Kate Brady. Cobb County Community Services Board ... Kat

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2008 SSA Ticket SummitSelf Employment Panel

• Kate Brady
• Cobb County Community Services Board

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The Outcome Continuum

• Resource Ownership makes sense when both the
  employer and the employee prefer a wage or
  salaried earning structure.
• Sometimes, business within a business makes
  sense
• Always individually negotiated.
• Sometimes means shared profits
• Sometimes means space rented.

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Business within a BusinessExamples
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Self-Employment

• Entrepreneurship offers immense freedom for
  customization
• Requires intricate support for start-up even when
  lives arent complicated by disability
• Does not require that the entrepreneur perform
  all tasks of micro-business independently

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Self Employment

• Resources
• VR
• SBDC
• Micro-Enterprise Centers
• SCORE
• SSA Benefits Counseling Projects

• Funding
• ITA
• IDA
• Micro Loans
• Social Security Work Incentives
• PASS

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Customized Employment Outcomes

• Personal Stories
• 2004

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Customized employment
means individualizing the employment
relationship between employees and employers in
ways that meet the needs of both. It is based on
an individualized determination of the strengths,
needs, and interests of the person with a
disability, and is also designed to meet the
specific needs of the employer. It may include
employment developed through job carving,
self-employment, or entrepreneurial initiatives,
or other job development or restructuring
strategies that result in job responsibilities
being customized and individually negotiated to
fit the needs of individuals with a disability.
Customized employment assumes the provision of
reasonable accommodations and supports necessary
for the individual to perform the functions of a
job that is individually negotiated and
developed. - Federal Register, June 26, 2002,
Vol. 67, No. 123 pp 43154-43149  
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• George
• Self Employment
• Durretts Vending, Inc.
• Owns and operates four vending sites
• ITA Purchases
• Four vending Machines
• Accounting services
• Home office equipment
• Total ITA expenditures 8,000

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Ronnie

• Self Employment
• Keep It Kleen
• Sterilizes towels for hair salons
• ITA purchases
• High-tech washer and dryer
• Magnetic advertising panels for deliver Jeep
• Business License
• Jeep Repair
• Total ITA expenditures 4,200

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Craig

• Resource Ownership/Created Job
• Title Mechanic Assistant
• Employed at NAPA Auto
• Currently performing stocking and assisting
  mechanics
• Planned ITA purchases
• Emissions Testing Equipment
• Diagnostic Software
• Computer
• Certification Training

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Tari

• Resource Ownership/Created Job
• Title Secretarial Manager
• Employed at Professional Auto Detail, Inc.
• Logs in automobile VIN numbers
• ITA Purchases
• VinPower Software
• Scanning hardware including hand-held device and
  computer
• Total ITA Expenditures 3,000

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Brian

• Resource Ownership/Wage Employment
• Title Groomer
• Employed at Furs Gonna Fly
• Grooms pets
• ITA Purchases
• Two hydraulic tables
• A shampooer/dryer
• Vacuum comber
• Total ITA Expenditures 4,700

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