Library
The CISI Library is a critical vehicle for sharing up-to-date information on the reforms that are happening within the state and across the country, as well as research and best practices in the area of supported employment and full inclusion of people with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
The CISI Library will be updated frequently as new promising practices are identified.
The CISI Library will also archive videos of consumers, family members and people within the state who have a perspective on improving the lives of people with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
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Workforce Development
Judge Orders Back Pay for Individuals Working in a Sheltered Workshop
A judge has ordered Seneca Re-ad Industries Inc. to pay more than $54,000 in damages and back pay after ruling that the sheltered workshop wrongly set subminimum wages for three
- Link: Judge Orders Back Pay
DOL Decision on Section 14(c)
Read about a judge's ruling for three Ohio individuals with disabilities whose pay was unfairly calculated.
Why we need to boost workforce education!
A new effort calls for 65% of NH’s working-age population to hold a postsecondary credential or degree by 2025.
- Link: Workforce Education
More On The Spectrum Training For Tech Jobs
Arianna Skibell, writer for The Hechinger Report, posted this article on disabilityscoop. She states that "for those with autism, up to nine out of ten adults are unemployed or underemployed."
Simulated Town Offers Life Skills Training
Shannon Gilchrist, writer for disability scoop, highlights a town in Ohio that is making a difference in the lives of students with a disability. Read the article in full now, click
How Minnesota is Failing the Disabled
Chris Serres and Glenn Howatt are the writers of this article, "How Minnesota is Failing the Disabled," out of The Star Tribune. Serres and Howatt take readers on a detailed account