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Employment First Florida Grassroots Group
Webinar and Conference Call
February 12, 2014
3:00 – 4:15 EST
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Photo courtesy of Jellaluna
Today’s Agenda
• Introductions
• Executive order presentation
• Interagency Agreement
• Discussions
• Next steps
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Housekeeping
• Practice raising our hands
• Practice the “chat pods”
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Materials
• Today we will be referring to the following documents: • Full Executive Order
• Plain Language Executive Order
• Draft Interagency Agreement
• Interagency Agreement “At a Glance”
• If you need these, please go to http://www.fddc.org/Employment or email [email protected].
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What is Employment First?
•Philosophy?
•Policy?
• Legislation?
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Employment First Nationally
• 30+ states have some type of “Employment First” movement
• At least 19 states have official Employment First legislation and/or polices
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Employment First Project Goals
• To understand how other states have implemented Employment First initiatives
• To understand Floridian’s experiences with integrated employment
• To build a coalition within the state
• To develop a plan for Employment First in Florida
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Florida’s Improvement Efforts: Framework
• Governor’s Commission on Jobs for Floridians with Disabilities • Recommendations
• Oversight
• Employment Partnership Coalition • Coordination
• Implementation
• Employment First Collaborative Team • Draft Interagency Agreement
• Draft strategic implementation action plans
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Florida’s Improvement Efforts: Framework
• Employment First Florida Grassroots Group • Provide input into state level work
• Share Employment First activities with local community
• Employment First Project • Technical assistance
• Support implementation
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Florida’s Definition of Employment First
“…integrated employment, including supported employment, customized employment, and self-employment, where an individual is paid by an employer at minimum wage or greater or receives earnings through one’s self-employment business, fully integrated in the community workforce with a goal of maximum self-sufficiency…”
- Executive Order 13-284
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Executive Order
• What does it mean? • Employment is the best way to help people achieve independence and self-
improvement. This should be the primary goal of public services.
• The Governor's Commission on Jobs for Floridians with Disabilities wants to improve employment for persons with disabilities.
• The Commission recommended that the state agencies form a work group.
• An interagency cooperative agreement (a list of tasks that agencies will agree to do by signing the document) will help agencies work together on an ongoing basis
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Executive Order 13-284
• Interagency Cooperative Agreement • Leadership to maximize resources
• Strategic goals and benchmarks to implement agreement
• Financing and contracting methods to prioritize employment
• Training and technical assistance to ensure effective employment services
• Interagency collaboration and partnership during services plans, including IEPs
• Promote service innovation
• Identify accountability measures to ensure sustainability
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Interagency Agreement
• This interagency cooperative agreement provides a framework for long-term commitment to improving employment outcomes for persons with disabilities in the State of Florida.
• The Interagency Cooperative Agreement covers many different agencies in Florida.
• It covers seven domains/areas
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What can we do?
• Ensure your community is informed.
• Evaluate your communities’ employment outcomes and activities.
• Identify barriers and facilitators.
• Identify activities to improve competitive employment.
• Make recommendations to state level Employment First teams.
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Closing Thoughts
“Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.”
- Henry Ford
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Discussion questions/reflection
• What are you seeing on the ground regarding employment for people with disabilities in your community? (e.g., geographic community, group of individuals you serve, etc.)
• How can we continue the conversation?
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Next steps
• Group will meet monthly
• Stay tuned for another registration link in the near future.
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References • Executive Order Number 13-284: Reaffirming Commitment to
Employment for Floridians with Disabilities. State of Florida: Office of the Governor. (2013).
• Hall A.C., Butterworth J., Winsor J., Gilmore D., and Metzel, D. (2007). Pushing the Employment Agenda: Case Study Research of High Performing States in Integrated Employment. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities v43 n3 182-198.AAIDD.
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