverty for Americans with Disabilities
http://www.dol.gov/odep/documents/197953_DeptLabor.pdf


A Report on the Relationship of the Employment and Training Administration's Workforce Development System and Local Asset-Building Coalitions. New strategies are being pioneered across the country that address both the challenges of advancing employment options for individuals with disabilities. Collaboration between One-Stop Career Centers, the Disability Program Navigators (DPNs) and Asset Building Coalitions are reaching out to low-income workers with disabilities to help them to utilize the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), financial education, and other savings and asset building options. This report focuses on three cities that have greatly assisted people with disabilities to: Break down barriers to employment; Understand the benefits available through tax credits and tax deductions; Obtain free tax preparation; and begin the journey to self-sufficiency.

Resource of the Week

One Stops often need to help participants find local services, shelters, clinics or counseling. Making these referrals requires an up-to-date directory. This week's RESOURCE includes three good choices you can use.

San Francisco Community Services Directory
http://sflib1.sfpl.org:83/search
A comprehensive listing of community organizations and the services they provide to people in San Francisco. Search for local resources by keyword, subject, or neighborhood. Maintained by the SF Public Library. All info is updated at least once per year. Also available in Spanish.

San Francisco Homeless Resource Wiki
http://sfhomeless.wikia.com/wiki/San_Francisco_Homeless_Resource
This site provides online access to the Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) Resource Manual, commonly referred to as SF's "resource Bible." It includes a near-complete list of shelters, food programs, health clinics and other resources for homeless, low-income and disabled residents. Start searching by clicking: "Categories Displayed By Subject." The online manual is jointly managed by HAP, Revival Ministry, Local Parks Council and the Local Homeless Coordinating Board. Users can submit their own edits and additions.

California 2-1-1
http://www.211bayarea.org/search.php
2-1-1 is an easy to remember telephone number connecting people with important community services, including transportation, emergency and healthcare options for people with disabilities. 2-1-1 phone service is free, confidential and available in over 150 languages. You can also search the database online. Maintained by the United Way.

Resource of the Week

Following up on last week's legal requirements training for One Stops, this week's RESOURCE provides more detailed information on the ADA Amendments Act (effective Jan. 1, 2009).

Accommodation and Compliance Series:
The ADA Amendments Act of 2008
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/bulletins/adaaa1.htm

On January 1, 2009, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 2008 went into effect, making some major changes to the way the definition of disability has been interpreted in the past. This publication from the Job Accommodation Network covers what you need to know about the amended ADA, accessibility in your One Stop, compliance among local employers, and participants' right to reasonable accommodations.

Download a PDF version here.


Related resource:
Notice Concerning The ADA Amendments Act of 2008

See also, the free seminar hosted by Goodwill on ADA Title 24 compliance. July 17 at 10am or 1pm. RSVP to business-services@sfgoodwill.org.

Resource of the Week

This week's RESOURCE focuses on the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) for employers. These links will get you started and the DPN will soon put together a one-page resource guide with information on other business tax incentives. Please let us know if there's specific information on this topic you'd like to be included.

Overview
There are three federal tax incentives available to help employers cover the cost of accommodations for employees with disabilities and to make their places of business accessible for employees and/or customers with disabilities. Read about them here. (http://www.dor.ca.gov/workplace/recruit.htm)

Work Opportunity Tax Credit
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) provides a tax credit of up to $9,000 for employers who hire individuals who belong to one or more of the nine target groups specified in the law. The Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007 extended the WOTC Program through August 31, 2011.

Employer brochures, forms and publications
http://www.edd.ca.gov/Jobs_and_Training/WOTC_Forms_and_Publications.htm

Persons qualified under WOTC
http://www.edd.ca.gov/Jobs_and_Training/WOTC_Target_Groups.htm

Resource of the Week

Announcing the new RESOURCE OF THE WEEK service for One Stops. Each week we will highlight a new tool including resources on hot topics, policies, tools from other DPNs statewide, and special issues in SF disability services. Featured resources will be posted on this blog, so bookmark http://disabilityprogramnavigator.blogspot.com and check back weekly!

Social Security 2009 Red Book
http://www.ssa.gov/redbook/index.html

The Red Book serves as a general reference source about the employment-related provisions of Social Security Disability Insurance and the Supplemental Security Income Programs for educators, advocates, rehabilitation professionals, and counselors who serve people with disabilities.

Available in English and Spanish.
Download as a PDF.

We have print copies available if you
email disabilityprogramnavigator@gmail.com

Developmentally Disabled and Out of Work | The California Report

Developmentally Disabled and Out of Work | The California Report on KQED

Posted using ShareThis

Quarterly Training Series Launches

We're happy to confirm that our quarterly trainings will begin with a workshop on "WIA Section 188, Non-discrimination and Equal Opportunity Requirements."

We can assure this legal issues workshop won't bore you with legalese. It will equip you with important skills and give staff a chance to think through practical examples. Trainer Kim Lucero of the Employment Training Network (Capacity Building Unit) is dynamic and experienced in working with One Stops around the state.

Staff will have two chances to participate: June 30 or July 1, 2009
The training will run 10am-3pm each day.
RSVP to Amy or Patrick.

Read the training description here.

More about the new DPN

Greetings One Stops! I am writing to officially introduce myself as the new Disability Program Navigator. For those of you I have not met in person, I wanted to take a moment to say hello, and to introduce myself a little more fully.

I am a librarian and information specialist with 12 years experience working in public service and social justice nonprofits. Most recently I served as the lead researcher for Disability Access Services at Oakland Public Library, and as a reference librarian in Contra Costa County. Prior to that I was Associate Director of the Center for Media Justice for seven years.

I am excited to be joining the SF One Stop team and am happy to help you find and organize the resources you need. If you have a question, email me or instant message me using G-Chat at: disabilityprogramnavigator [ at ] gmail

-- From Amy S.

San Francisco's new DPN

I am excited to announce San Francisco's new DPN Librarian Consultant: Amy Sonnie. Amy's first day with CVE is Monday May 18, 2009. We will be scheduling meetings with all One Stop staff to introduce her.
Please call Patrick Regan and 415-544-0424 if you have any questions.

One Stop Site Visits

We want to thank all of the San Francisco One Stop managers for being so friendly and helpful when we visited sites this last week. We're almost done with all of our facility site visits, and we'll be submitting recommendations for universal accessibility soon. If you have any other concerns, resources, or adaptive equipment that you would like to include at your site, please contact pregan@cve.org

LEGACY Training (part 2)

Patrick and Lauren attended the L101 LEGACY Training on April 7th in sunny Southern California. Thanks to the hospitality of Sue Quigley, who invited us to attend, and Les Roberson, who graciously hosted the training at the South Los Angeles WorkSource center, we were able to participate in Lisa Jordon's interactive and interesting training session. One of the highlights of the session was working with team members to help a hypothetical person with disability in their job search. We learned about the barriers to employment for persons with disabilities as well as proper disability etiquette. All of this knowledge was reinforced in a fun Jeopardy-like lightning round!

LEGACY training

We will be attending the LEGACY training in Los Angeles on April 7th. The complete training is composed of a set of online and in-person modules. We'll be looking at implementing this training in San Francisco for all of the One Stops to improve their ability to help people with disabilities find employment. Sue Quigley, Workforce Development Analyst for the City of Los Angeles, Community Development Department, has spoken of the wonderful impact this training has had on One Stop staff and their ability to serve all clients at their centers, both people with disabilities and people without.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 2009 update

Effective as of January 1 of 2009, the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been amended to include some important changes. At a recent webinar, The ADA Amendments: What They Mean for the One-Stop System and Job Corps, I learned about the scope of this amendment and the fact that these changes were instated to broaden the interpretation of the 1990 ADA. Essentially, more people will be protected under this revised act.

According to the webinar, "Amendments will make it much easier for an individual to:

• meet the definition of disability
• be protected from discrimination
• be entitled to reasonable accommodations"
  

If you would like to see the complete list of changes that make up the current ADA (1990 ADA with 2009 amendments in bold), go to:
http://www.ada.gov/pubs/adastatute08mark.htm

CVE (and your DPN) in the news

On March, 3, 2008, Lorna Jones, the CEO of Community Vocational Enterprises (CVE) and the Vice-President of Community Relations, Patrick Regan, speak with Sue Kwon about CVE, the social enterprise that provides employment opportunities to people with disabilities.

Patrick is also the Disability Program Navigator (DPN) for the six San Francisco one stops. See the CVE interview conducted by CBS5.

You can also see Patrick in a group forum discussion through SF Live. 

To see the rest of this interview, simply let your mouse hover over the bottom of the You Tube screen and find SF Live with Patrick Regan, CVE Part 2 and Part 3

Serving People with Disabilities at One Stops Survey

Please take our survey if you work at One Stop Centers and would like to share your experience assisting people with disabilities.

Disabled Veterans Webinar

Yesterday, Patrick and Lauren attended the Serving Disabled Veteran in the One-Stop Career Center System webinar presented by Gordon Graff, Disability Program Navigator (DPN) Lead for the Idaho Department of Labor, along with DPNs throughout Idaho.

Did you know there are 475 DPN's in the United States? This image comes from the national DPN Initiative web page:

This may not be a surprise to many of the One Stop Centers in San Francisco, however, Idaho One Stops experienced an increase of veterans utilizing their services by 57%. Some of the program referrals and resources that were mentioned in the webinar include:

• Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
• Employment Services
• Unemployment Insurance
• Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
• Army Career and Alumni Program (ACAP)
• Supplementary Security Income (SSI)
  
• Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
  
• Work Incentive Planning and Assistance (WIPA)

For those of us that want to be more familiar with disability accommodations in the workplace but don't have the time, there was a great training resource mentioned at both the DPN Quarterly Meeting and the webinar. The best part is... it only takes 30 seconds to complete! Julia Sherry and Gary Hannah created 30-Second DPN training. The sixteen-part series of trainings includes topics such as vision loss, speech disability, WIA Section 188 Disability Checklist, and MORE!

One Stop Updates

If you want to know about developments in the San Francisco Disability Program Navigator (DPN) world, this blog will provide periodic updates. Please visit our San Francisco Six Stops blog and add comments or suggestions.

Patrick, Lorna, and Lauren recently attended the DPN Quarterly Meeting on March 3rd and 4th, 2009 in Sacramento California. This meeting provided us with the opportunity to meet with other DPN's throughout the state of California. We were able to form collaborative working groups to initiate the production of a disability in the workplace resource guide.