Resource of the Week

Choose Work - The Ticket to Work website
www.choosework.net

Do you know what Ticket to Work is? It's an important program to know about because your customers may enter the One Stop with a Ticket to Work voucher. This is a Social Security Administration program that offers people with disabilities an opportunity at achieving financial independence by enabling more choice in employment-related support services, and access to meaningful work.

A first step in learning about this program through the through the Choose Work website.

This website includes resources and information on:
• Ticket to Work
• Work Incentives Seminar Events
• Resources Map (find employment resources by state)

The site also provides targeted resources for: Beneficiaries, Providers and Employers.

You may also refer customers to the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program for San Francisco: The Independent Living Resource Center or call (415) 543-6222. You can always call the DPN for more information on this and any other Resource of the Week.

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month!

Happy October 1st! Our "Indian Summer" seems to have come and past in San Francisco. Colder weather, pumpkins, warm soup and Halloween seem to be on the mind of everyone. The arrival of October not only marks these traditional images, but also the designated month when our country celebrates the contributions of workers with disabilities during the National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM).

Read the reflections of Kathleen Martinez, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy, on the significance of NDEAM 2010. Assistant Secretary Martinez will be speaking next Wednesday, October 6th, at CVE's Legislative Breakfast via teleconference from Washington, D.C.
 
Download NDEAM 2010 posters and print to hang in your One Stops today! For the first time, the posters are also available as downloadable versions in six additional languages: Arabic, Chinese, Russian, French, and two Native American languages: Navajo, Lakota.

How will you celebrate the contributions of workers with disabilities this month?