{"id":246,"date":"2020-09-03T11:42:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T16:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yescenter.wpengine.com\/?p=246"},"modified":"2020-09-30T16:20:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T21:20:08","slug":"tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TENNESSEEWORKS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/transitiontn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tennesseeworks-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-315\" width=\"500\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tennesseeworks-logo.jpg 500w, https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/tennesseeworks-logo-300x85.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>TennesseeWorks is a statewide partnership of agencies and organizations committed to increasing employment for individuals with disabilities. Together, they work to implement policy and systems changes that make competitive employment the first and desired choice for every Tennessean. With a shared vision to increase employment for all Tennesseans with disabilities, workgroups have focused on the areas of policy, employers and providers, individuals with disabilities and families, educators, communications, and data. These workgroups are a collaborative effort of the TennesseeWorks Partnership Members and the Governor\u2019s Employment 1st Task Force. Our mission aligns with the broader mission of the Governor\u2019s Employment 1st Task Force. For more information, please visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseeworks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.tennesseeworks.org<\/a>&nbsp;or subscribe to our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennesseeworks.org\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">monthly e-newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CONTACT INFORMATION<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem;\">Erik Carter, Professor of Special Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vanderbilt University<br>Email: erik.carter@Vanderbilt.Edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elise McMillan, Co-Director<br><\/strong>Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities<br>Email: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">elise.mcmillan@vumc.org<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TENNESSEEWORKS TennesseeWorks is a statewide partnership of agencies and organizations committed to increasing employment for individuals with disabilities. Together, they work to implement policy and systems changes that make competitive employment the first and desired choice for every Tennessean. With a shared vision to increase employment for all Tennesseans with disabilities, workgroups have focused on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}