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2024-03-27T18:00:25+0000

The March JAN Newsletter focuses on intellectual disabilities in recognition of Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. #Accommodations can be a key to employment success for some people with intellectual or cognitive disabilities. https://AskJAN.org/articles/March-2024-Newsletter.cfm

 

Advancing Disability Inclusion in Very Small Businesses

2024-03-27T14:00:15+0000

The “Advancing Disability Inclusion in Very Small Businesses” national online dialogue is open! Join this important conversation and help U.S. Department of Labor ’s #ODEP support disability inclusion in businesses that employ fewer than 50 people or are owned by a disabled person. Your ideas could help inform policy and the development of new resources and tools to address the needs of very small businesses. Visit https://SmallBusinesses.IdeaScale.com to learn more and register.

 

Advancing Disability Inclusion in Very Small Businesses

2024-03-26T14:00:01+0000

The “Advancing Disability Inclusion in Very Small Businesses” national online dialogue is open! Join this important conversation and help @U.S. Department of Labor ’s #ODEP support disability inclusion in businesses that employ fewer than 50 people or are owned by a disabled person. Your ideas could help inform policy and the development of new resources and tools to address the needs of very small businesses. Visit https://SmallBusinesses.IdeaScale.com to learn more and register.

 

Registration for Work Incentive Seminar Events (WISE)

2024-03-21T19:00:18+0000

How will work affect your Medicare and Medicaid benefits? Choose Work! on March 27 at 3 p.m. ET for the next Work Incentive Seminar Event (WISE) webinar to answer this question and learn about healthcare and the path to employment. Learn more and register for the WISE webinar:

 
2024-03-21T14:00:10+0000

JAN offers general guidance about writing an accommodation request letter, which lays out possible elements to include in the body of the request. Check-out "Sample Language for Accommodation Request Letters." https://AskJAN.org/articles/Sample-Language-for-Accommodation-Request-Letters.cfm

 
2024-03-20T18:00:19+0000

The last step in the accommodation process is monitoring the accommodation. This step is often disregarded but it's a critical step for ensuring the effectiveness of #accommodations. JAN offers useful guidance in "Monitoring Reasonable Accommodations." https://AskJAN.org/articles/Monitoring-Reasonable-Accommodations.cfm

 
2024-03-20T14:00:24+0000

JAN's "Accommodation and Compliance Series: Stay at Work (SAW)/Return to work (RTW)" offers various strategies employers can consider and implement to effectively create and maintain successful SAW/RTW programs. https://AskJAN.org/topics/return.cfm

 
2024-03-19T18:00:10+0000

The #SCOTUS 1999 ruling in Olmstead v. L.C. was a seminal moment in #DisabilityRights history, and at the center of it all was a powerful trio of women. This #WomensHistoryMonth, learn more about their landmark case—and how the @departmentoflabor Office of Disability Employment Policy works to honor their legacy. https://blog.dol.gov/2024/03/14/they-persevered-honoring-three-georgia-women-behind-the-landmark-olmstead-decision

 
2024-03-19T14:00:04+0000

Some people who have had breast cancer may benefit from job #accommodations to support them after treatment and during recovery. Read "Work After Breast Cancer" to learn more. https://AskJAN.org/blogs/jan/2015/10/work-after-breast-cancer.cfm

 
2024-03-18T14:00:07+0000

Who is responsible for providing and paying for a sign language interpreter as a job #accommodation? Learn the answer to this question and more in JAN's resource about Sign Language Interpreters. https://AskJAN.org/articles/Sign-Language-Interpreters.cfm

 

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