(WSIL) -- Centerstone was recently awarded a grant from the Illinois Department of Human Services' to create a competitive integrated employment program for adults with intellectual and or development ...
Federal officials are sending $177 million to states in a major push to shift people with disabilities away from subminimum wage work in favor of competitive integrated employment. The funding will go ...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bob Casey on Monday joined three other lawmakers in introducing new legislation that would require employers to stop paying sub-minimum wage to workers with disabilities. The ...
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $251 million in grants to help prepare individuals with disabilities for integrated, competitive employment. The U.S. Department of Education announced ...
In 2018, the Employment First Commission was created to oversee and advocate a shift toward competitive and integrated employment and away from subminimum wage workshops for people with disabilities ...
PITTSBURGH — Altoona-based Sheetz Inc. is the first employer in Pennsylvania to commit to a new program aimed to assist Pennsylvanians with disabilities in transitioning from subminimum wage positions ...
A recent editorial in The Altamont Enterprise, “We need to provide a path forward for people who have long been exploited” ...
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the National Conference of the Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE) met in person to advance competitive job placement for ...