U'S' DOLETA Region V Disabilities Training Forum: Building Employment Opportunities for People with

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U.S. DOL-ETA Region V Disabilities Training
Forum Building Employment Opportunities for
People with Disabilities March 3-4,
2004Disability Grants, Programs and
Initiatives Plugging your System into Available
Resources
Michael Morris, Director, Washington, D.C.
Office 202-521-2930 ? mmorris_at_ncbdc.org Law,
Health Policy and Disability Center University of
Iowa College of Law
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Agencies In The Lives OfAdults With Disabilities
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Plugging Your System IntoAvailable Resources
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Disability Grants, Programs and
InitiativesDEPARTMENT OF LABOREmployment and
Training Administrationhttp//www.doleta.gov

• Work Incentive Grants
• http//www.onestoptoolkit.org/
• wig_granteeslist.cfm
• Disability Program
• Navigator Initiative
• http//www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/whatsnew/navigat
  or-fact-sheet.pdf

Disability Employment Grants http//www.onestoptoo
lkit. org/deg_granteeslist.cfm Technology
Initiative for Individuals with
Disabilities http//www.onestoptoolkit.org/ tech_g
ranteeslist.cfm
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Disability Grants, Programs and
InitiativesSOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIONhttp/
/www.ssa.gov/
Benefits Planning, Assistance and Outreach
Program http//www.ssa.gov/work/ServiceProviders/B
PAODirectory.html Youth Transition Process
Demonstration Cooperative Agreement
Grants http//www.ssa.gov/regulations/articles/You
th-Trans-Process-Demo.htm
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Disability Grants, Programs and
InitiativesDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICESCenters for Medicare Medicaid
Serviceshttp//www.cms.hhs.gov/
Medicaid Infrastructure Grants http//www.cms.hh
s.gov/twwiia/inf_dmap.asp Real Choice/Systems
Change Grants for Community Living http//www.hcbs
.org/state_by_state.htm
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Disability Grants, Programs and
InitiativesDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICESAdministration for Children
FamiliesAdministration on Developmental
Disabilitieshttp//www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/add/

Projects of National Significance http//www.a
cf.dhhs.gov/programs/add/pns.htm
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Disability Grants, Programs and
InitiativesDEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONOffice of
Special Education and Rehabilitative
Serviceshttp//www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oser
s/
Rehabilitation Services Administration Special
Demonstration Programs http//www.ed.gov/programs/
demotrain/index.html National Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research AT
Financial Loan Programs http//www.resna.org/AFTAP
/state/index.html
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Disability Grants, Programs and
InitiativesDEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENThttp//www.hud.gov/
Notice of Funding Availability
(SuperNOFA) http//www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/
fundsavail.cfm
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TAPPING INTO THE SYSTEMExample of
SystemsChange Grant Programs

• State of Illinois

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State of Illinois Systems Change Grants

• PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY (PA)
• Equip for Equality, Inc.
• 20 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 300
• Chicago, IL 60602
• Phone [phone] /
• Toll Free [phone]
• TTY [phone]
• Contactus_at_equipforequality.org
• CMS MEDICAID INFRASTRUCTURE
• Pat Curtis
• Project Director
• Illinois Department of Public Aid
• 201 South Grant Ave., East
• Springfield, IL 62763-0001
• Phone [phone]
• aidh20a20_at_mail.idpa.state.il.us

• CMS REAL CHOICE/SYSTEMS CHANGE
• Martha Younger-White
• 401 S. Clinton 7th Floor
• Chicago, IL 60607
• Phone [phone]
• dhse021_at_dhs.state.il.us
• NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR HEALTH
• SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
• Melissa Wittman
• Project Director
• Phone [phone]
• melwittman_at_mindspring.com

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State of Illinois Systems Change Grants
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION STATE PARTNERSHIP
INITIATIVE Deb Russell DHS-SPI Work Incentive
Project 100 W. Randolph Suite 8-146 Chicago, IL
60601 Phone [phone] debrussell_at_mindspring.
com ODEP YOUTH GRANTS Sarah Triano Access
Living 614 West Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL
60607 Phone [phone] ext.
197 sarah_at_accessliving.org
DOLETA WORK INCENTIVE - ROUND II John M
Eckert Illinois Workforce Investment Board 204
Statehouse Springfield, IL 62706 Phone (217)
744-7777 silc_at_silcofillinois.org DOLETA WORK
INCENTIVE - ROUND III Linda J. Kaiser,
Esq. Chicago Workforce Board 60 W. Randolph St.,
Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone (312)
553-4430 lkaiser_at_chicagoworkforceboard.com
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State of Illinois Systems Change Grants
ODEP OLMSTEAD WORKFORCE ACTION Michael
Boyle Human Service Center 600 Fayette Street
P.O. Box 1346 Peoria, IL 61654-1346 Phone (309)
671-8025 mboyle_at_fayettecompanies.org DOLETA
TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH
DISABILITIES Carl Suter Illinois Dept. of Human
Services, Office of Rehabilitation Services 100
South Grand Avenue East Springfield IL
62762 Phone [phone] TTY [phone]
SSA BENEFITS PLANNING, ASSISTANCE AND OUTREACH
PROGRAM (BPAO) City of Chicago, Mayors
Office 2102 West Ogden Avenue Chicago, IL
60612 Phone [phone] Department of Human
Services, Mental Health 160 N. LaSalle
Street 10th Floor Chicago, IL 60601 Phone (312)
814-7196 Illinois Department of Human
Services 623 East Adams P.O. Box
19429 Springfield, IL 62704 Phone [phone]
/ [phone] TTY
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Plugging Into Your System

• Three Strategies
• To Keep Ahead

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One-Stop ToolkitResources of the Week

• A weekly listserv that includes upcoming events
  and announcements, websites and publications, as
  well as other useful information and tools.
• To subscribe to receive the weekly resource via
  e-mail, access the One-Stop Toolkit website
  (www.onestoptoolkit.org) and click on Resources
  of the Week. Scroll down to the bottom of the
  page to submit your e-mail address. You can also
  view the archive of past resources of the week.
• To view an indexed list of the resources of the
  week by subject matter, visit the LHPDC website
  at http//disability.law.uiowa.edu/lhpdc/resources
  /wig/default.asp. It currently includes 20
  categories, covering over 300 annotated
  references. Each category opens to a new window
  with each Resource of the Week which covered
  material in that area.

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Work TogetherState Level

• Form a state-level Working Group of key state
  stakeholders and staff from other grant funded
  projects.
• Work towards blending available resources and
  leveraging funds.
• As a group, apply for funding and grant
  opportunities.

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Work TogetherLocal Level

• Use the state Working Group as a model at the
  local level.
• Support capacity building.
• Improve chances of success.
• http//www.grants.gov/

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CollaborateCollaborate...Collaborate

• Demonstration Projects
• Training
• Sharing financial and non-financial resources

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LHPDChttp//disability.law.uiowa.edu/lhpdc/projec
ts/doltech.htmlOne-Stop Toolkithttp//www.ones
toptoolkit.org