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Partnerships in Employment (PIE) States
The YES! Center works closely with PIE states to develop customized plans for each state to ensure improved employment outcomes, working toward the goal to improve competitive, integrated employment outcomes for transition-aged youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD).
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«We have a system that's against employment in many ways. The way people with disabilities get supports for employment is Medicaid. And Medicaid is about healthcare for people in poverty. Poverty is a requirement for it.» ~ @AlisonBarkoff https://t.co/4nT4yzBBN1 #NDEAM #NDEAM75
"Now things are a new normal, staying apart, wearing masks, lots of hand washing and sanitizing, but it is great to be back with my co-workers being productive."
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FREE Virtual Series starting tomorrow ➡️ Disability Employment - Register at https://t.co/ANNUVvaBx2 Four (4) events hosted by the @adasoutheast in recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month ( #NDEAM).
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October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month! The YES! Center will be recognizing #NDEAM with a series of blog posts, podcasts, success stories and trainings. Check out our blog and podcasts here: https://t.co/pfPC6h1fMx and follow the hashtag #NDEAM75 https://t.co/STvmAL3ysf
"Right now there are people with disabilities working in careers. They've been given the chance to show they can work hard & do a great job. If given the chance & having people believe in them, you would be surprised at what people can do." https://t.co/H0l3lS5xaN #NDEAM75 #NDEAM
Recent News
“I know I should be thinking about the future, but frankly the prospect of her being employed scares me. She’s very vulnerable. You’ll have to be patient with me and
I love my job. I started working at Universal Cells (UCells), an Astellas Pharma company located in Seattle, Washington, in February 2018 as an Office Lab Assistant. There have been
Tia with Dee Muller Katovitch, one of her professors at Syracuse University. Career development is very important to me because I believe that people with disabilities should have the same
On March 27, 2020, Kentucky’s Partnerships in Employment (PIE) project KentuckyWorks conducted an online seminar titled Supporting Students with Significant Disabilities in Finding Competitive Employment. The seminar highlighted the local level impact of a
Employment outcomes for students with disabilities lag behind their non-disabled peers. For students with significant disabilities, employment opportunities and outcomes are even worse. Two University of Kentucky led projects at
Hawaii hosted its second annual Reverse Job Fair in conjunction with the National Disability Employment Awareness Month. THE RIGHT TALENT, RIGHT NOW event started with an employer event featuring First Lady of Hawaii
What We Do
The YES! Center is committed to supporting states to improve competitive, integrated employment outcomes for transition age youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Our national training and technical assistance center focuses on:
- Building grassroots support
- Educating youth with disabilities and their families about transition options
- Preparing educators and administrators to implement Pre-Employment Transition Services
- Promoting employer engagement
- Building policymaker level collaboration
The YES! Center partners with national experts in systems change strategies to:
- Conduct needs assessments
- Provide on-site and virtual training
- Implement systems change technical assistance plans
- Support Communities of Practice
- Develop state level policy analysis
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Success Stories
Success stories are an important way of demonstrating what’s possible. They speak to people in ways that are much more immediate than research, reports or statistics. Success stories is a series of ever-growing posts on the YES! Center blog.
