COVID-19 Publications & Resources
Resources For Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Employment First COVID-19 Resource List
- Community-Based Day Supports During the Pandemic
ICI Resources
The Institute for Community Inclusion (IC) has an ongoing series of publications and resources to help professionals, individuals, and families maintain an Employment First focus through this challenging time. Go to ICI’s special COVID-19 web page.
We Believe
- Everyone can work.
- Everyone has the right to earn a living wage in a job of their choosing, based on their unique talents, gifts, skills, and interests.
- Employment is a way for people to achieve their personal dreams of success, respect, control, and choice.
- Having a job can be an important part of one’s self-identity and value in society today.
- Everyone should be paid at least minimum wage.
Raising Expectations for Better Futures
New resources to engage families in employment planning.
Interested in knowing more about interagency transition teams in Massachusetts? check out the Massachusetts Interagency Transition Teams database, compiled by the MPTE Cross-Systems Collaboration team
MPTE
The Massachusetts Partnership for Transition to Employment (MPTE) is a five-year project to improve labor market participation for youth and young adults served by the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services (DDS).
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Current Trainings
Thursday February 9
Thursday February 16
Thursday February 23
9:30am-12:30pm EST
Job Development & Business Engagement Online Training Series (3 sessions)
Developing job opportunities and finding the right job match in an ever-changing economic environment places increasing demands on employment professionals. This 3-session online training series focuses on understanding employer needs and developing quality job matches.
Cost: FREE
December 1, 2022
Thru
January 13, 2023
The Strategies for Discovery and Career Planning
This course will focus on strategies used to assess the job seeker’s employment goals, abilities, interests, and capacities. Participants will learn how to coordinate and implement person-centered planning, identify personal and family networks, develop vocational profiles, and schedule and evaluate situational assessments. We will also discuss how to use Discovery to engage the job seeker in identifying their vocational goals and maximizing the information you learn about them.
Cost: FREE
Foundations of Community Employment
This course is a great starting point for new staff to gain a solid foundation for their work in the field and for current staff to build on the skills and knowledge they already have. Staff will get an overview of the past and present community employment, understand the social, political, and economic changes leading to the ex- pansion of opportunities for individuals with disabilities and learn how to collaborate with team stakeholders
Please contact Lara Enein at lara.enein@umb.edu with any questions.
Cost: FREE