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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WINTER/SPRING 2021
All in-person trainings are cancelled until further notice. The following online courses are currently available.
Session 1
March30
March 31
April 1
Training will be online
Register for Session 1
Session 2
April 6
April 7
April 8
Training will be online
Register for Session 2
The Nuts & Bolts of SSI and SSDI,Public Health Insurance and Other Public Benefits
This training focuses on how earnings from work affects SSI, SSDI, Medicaid, Medicare and other public benefits such as subsidized housing and food stamps. This training also includes an extensive review of the work incentives associated with each benefit and how they can be leveraged to assist individuals with disabilities to transition into employment or increase earnings without jeopardizing benefits. This training is geared toward employment professionals, case managers and rehabilitation counselors.
Wed May 12
Wed May 19
Wed May 26
9am-12:30pm EST
Job Development & Business Engagement Training Series
Developing job opportunities and finding the right job match in an ever-changing economic environment places increasing demands on employment professionals. Please join this 3-session training series that focuses on understanding employer needs and developing quality job matches.
Cost: Free
Spring Training Series on Technology
March 17, 24, 31 and
April 7
1pm – 3pm
Module 1: Video Technology and Storytelling for Employment Outcomes
Looking for creative ways to spruce up your job development process? Want to think about new ways to highlight the employment stories you are part of? Adjusting to the work world in a physically distance existence? One innovative and fun approach to consider is videos, videos, videos! Join us to learn how you can provide great employment supports integrating technology into your practice. No technology experience is required to participate!
Detailed information on this session
Cost: FREE
April 28,
May 5, 12, and 19
1pm – 3pm
Module 2: Remote, Virtual, & Hybrid Services
Registration will open early April
This 4-week community of practice module will help you organize and deliver great employment services that will keep you and the individuals you support safe and connected to the community.
Cost: FREE
June 2, 9, 16 and 23
1pm – 3pm
Module 3: Self-Management: Tools and Strategies to Build and Inspire Independence
Registration will open early May
When employment services incorporate self-management strategies into their supports, job seekers get access to more hours, higher paying jobs, and they tend to learn skills that are transferable to other situations. This 4-week module on self-management strategies focuses on tools that a person can use independently, sometime interdependently, to keep themselves on track. In this module, we will focus on a range of self-management solutions so that you can access tools that will work for anyone and everyone you support.
Cost: FREE
Foundations of Community Employment
This course begins with an overview of community employment, including current social, political, and economic changes that are leading to expansion of opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
If you are working towards your ACRE Certificate or would prefer to have more time to review this content, register for this online course instead of the webinar.
Cost: FREE