AoD Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center

03/25/2025

April is National Financial Capability Month and Month! Join the Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC) on Tuesday, April 8 at 3:00PM Eastern Time (ET) for the webinar, ABLE Accounts: A Pathway to Financial Empowerment for People with Disabilities. Learn more and register here:

April is National Financial Capability Month and Month! Understanding how to manage money is crucial to financial independence for everyone. Come join the Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC) to learn about Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts. An ABLE....

01/21/2025

Creating services and making them available to everyone who needs them. Ensuring organizations that provide services have the resources they need, such as understanding of best practices in management and structure. Learn how federal and state policy can support all who want to be employed. Explore the new National Expansion of Employment Opportunities Network (NEON) report, “A Framework to Increase Competitive Integrated Employment through State Policy.” bit.ly/40br2sg

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01/17/2025

Access the recording and slides from our latest webinar Perspectives on Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment Through Employer Engagement on the DETAC website.

Webinar Date: January 14, 2025 | Time: 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Eastern Time (ET)

01/16/2025

We’re proposing to phase out section 14(c) certificates that allow employers to pay subminimum wages to workers with disabilities.

01/13/2025

Join DETAC's first webinar of 2025 tomorrow at 3PM ET, Perspectives on Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment Through Employer Engagement.

Join the Administration on Disabilities (AoD) Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC) for our 2025 National Community of Practice (CoP) Webinar in January titled: Perspectives on Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment Through Employer Engagement. Advancing competitive integrat...

01/10/2025

In the newest DETAC blog, National Council on Independent Living discusses the role of CILs in advancing CIE for people with disabilities.

In this blog Mary-Kate Wells, Director of Programs at the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL), discusses the role of Centers for Independent Living

01/08/2025

In Case You Missed It: Regina Kline's brief published by DETAC in November explores barriers to disability entrepreneurship, discusses how an entrepreneurial support model is breaking through barriers, and how this new model presents opportunities for AoD grantees.

A Technical Brief for Administration on Disabilities (AoD) Grantees

01/06/2025

Happening next week! Register to attend DETAC's first webinar of 2025, Perspectives on Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment Through Employer Engagement.

Join the Administration on Disabilities (AoD) Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC) for our 2025 National Community of Practice (CoP) Webinar in January titled: Perspectives on Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment Through Employer Engagement. Advancing competitive integrat...

01/03/2025

Can you believe it's 2025? Access DETAC's leading webinars and technical assistance resources from the past year in our latest blog

As the calendar year draws to a close, the Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC) highlights our most popular resources from 2024. The blog

12/31/2024

12/30/2024

Advancing competitive integrated employment (CIE) through employer engagement involves actively partnering with businesses to create meaningful, sustainable job opportunities for people with disabilities. Through this presentation and panel discussion with Jonathan Taylor, Executive Director of the Arkansas Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities, Arkansas' State vocational rehabilitation agency, and self-advocates, participants will: Learn the importance of building relationships with employers to advance CIE. Learn about the business advantages of hiring people with disabilities. Learn about innovative strategies for building a community of employer champions. Hear success stories from a state vocational rehabilitation agency and self-advocates on their experiences engaging with employers. Register today!

Join the Administration on Disabilities (AoD) Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC) for our 2025 National Community of Practice (CoP) Webinar in January titled: Perspectives on Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment Through Employer Engagement. Advancing competitive integrat...