MISSISSIPPI PARTNERSHIPS IN EMPLOYMENT
Mississippi Partnerships in Employment (MSPE) worked to build capacity across existing state systems for sustainable systems change to improve outcomes for youth and young adults with DD/ID seeking competitive employment in integrated settings. The consortium worked collaboratively with various partners throughout the state to identify and promote policies that support competitive employment outcomes for youth and young adults with DD/ID seeking competitive employment in integrated settings by removing systemic barriers; identifying and implementing strategies and best practices that improve employment outcomes; and enhancing statewide collaboration that facilitates transition from secondary to post-secondary outcomes. Mississippi’s Partnership includes the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities, The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies (Mississippi’s UCEDD), Disability Rights Mississippi, Department of Rehabilitation Services, Department of Education, Department of Mental Health Bureau of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Department of Employment Security, disability organizations, and self-advocates.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Information:
Charles Hughes, Executive Director
Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities
239 North Lamar Street #1101
Jackson, MS 39201
Phone: (601) 359-6238
Email: charles.hughes@dmh.ms.gov
Dr. Jerry Alliston, Associate Director
The University of Southern Mississippi
Institute for Disability Studies
118 College Drive, #5163
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
Phone: (601) 266-5979 or Toll Free/TTY: (888) 671-0051
Email: jerry.alliston@usm.edu
Polly Tribble, Executive Director
Disability Rights Mississippi
5 Old River Place #101
Jackson, MS 39202
Phone: (601) 968-0600
Email: ptribble@drms.ms
Project Websites:
Additional Resources:
- Mississippi Employment Resources
- Getting to Work! MSPE Implementation Update
- LIVE.WORK.ACHEIVE: A Policy Brief on Hiring Youth with IDD
- LIVE.WORK.ACHEIVE: Pilot Projects Promote Employment of Youth with IDD
- Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation Article
- Emerging Practices, Transition: Leadership Document
- Emerging Practices, Transition: Youth Leadership and Family Engagement Document
- FUSE (DD Network Partners) Newsletter
- Video: Will you hire me?
- Video: I Want to Work (short advertisement)
- Video: Transition in Mississippi
- Video: Gathering Grounds Coffee and Art Shop
