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“This guide will take the job seeker and his or her support team through the career planning process by providing information he or she can use during the career planning sessions. It should be noted that since everyone is unique, the individual planning process will be unique to each person as...
Maryland
~~“Compass, Inc. exists to support individuals with developmental disabilities and their families to live the lives they desire in communities of their choice. To fulfill this mission, we are fully committed to upholding the goals and principals shared with the Developmental Disabilities...
~~Overview:
•Services, systems, and values are realigning to support competitive integrated employment and community participation outcomes
•Services are being designed to provide a flow of services that can lead to outcomes of competitive integrated employment and/or meaningful...
~~“Community Support Network for People with Disabilities:
Provides services that enable persons to remain in their home or the least restrictive setting. Assistance to clients with developmental disabilities and their families. Coordinate and monitor services and Supports for people...
Ohio
The VR Provider Manual provides service descriptions and requirements for services including career exploration, job development, retention, job seeking skills training, and customized employment, among others.
North Carolina
~~“Conference Theme: Turning the Page
The General Training Track will present topics relevant to North Carolina Service Providers.
Break Out Sessions will cover a wide variety of topics that will meet the requirements for national certification and IPS ongoing trainings.”
...
Arkansas
“These instructions provide information to assist states in completing the Application for a 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver, including changes implemented through November 2014…This guidance is intended to improve understanding of applicable Federal policies and their...
Guam [Territory]
~~“With nearly 2,500 delivery points nationwide, American Job Centers, also known as One-Stop Career Centers, provide a vast network to address the human resource and employment needs of both jobseekers and business in every community. The Employment and Training Administration provides funding...
Minnesota
~~“Covered Services
The following are covered services under MHM:
• Customized employment
• Flexible services offered on a one-to-one ratio to help people secure wage jobs or start their own business
• Benefits planning
• Support in maintaining employment”
New Jersey
~~“Supported Employment –Individual Employment Support
Activities needed to help a participant obtain and maintain an individual job in competitive or customized employment, or self-employment, in an integrated work setting in the general workforce for which an individual is...
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Knowledge Translation (KT) Consortium
September 21, 2020 | resource
The Knowledge Translation (KT) Consortium brings together federally funded Training and Technical Assistance Centers, each with their own unique mission addressing different aspects of employment, career readiness and development, transition, and ...
Guided Group Discovery – Veterans and Youth Editions
March 17, 2020 | story
The LEAD Center created two new versions of Guided Group Discovery materials–one for veterans and the other for youth. Both include a Facilitator Guide; the youth version has an added supplemental slide deck. These materials complement LEAD Center’s ...
Guided Group Discovery - Veterans Edition - Facilitator Guide
May 22, 2019 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the LEAD Center are pleased to release this Guided Group Discovery Facilitator Guide - Veterans Edition. The purpose of Guided Group Discovery is to lay the ...
Guided Group Discovery - Youth Version - Facilitator Guide and Supplemental Slide Deck
May 20, 2019 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the LEAD Center are pleased to release this Guided Group Discovery Facilitator Guide. The purpose of Guided Group Discovery is to lay the foundation for competitive ...
Customized Employment Systems Innovation Brief: Implementing Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery and Self-Guided Discovery in a Variety of Settings and with a Variety of Partners
March 29, 2019 | resource
Guided Group Discovery and Self-Guided Discovery are approaches that serve as the first step in the process known as Customized Employment (CE). Customized Employment is a strategy for helping people who haven’t been successful with a more traditional job ...
Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment for Persons with Disabilities: Tips and Lessons Learned for State Government Leaders Interested in Promoting Gainful Employment as a Public Policy Goal
February 28, 2019 | resource
Holding a leadership role in state government is not for the faint-hearted. Whether state officials assume their role on a short-term basis or intend to make a career as a leader in state government, the expectations are high, the challenges are many, and the ...
Road to Inclusive Career Pathways
February 21, 2019 | resource
The LEAD Center Inclusive Career Pathways Roadmap is an interactive online tool that provides workforce professionals with resources to help people with disabilities achieve employment and economic self-sufficiency. Start your journey on the Inclusive Career ...
Five Ways You Can Help Expand Opportunities for Competitive Integrated Employment in Your Community
December 09, 2018 | story
Employment is central to all of our lives. A good job contributes to our self-worth, offers membership in a community, provides benefits like health insurance, and is critical to financial stability and independence. The same is true for people with ...
New E-Logic Courses
October 17, 2018 | news
The LEAD Center just launched self-paced trainings on popular topics, including Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery, and Financial Literacy. Participants can learn at their own pace, test their knowledge around key concepts, and obtain a ...
Customized Employment Helped Me Get a Job I Love
September 28, 2018 | blog
Every day, many people apply for jobs they are interested in, and many are lucky enough to get them. Often though, people with a disability are not lucky enough to even be considered for jobs they might like and be good at because they might not be able to do ...
LEAD Center’s Statewide Youth Employment Project in Oregon Highlighted at Federal Briefing
September 26, 2018 | story
On August 8 and 9, 2018, the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) hosted Employment First Federal Briefings on School-to-Work Transition, Provider Transformation, Interagency Coordination, and Mental Health practices that have been shown to promote ...
Oregon Update: Youth Guided Group Discovery
September 26, 2018 | story
As fall begins and students are returning to school, LEAD Center has already met with the transition network facilitators at our Oregon Guided Group Discovery pilot sites. Sites are gearing up to offer Guided Group Discovery (GGD) again at their schools, and ...
New LEAD Center Self-Paced Trainings Now Available!
September 26, 2018 | story
The LEAD Center just launched self-paced trainings on popular topics, including Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery, and Financial Literacy. Participants can learn at their own pace, test their knowledge around key concepts, and obtain a completion ...
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
September 17, 2018 | resource
The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) has launched a newly updated website. It provides a more user-friendly layout with easier access to JAN's publications, toolkits, training modules, and other resources. JAN also released its latest Enews, which can be ...
LEAD Center Releases Guided Group Discovery Online Participant Workbook
June 28, 2018 | story
The LEAD Center is pleased to announce the release of the Guided Group Discovery Online Participant Workbook. The Online Participant Workbook can be completed using any browser. This user-friendly tool allows youth and adults to create a personalized ...
Update: Oregon Guided Group Discovery Youth Pilot
June 28, 2018 | story
In the previous LEAD On! newsletter, we told you about kicking off Oregon’s statewide Guided Group Discovery (GGD) Youth Pilot. The six pilot sites included a mix of rural and urban locations throughout Oregon. Even before schools started their summer break ...
Guided Group Discovery Resources: Introduction and Course, Participant Workbook, and Facilitator Guide
May 31, 2018 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the LEAD Center are pleased to release resources for Guided Group Discovery. Guided Group Discovery materials include a Facilitator Manual, an accompanying ...
Guided Group Discovery Youth Pilot Kicks Off in Oregon
March 28, 2018 | story
On February 28, 2018, Oregon’s statewide Guided Group Discovery (GGD) Youth Pilot kicked off with a full-day Train-the-Trainer for 31 Transition Network Facilitators, Youth Transition Program staff, and teachers from across the state. Participants were ...
Adding Self-Guided Discovery to Your Toolkit: An Additional Resource to Promote Employment Outcomes for People with Barriers to Employment
March 28, 2018 | story
LEAD Center and the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) were excited to release the Self-Guided Discovery Facilitator’s Guide: Helping People Discover Their Own Path to Employment as part of their March 28, 2018 webinar on this topic. For many ...
LEAD Center Releases Policy Briefs on Guided Group Discovery and ABLE Accounts and Employment
March 28, 2018 | story
LEAD Center recently published two policy briefs: Improving Employment Outcomes with ABLE Accounts and Customized Employment and Guided Group Discovery. The purpose of the Improving Employment Outcomes with ABLE Accounts policy brief is to help people with ...
Self-Guided Discovery Facilitator's Guide: Helping People Discover Their Own Path to Employment
March 26, 2018 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the LEAD Center are pleased to release this Facilitator’s Guide to Self-Guided Discovery. For many years, ODEP has worked to strengthen the capacity of the ...
Information Brief: Customized Employment and Guided Group Discovery
January 31, 2018 | resource
Guided Group Discovery (GGD) opens doors to employment for people who experience barriers to employment. LEAD Center recently released comprehensive Guided Group Discovery materials, designed to enable youth and adults with disabilities and others to find a ...
Customized Employment: Stories and Lessons from the Field
January 04, 2018 | resource
Customized Employment (CE) represents a nuanced departure from traditional competitive and comparative approaches to developing work. True CE is hard to come by actually. This collection of examples is offered to point out the sometimes less obvious nuanced ...
Tennessee American Job Center Hosts LEAD Center’s First Guided Group Discovery Veterans Pilot
December 19, 2017 | story
On December 7th, LEAD Center staff launched a new Guided Group Discovery (GGD) pilot focused on veterans by providing a Facilitator Training at a comprehensive American Job Center (AJC) in Clarksville, Tenn. Guided Group Discovery is an innovative way to ...
Oregon Guided Group Discovery Project
September 27, 2017 | story
Guided Group Discovery (GGD) curriculum materials, developed by the LEAD Center, offer American Job Centers (AJC) and partner agencies a tool to assist job seekers with disabilities to obtain customized employment through a collaborative model. Guided Group ...
WISE WEBINAR: Ticket to Work and Reasonable Accommodations
July 14, 2017 | event
If you are age 18-64, receive Social Security disability benefits (SSI or SSDI) and want to make more money through work, Ticket to Work can provide the support that you need! Join us on July 19, 2017, for the next WISE webinar. We will present information ...
The Essential Elements of Customized Employment for Universal Application
July 10, 2017 | resource
Customized employment (CE) refers to competitive integrated employment, for an individual with a significant disability, that is based on an individualized determination of the strengths, needs, and interests of the individual with a significant ...
Release of Guided Group Discovery Materials as a Universal Design to Promote Employment Outcomes
June 29, 2017 | story
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the LEAD Center recently released materials and resources for use by workforce professionals to implement Guided Group Discovery (GGD), most effectively used through cross-system partnerships. Guided Group ...
How to Minimize Job Search Blues and Maximize Job Search Excitement
May 30, 2017 | blog
Few things in life can be more depressing or anxiety provoking than looking for employment. At the same time, untreated depression and anxiety can lead the job search process to a complete stand still. As a way of commemorating Mental Health Awareness Month, ...
National Work Incentives Seminar Event (WISE) Webinar - Ticket to Work for People with a Mental Illness: Support on Your Journey to Employment
May 16, 2017 | event
If you are age 18 through 64, receive Social Security disability benefits (SSI or SSDI), and want to make more money through work, Ticket to Work can provide the support that you need! Join us on May 24, 2017, for the latest WISE webinar. We will be ...
WEBINAR: Ticket to Work: Choosing a Service Provider That's Right for You
February 15, 2017 | event
Join Ticket to Work on February 22, 2017, for the latest WISE webinar. This webinar will present information on Social Security programs and rules that may apply to you, such as: Ticket to Work and Work Incentives; How to choose a service ...
Guidance to Community Rehabilitation Program Executive Directors for the Coming Employment 1st Decade
February 01, 2017 | resource
As Employment First gains ground across the nation, shifts in organizational thinking and leadership are needed in order to not only comply with law, but to provide the best services to individuals with disabilities. Cary Griffin, CEO of Grffin-Hammis ...
UPS Delivers the "Secret Sauce" for Disability Inclusion
January 24, 2017 | resource
What does successful workplace inclusion for people with disabilities look like? An innovative program at Worldport, UPS’s main air sorting hub in Louisville, Kentucky, is game-changing, reframing disability inclusion not only as social responsibility but ...
Frequently Asked Questions: Integrated Location Criteria of the Definition of “Competitive Integrated Employment”
January 19, 2017 | resource
This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document addresses the criteria for an integrated employment location within the definition of “competitive integrated employment” in section 7(5)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act), as amended ...
The Intersection of Customized Employment and Homelessness
October 28, 2016 | blog
For over 35 years, people have known about best practices and evidence-based approaches to support employment for people with intellectual disabilities. Still a majority of job seekers only learn about and/or participate in systems that utilize ...
Dads Who Are Breaking Stereotypes About Disability Employment
October 24, 2016 | blog
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is a topic that is important to me on both a professional and personal level. On a professional level, the company that I founded, 100 Percent Wine, is completely and totally dedicated to breaking down ...
In The Know: Leave as an Accommodation
August 19, 2016 | blog
Did you know that under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an employee with a disability can request the use of accrued paid leave or the use of unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation? Tracie DeFreitas, M.S., says that this is the case in her ...
Bringing Employment First to Scale: Achieving Best Practice in Employment Supports: Defining Measures of Effectiveness
April 04, 2016 | resource
This publication from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston) addresses a key challenge for states with Employment First initiatives: ensuring that ...
Employment First Information Brief: Perspective of Employers on Customized Employment
January 15, 2016 | resource
Customized Employment is a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job candidate and an employer in a way that meets the needs of both. This information brief provides the results of six focus groups conducted in ...
Griffin-Hammis Associates
January 01, 2016 | resource
Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc. is a full service consultancy specializing in developing communities of economic cooperation and self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Griffin-Hammis serves people with disabilities by providing ...
Customized Employment: Descriptions, Forms, Samples, Guides and Plans
January 01, 2016 | resource
This website serves as a repository for Marc Gold & Associates forms, samples, guides and plans related to customized employment.
Minnesota Success Stories
January 01, 2016 | resource
The Minnesota Employment Training and Technical Assistance Center (MNTAT) features success stories about Minnesotans with a variety of disabilities who are successful in individualized, customized employment or who have started their own business. In ...
LEAD Center and Griffin Hammis Associates Launch New Training on Self-Guided Discovery
September 30, 2015 | story
LEAD Center, in partnership with Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC, recently launched a pilot program offering training and on-site technical assistance on Self-Guided Discovery to assist American Job Center (AJC) staff and their partners to learn and utilize ...
Promoting Employment Outcomes through Partnerships and Self-Guided Discovery
June 30, 2015 | story
The LEAD Center has been promoting the use of Discovery and Customized Employment (CE) through partnerships with American Job Centers (AJCs) for the past two years. As part of this CE Initiative, LEAD Center will be offering training and on-site technical ...
In the Know: START-UP USA
May 07, 2015 | blog
In the Know is a bi-monthly feature on the LEAD Center blog that highlights important resources and information about the employment, policy and economic advancement of people with disabilities. To find even more useful resources, visit the LEAD ...
Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives
April 09, 2015 | resource
This presentation addresses the following topics: Braiding services to encourage integrated employment for people with more significantsupport needs Using “Community Day Services” to support employment outcomes & the placement ...
The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual
January 01, 2015 | resource
The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing supports. ...
Share Your CE Success Story
December 21, 2014 | story
Originally envisioned as a multi-strategy approach to match the discrete skills and unique contributions of a job seeker with a significant disability to an employer who has an unmet (and often unrealized) need for those skills and contributions, Customized ...
LEAD Center Staff Travel to Chicago for NAWDP Youth Summit
September 30, 2014 | story
Rebecca Salon and Elizabeth Jennings, the LEAD Center’s Project Director and Assistant Project Director respectively, presented at the National Association of Workforce Professionals (NAWDP) Youth Summit in Chicago on September 22nd and ...
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
August 01, 2014 | resource
The "Resource Handouts" section of this website contains resources produced by, and associated with, the The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project. The resources are typically applicable at a national scale.
Shaping Service Systems to Promote Customized Employment in Illinois
June 30, 2014 | story
The LEAD Center Customized Employment Initiative works across systems in Illinois and Kansas to support systems change. Subject matter experts work with policy makers on opportunities to blend and braid resources, identify and/or draft regulatory changes that ...
Group Discovery Training: Making Connections
June 25, 2014 | blog
The LEAD Center’s customized employment initiative, in collaboration with American Job Centers (AJCs), aims to increase the use of the workforce system by people with disabilities to support their ultimate success in achieving employment. The ...
In the Know: Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
June 05, 2014 | blog
In the Know is a bi-monthly feature on the LEAD Center blog that will highlight important resources and information about the employment, policy and economic advancement of people with disabilities. To find even more useful resources, visit the LEAD ...
Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation
May 06, 2014 | resource
Universal design is the concept of an inclusive setting that welcomes diversity, including products and environments that are accessible to and useable by all. In the workplace, universal design strategies enable staff to provide easier access, a ...
SAMHSA Posts Request for Applications for Supported Employment Program
March 17, 2014 | news
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2014 for the Mental Health Transformation Grant Program: Transforming Lives through Supported Employment ...
The Griffin-Hammis Associates Customized Employment Podcast
January 01, 2014 | resource
This website serves as a respository for past Griffin Hammis Associates, LLC podcasts, which cover a range to topics related to disability employment in the United States.
Using a Visual Resume for Job Development
January 01, 2014 | resource
A visual resume is a Tool for introducing a job seeker to a prospective employer that shows off who the job seeker is at their best. It is made up of photographs and narrative information about the person including their skills, abilities, experiences, ...
Documenting Discovery: Developing a Descriptive Profile to Guide Employment Plans Pathways to Employment Resource Center (PERC) Curriculum
January 01, 2014 | resource
Rather than using a traditionally accepted format that relies heavily on numerical indicators of how the individual compares to expected norms, as well as the opinion of the evaluator, it is possible to develop a document that describes the individual in ...
The Customized Plan for Employment: Developing a Blueprint for Job Development
January 01, 2014 | resource
This guide describes the step after Discovery and the job development process - developing a blueprint for job development.
Self-Directed Discovery
January 01, 2014 | resource
This Webinar will: • Explain the Importance of Discovery In Customized Employment • Introduce Self-Directed Discovery or Family Directed Discovery • Offer some Tools and strategies for family directed Discovery
Employer Negotiation Strategies For Job Developers in Customized Employment
January 01, 2014 | resource
The culmination of any approach to employment involves direct interactions with employers. After all, employers hold the jobs wanted by job seekers with disabilities. When job seekers apply for competitive, demand job openings, especially at the entry level, ...
Using Alternatives to Traditional Vocational Assessment: The Why and How of Exploration Strategies such as Discovery
January 01, 2014 | resource
Although comparative assessments have traditionally been a useful starting point for the journey to employment for many individuals with disabilities, this approach has been problematic for job seekers with more significant impact of disability. When compared ...
Linking Discovery and Self Employment
January 01, 2014 | resource
This webinar addresses questions that providers need to address when discovery leads to a self-employment outcome such as how to use what you learn in discovery to help shape a business idea and how to evaluate the business idea.
Job Site Supports: Suggestions for Supporting Persons with Disabilities on Job Sites
January 01, 2014 | resource
Providing quality and effective job supports is one of the more rewarding work activities that you’ll ever do. The role is varied and includes support, training, communication, interpretation and negotiation. And while these materials will try to clarify ...
Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
December 15, 2013 | resource
This 2013 report highlights the Self-Employment, Technical Assistance, Resources and Training (START-UP) self-employment program and makes recommendations to ensure entrepreneurs with disabilities can achieve their dream of owning their own business. ...
Marc Gold & Associates
January 01, 2012 | resource
Founded in 1976 by Marc Gold, Marc Gold & Associates is a network of consultants who are disability professionals specializing in employment and community participation for people with significant disabilities. Marc Gold & Associates has provided ...
Thought Sauce! Hot Ideas for Cool Employment: Foundational Readings in Customized Employment
January 01, 2012 | resource
The information included here is based on our Customized Employment implementation model. CE is defined by the U.S. Dept. of Labor as: a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job candidate and an employer in a way that ...
Supported Employment/Customized Employment Matrix: The Distinction Between Demand Employment and a Customized Relationship
March 01, 2011 | resource
This white paper discusses the distinction between demand employment and a customized relationship.
Customized Employment Competency Model
January 01, 2011 | resource
As stated on the Office of Disability Employment Policy website, "Customized Employment is a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job seeker and an employer in a way that meets the needs of both." This guide ...
Customized Employment Works Everywhere
October 01, 2009 | resource
This publication provides an overview of customized employment and vignettes of individuals with varying disabilities who are successfully employed through the use of customized employment.
What’s Customized About It? It's Customized.
January 01, 2009 | resource
Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways. CE is not ...
What’s Customized About It?
January 01, 2008 | resource
Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways. CE is not ...
Griffin-Hammis Job Analysis Record
January 01, 2008 | resource
This form is used to capture the major task steps of each job or project. The recorder should pay particular attention to how the tasks are typically performed, any accommodations, technology or specialized training strategies that should be employed with the ...
Customized Employment Success Story--Meet David
January 01, 2008 | resource
For David, perseverance, creativity, and braiding of resources have come together to make it possible for him to have a job in line with his longtime dream of video and media work. After 15 years of struggling to find employment suitable to this dream, David ...
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description
August 01, 2007 | resource
The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions. As an employer, Montgomery County recognizes that there are ...
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description
August 01, 2007 | resource
The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions. As an employer, Montgomery County recognizes that there are ...
Demystifying Customized Employment for Individuals with Significant Disabilities
January 01, 2007 | resource
This article provides questions and answers to demonstrate how customized employment can lead to integrated employment outcomes for individuals with significant disabilities.
Embracing a Working Life for All
January 01, 2007 | resource
This article describes TASH and its history of supporting inclusive employment for job seekers with disabilitis.
Frequently Asked Questions about Self Employment
January 01, 2004 | resource
GHA receives hundreds of inquiries regarding self employment. To help answer some of these, we’ve collected some of the most common concerns and listed them below. We do encourage you to review our book, Making Self Employment Work for People with ...
Job Analysis: A Strategy for Assessing and Utilizing the Culture of Work Places to Support Persons with Disabilities
January 01, 2004 | resource
Job analysis in supported employment is an activity designed to assist employment facilitators to a) recognize the natural ways, means and people used by employers to typically perform and teach jobs; b) organize the information to be performed by the ...
The Meaning of Choice: Implications for Systems and Providers
January 01, 2000 | resource
This report, commissioned by the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities reflects the experiences and perspectives of personnel involved with four of the seven demonstration projects involved with the National Choice Demonstration ...
Advice and Information: Helping People with Disabilities to Become Informed and to Make Effective Decisions Concerning Employment
July 01, 1997 | resource
Informed Choice is a critical requirement for Vocational Rehabilitation providers. Customers not only make “individualized choices” concerning their employment goals, the types of services received and the providers of those services, but that those ...
Group Discovery: An Alternative Assessment Tool for Workforce Centers and Community-Based Providers
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will provide information on Group Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities; particularly those with multiple barriers to employment. Participants will gain an ...
Promoting Employment - Introduction to Customized Employment and Customized Self Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will provide information on Customized Employment, including Customized Self-Employment, as a best practice. Participants will gain an understanding of how Customized Employment can support job placement efforts for a variety of job seekers both ...
Promoting Employment - Discovering Your Potential: Using Discovery to Identify Your Employment Goals
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will provide information on how to use Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities – to discover your personal employment goals. Participants will gain an ...
Promoting Leadership: Cross-Agency Approaches to Advance the Use of Customized Employment and Self–Employment Strategies
December 31, 1969 | webinar
During this webinar, we will discuss reasons and strategies for aligning resources across systems to support the implementation of Discovery, Customized Employment, and Self-Employment. Participants will learn how state agencies can adopt policies and service ...
Customized Employment: Moving Beyond the Basics
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Join us to continue to build your understanding of Customized Employment and your ability to provide this innovative employment practice to those you serve. This webinar will move beyond the basics of Customized Employment to explore using the information ...
Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Join this webinar to gain information you can use about Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships. This webinar is particularly relevant for people who are involved in implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), directly or as ...
WEBINAR: Guided Group Discovery: Paving the Way to Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Don’t miss this webinar on Guided Group Discovery: Paving the Way to Employment, in which we will share materials you can use to implement Guided Group Discovery through cross-system partnerships. You also will hear about the many pilot projects in which ...
Webinar: Self-Guided Discovery: Helping People Discover Their Own Path to Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
In this webinar, we share a new Facilitator’s Guide developed in partnership with Griffin-Hammis Associates. The Guide can be used to implement Self-Guided Discovery in the workforce system; in Centers for Independent Living; in behavioral health and ...
Career Pathways Community of Practice Meeting: Getting on Track to Employment & Self-Sufficiency: Key Drivers of Inclusive Career Pathways
December 31, 1969 | webinar
The road to Inclusive Career Pathways can be difficult for stakeholders and workforce professionals to navigate. The destination is achieving Employment and Economic Self-Sufficiency for people with disabilities. Getting there is the tricky part. To guide you ...
Guided Group Discovery: Paving a Road to Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Many veterans are unsure about their path to civilian employment and seek guidance on how to proceed. Guided Group Discovery (GGD) is a set of strategies that can benefit any job seeker, especially people who face barriers to employment, in identifying ...
Customizing Employment: Strategies for Employment Success
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will expand on what we learned last week about Discovery and how to take the next step after you have really gotten to know the veterans with whom you work. Customized Employment (CE) is a process that starts with Discovery. CE is a strategy for ...
Discovering Your Purpose After Transitioning: Tools for Finding the Right Career Match Post-Discharge
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Veterans want to ensure that their career after military life is a good fit that provides them with a sense of purpose. This interactive session by LEAD Center staff, on August 13 at the virtual 2020 National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) ...
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Missouri
“This guide will take the job seeker and his or her support team through the career planning process by providing information he or she can use during the career planning sessions. It should be noted that since everyone is unique, the individual planning process will be unique to each person as...
Maryland
~~“Compass, Inc. exists to support individuals with developmental disabilities and their families to live the lives they desire in communities of their choice. To fulfill this mission, we are fully committed to upholding the goals and principals shared with the Developmental Disabilities...
~~Overview:
•Services, systems, and values are realigning to support competitive integrated employment and community participation outcomes
•Services are being designed to provide a flow of services that can lead to outcomes of competitive integrated employment and/or meaningful...
~~“Community Support Network for People with Disabilities:
Provides services that enable persons to remain in their home or the least restrictive setting. Assistance to clients with developmental disabilities and their families. Coordinate and monitor services and Supports for people...
Ohio
The VR Provider Manual provides service descriptions and requirements for services including career exploration, job development, retention, job seeking skills training, and customized employment, among others.
North Carolina
~~“Conference Theme: Turning the Page
The General Training Track will present topics relevant to North Carolina Service Providers.
Break Out Sessions will cover a wide variety of topics that will meet the requirements for national certification and IPS ongoing trainings.”
...
Arkansas
“These instructions provide information to assist states in completing the Application for a 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver, including changes implemented through November 2014…This guidance is intended to improve understanding of applicable Federal policies and their...
Guam [Territory]
~~“With nearly 2,500 delivery points nationwide, American Job Centers, also known as One-Stop Career Centers, provide a vast network to address the human resource and employment needs of both jobseekers and business in every community. The Employment and Training Administration provides funding...
Minnesota
~~“Covered Services
The following are covered services under MHM:
• Customized employment
• Flexible services offered on a one-to-one ratio to help people secure wage jobs or start their own business
• Benefits planning
• Support in maintaining employment”
New Jersey
~~“Supported Employment –Individual Employment Support
Activities needed to help a participant obtain and maintain an individual job in competitive or customized employment, or self-employment, in an integrated work setting in the general workforce for which an individual is...
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Knowledge Translation (KT) Consortium
September 21, 2020 | resource
The Knowledge Translation (KT) Consortium brings together federally funded Training and Technical Assistance Centers, each with their own unique mission addressing different aspects of employment, career readiness and development, transition, and ...
Guided Group Discovery – Veterans and Youth Editions
March 17, 2020 | story
The LEAD Center created two new versions of Guided Group Discovery materials–one for veterans and the other for youth. Both include a Facilitator Guide; the youth version has an added supplemental slide deck. These materials complement LEAD Center’s ...
Guided Group Discovery - Veterans Edition - Facilitator Guide
May 22, 2019 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the LEAD Center are pleased to release this Guided Group Discovery Facilitator Guide - Veterans Edition. The purpose of Guided Group Discovery is to lay the ...
Guided Group Discovery - Youth Version - Facilitator Guide and Supplemental Slide Deck
May 20, 2019 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the LEAD Center are pleased to release this Guided Group Discovery Facilitator Guide. The purpose of Guided Group Discovery is to lay the foundation for competitive ...
Customized Employment Systems Innovation Brief: Implementing Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery and Self-Guided Discovery in a Variety of Settings and with a Variety of Partners
March 29, 2019 | resource
Guided Group Discovery and Self-Guided Discovery are approaches that serve as the first step in the process known as Customized Employment (CE). Customized Employment is a strategy for helping people who haven’t been successful with a more traditional job ...
Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment for Persons with Disabilities: Tips and Lessons Learned for State Government Leaders Interested in Promoting Gainful Employment as a Public Policy Goal
February 28, 2019 | resource
Holding a leadership role in state government is not for the faint-hearted. Whether state officials assume their role on a short-term basis or intend to make a career as a leader in state government, the expectations are high, the challenges are many, and the ...
Road to Inclusive Career Pathways
February 21, 2019 | resource
The LEAD Center Inclusive Career Pathways Roadmap is an interactive online tool that provides workforce professionals with resources to help people with disabilities achieve employment and economic self-sufficiency. Start your journey on the Inclusive Career ...
Five Ways You Can Help Expand Opportunities for Competitive Integrated Employment in Your Community
December 09, 2018 | story
Employment is central to all of our lives. A good job contributes to our self-worth, offers membership in a community, provides benefits like health insurance, and is critical to financial stability and independence. The same is true for people with ...
New E-Logic Courses
October 17, 2018 | news
The LEAD Center just launched self-paced trainings on popular topics, including Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery, and Financial Literacy. Participants can learn at their own pace, test their knowledge around key concepts, and obtain a ...
Customized Employment Helped Me Get a Job I Love
September 28, 2018 | blog
Every day, many people apply for jobs they are interested in, and many are lucky enough to get them. Often though, people with a disability are not lucky enough to even be considered for jobs they might like and be good at because they might not be able to do ...
LEAD Center’s Statewide Youth Employment Project in Oregon Highlighted at Federal Briefing
September 26, 2018 | story
On August 8 and 9, 2018, the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) hosted Employment First Federal Briefings on School-to-Work Transition, Provider Transformation, Interagency Coordination, and Mental Health practices that have been shown to promote ...
Oregon Update: Youth Guided Group Discovery
September 26, 2018 | story
As fall begins and students are returning to school, LEAD Center has already met with the transition network facilitators at our Oregon Guided Group Discovery pilot sites. Sites are gearing up to offer Guided Group Discovery (GGD) again at their schools, and ...
New LEAD Center Self-Paced Trainings Now Available!
September 26, 2018 | story
The LEAD Center just launched self-paced trainings on popular topics, including Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery, and Financial Literacy. Participants can learn at their own pace, test their knowledge around key concepts, and obtain a completion ...
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
September 17, 2018 | resource
The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) has launched a newly updated website. It provides a more user-friendly layout with easier access to JAN's publications, toolkits, training modules, and other resources. JAN also released its latest Enews, which can be ...
LEAD Center Releases Guided Group Discovery Online Participant Workbook
June 28, 2018 | story
The LEAD Center is pleased to announce the release of the Guided Group Discovery Online Participant Workbook. The Online Participant Workbook can be completed using any browser. This user-friendly tool allows youth and adults to create a personalized ...
Update: Oregon Guided Group Discovery Youth Pilot
June 28, 2018 | story
In the previous LEAD On! newsletter, we told you about kicking off Oregon’s statewide Guided Group Discovery (GGD) Youth Pilot. The six pilot sites included a mix of rural and urban locations throughout Oregon. Even before schools started their summer break ...
Guided Group Discovery Resources: Introduction and Course, Participant Workbook, and Facilitator Guide
May 31, 2018 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the LEAD Center are pleased to release resources for Guided Group Discovery. Guided Group Discovery materials include a Facilitator Manual, an accompanying ...
Guided Group Discovery Youth Pilot Kicks Off in Oregon
March 28, 2018 | story
On February 28, 2018, Oregon’s statewide Guided Group Discovery (GGD) Youth Pilot kicked off with a full-day Train-the-Trainer for 31 Transition Network Facilitators, Youth Transition Program staff, and teachers from across the state. Participants were ...
Adding Self-Guided Discovery to Your Toolkit: An Additional Resource to Promote Employment Outcomes for People with Barriers to Employment
March 28, 2018 | story
LEAD Center and the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) were excited to release the Self-Guided Discovery Facilitator’s Guide: Helping People Discover Their Own Path to Employment as part of their March 28, 2018 webinar on this topic. For many ...
LEAD Center Releases Policy Briefs on Guided Group Discovery and ABLE Accounts and Employment
March 28, 2018 | story
LEAD Center recently published two policy briefs: Improving Employment Outcomes with ABLE Accounts and Customized Employment and Guided Group Discovery. The purpose of the Improving Employment Outcomes with ABLE Accounts policy brief is to help people with ...
Self-Guided Discovery Facilitator's Guide: Helping People Discover Their Own Path to Employment
March 26, 2018 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the LEAD Center are pleased to release this Facilitator’s Guide to Self-Guided Discovery. For many years, ODEP has worked to strengthen the capacity of the ...
Information Brief: Customized Employment and Guided Group Discovery
January 31, 2018 | resource
Guided Group Discovery (GGD) opens doors to employment for people who experience barriers to employment. LEAD Center recently released comprehensive Guided Group Discovery materials, designed to enable youth and adults with disabilities and others to find a ...
Customized Employment: Stories and Lessons from the Field
January 04, 2018 | resource
Customized Employment (CE) represents a nuanced departure from traditional competitive and comparative approaches to developing work. True CE is hard to come by actually. This collection of examples is offered to point out the sometimes less obvious nuanced ...
Tennessee American Job Center Hosts LEAD Center’s First Guided Group Discovery Veterans Pilot
December 19, 2017 | story
On December 7th, LEAD Center staff launched a new Guided Group Discovery (GGD) pilot focused on veterans by providing a Facilitator Training at a comprehensive American Job Center (AJC) in Clarksville, Tenn. Guided Group Discovery is an innovative way to ...
Oregon Guided Group Discovery Project
September 27, 2017 | story
Guided Group Discovery (GGD) curriculum materials, developed by the LEAD Center, offer American Job Centers (AJC) and partner agencies a tool to assist job seekers with disabilities to obtain customized employment through a collaborative model. Guided Group ...
WISE WEBINAR: Ticket to Work and Reasonable Accommodations
July 14, 2017 | event
If you are age 18-64, receive Social Security disability benefits (SSI or SSDI) and want to make more money through work, Ticket to Work can provide the support that you need! Join us on July 19, 2017, for the next WISE webinar. We will present information ...
The Essential Elements of Customized Employment for Universal Application
July 10, 2017 | resource
Customized employment (CE) refers to competitive integrated employment, for an individual with a significant disability, that is based on an individualized determination of the strengths, needs, and interests of the individual with a significant ...
Release of Guided Group Discovery Materials as a Universal Design to Promote Employment Outcomes
June 29, 2017 | story
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the LEAD Center recently released materials and resources for use by workforce professionals to implement Guided Group Discovery (GGD), most effectively used through cross-system partnerships. Guided Group ...
How to Minimize Job Search Blues and Maximize Job Search Excitement
May 30, 2017 | blog
Few things in life can be more depressing or anxiety provoking than looking for employment. At the same time, untreated depression and anxiety can lead the job search process to a complete stand still. As a way of commemorating Mental Health Awareness Month, ...
National Work Incentives Seminar Event (WISE) Webinar - Ticket to Work for People with a Mental Illness: Support on Your Journey to Employment
May 16, 2017 | event
If you are age 18 through 64, receive Social Security disability benefits (SSI or SSDI), and want to make more money through work, Ticket to Work can provide the support that you need! Join us on May 24, 2017, for the latest WISE webinar. We will be ...
WEBINAR: Ticket to Work: Choosing a Service Provider That's Right for You
February 15, 2017 | event
Join Ticket to Work on February 22, 2017, for the latest WISE webinar. This webinar will present information on Social Security programs and rules that may apply to you, such as: Ticket to Work and Work Incentives; How to choose a service ...
Guidance to Community Rehabilitation Program Executive Directors for the Coming Employment 1st Decade
February 01, 2017 | resource
As Employment First gains ground across the nation, shifts in organizational thinking and leadership are needed in order to not only comply with law, but to provide the best services to individuals with disabilities. Cary Griffin, CEO of Grffin-Hammis ...
UPS Delivers the "Secret Sauce" for Disability Inclusion
January 24, 2017 | resource
What does successful workplace inclusion for people with disabilities look like? An innovative program at Worldport, UPS’s main air sorting hub in Louisville, Kentucky, is game-changing, reframing disability inclusion not only as social responsibility but ...
Frequently Asked Questions: Integrated Location Criteria of the Definition of “Competitive Integrated Employment”
January 19, 2017 | resource
This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document addresses the criteria for an integrated employment location within the definition of “competitive integrated employment” in section 7(5)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act), as amended ...
The Intersection of Customized Employment and Homelessness
October 28, 2016 | blog
For over 35 years, people have known about best practices and evidence-based approaches to support employment for people with intellectual disabilities. Still a majority of job seekers only learn about and/or participate in systems that utilize ...
Dads Who Are Breaking Stereotypes About Disability Employment
October 24, 2016 | blog
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is a topic that is important to me on both a professional and personal level. On a professional level, the company that I founded, 100 Percent Wine, is completely and totally dedicated to breaking down ...
In The Know: Leave as an Accommodation
August 19, 2016 | blog
Did you know that under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an employee with a disability can request the use of accrued paid leave or the use of unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation? Tracie DeFreitas, M.S., says that this is the case in her ...
Bringing Employment First to Scale: Achieving Best Practice in Employment Supports: Defining Measures of Effectiveness
April 04, 2016 | resource
This publication from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston) addresses a key challenge for states with Employment First initiatives: ensuring that ...
Employment First Information Brief: Perspective of Employers on Customized Employment
January 15, 2016 | resource
Customized Employment is a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job candidate and an employer in a way that meets the needs of both. This information brief provides the results of six focus groups conducted in ...
Griffin-Hammis Associates
January 01, 2016 | resource
Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc. is a full service consultancy specializing in developing communities of economic cooperation and self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Griffin-Hammis serves people with disabilities by providing ...
Customized Employment: Descriptions, Forms, Samples, Guides and Plans
January 01, 2016 | resource
This website serves as a repository for Marc Gold & Associates forms, samples, guides and plans related to customized employment.
Minnesota Success Stories
January 01, 2016 | resource
The Minnesota Employment Training and Technical Assistance Center (MNTAT) features success stories about Minnesotans with a variety of disabilities who are successful in individualized, customized employment or who have started their own business. In ...
LEAD Center and Griffin Hammis Associates Launch New Training on Self-Guided Discovery
September 30, 2015 | story
LEAD Center, in partnership with Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC, recently launched a pilot program offering training and on-site technical assistance on Self-Guided Discovery to assist American Job Center (AJC) staff and their partners to learn and utilize ...
Promoting Employment Outcomes through Partnerships and Self-Guided Discovery
June 30, 2015 | story
The LEAD Center has been promoting the use of Discovery and Customized Employment (CE) through partnerships with American Job Centers (AJCs) for the past two years. As part of this CE Initiative, LEAD Center will be offering training and on-site technical ...
In the Know: START-UP USA
May 07, 2015 | blog
In the Know is a bi-monthly feature on the LEAD Center blog that highlights important resources and information about the employment, policy and economic advancement of people with disabilities. To find even more useful resources, visit the LEAD ...
Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives
April 09, 2015 | resource
This presentation addresses the following topics: Braiding services to encourage integrated employment for people with more significantsupport needs Using “Community Day Services” to support employment outcomes & the placement ...
The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual
January 01, 2015 | resource
The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing supports. ...
Share Your CE Success Story
December 21, 2014 | story
Originally envisioned as a multi-strategy approach to match the discrete skills and unique contributions of a job seeker with a significant disability to an employer who has an unmet (and often unrealized) need for those skills and contributions, Customized ...
LEAD Center Staff Travel to Chicago for NAWDP Youth Summit
September 30, 2014 | story
Rebecca Salon and Elizabeth Jennings, the LEAD Center’s Project Director and Assistant Project Director respectively, presented at the National Association of Workforce Professionals (NAWDP) Youth Summit in Chicago on September 22nd and ...
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
August 01, 2014 | resource
The "Resource Handouts" section of this website contains resources produced by, and associated with, the The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project. The resources are typically applicable at a national scale.
Shaping Service Systems to Promote Customized Employment in Illinois
June 30, 2014 | story
The LEAD Center Customized Employment Initiative works across systems in Illinois and Kansas to support systems change. Subject matter experts work with policy makers on opportunities to blend and braid resources, identify and/or draft regulatory changes that ...
Group Discovery Training: Making Connections
June 25, 2014 | blog
The LEAD Center’s customized employment initiative, in collaboration with American Job Centers (AJCs), aims to increase the use of the workforce system by people with disabilities to support their ultimate success in achieving employment. The ...
In the Know: Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
June 05, 2014 | blog
In the Know is a bi-monthly feature on the LEAD Center blog that will highlight important resources and information about the employment, policy and economic advancement of people with disabilities. To find even more useful resources, visit the LEAD ...
Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation
May 06, 2014 | resource
Universal design is the concept of an inclusive setting that welcomes diversity, including products and environments that are accessible to and useable by all. In the workplace, universal design strategies enable staff to provide easier access, a ...
SAMHSA Posts Request for Applications for Supported Employment Program
March 17, 2014 | news
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2014 for the Mental Health Transformation Grant Program: Transforming Lives through Supported Employment ...
The Griffin-Hammis Associates Customized Employment Podcast
January 01, 2014 | resource
This website serves as a respository for past Griffin Hammis Associates, LLC podcasts, which cover a range to topics related to disability employment in the United States.
Using a Visual Resume for Job Development
January 01, 2014 | resource
A visual resume is a Tool for introducing a job seeker to a prospective employer that shows off who the job seeker is at their best. It is made up of photographs and narrative information about the person including their skills, abilities, experiences, ...
Documenting Discovery: Developing a Descriptive Profile to Guide Employment Plans Pathways to Employment Resource Center (PERC) Curriculum
January 01, 2014 | resource
Rather than using a traditionally accepted format that relies heavily on numerical indicators of how the individual compares to expected norms, as well as the opinion of the evaluator, it is possible to develop a document that describes the individual in ...
The Customized Plan for Employment: Developing a Blueprint for Job Development
January 01, 2014 | resource
This guide describes the step after Discovery and the job development process - developing a blueprint for job development.
Self-Directed Discovery
January 01, 2014 | resource
This Webinar will: • Explain the Importance of Discovery In Customized Employment • Introduce Self-Directed Discovery or Family Directed Discovery • Offer some Tools and strategies for family directed Discovery
Employer Negotiation Strategies For Job Developers in Customized Employment
January 01, 2014 | resource
The culmination of any approach to employment involves direct interactions with employers. After all, employers hold the jobs wanted by job seekers with disabilities. When job seekers apply for competitive, demand job openings, especially at the entry level, ...
Using Alternatives to Traditional Vocational Assessment: The Why and How of Exploration Strategies such as Discovery
January 01, 2014 | resource
Although comparative assessments have traditionally been a useful starting point for the journey to employment for many individuals with disabilities, this approach has been problematic for job seekers with more significant impact of disability. When compared ...
Linking Discovery and Self Employment
January 01, 2014 | resource
This webinar addresses questions that providers need to address when discovery leads to a self-employment outcome such as how to use what you learn in discovery to help shape a business idea and how to evaluate the business idea.
Job Site Supports: Suggestions for Supporting Persons with Disabilities on Job Sites
January 01, 2014 | resource
Providing quality and effective job supports is one of the more rewarding work activities that you’ll ever do. The role is varied and includes support, training, communication, interpretation and negotiation. And while these materials will try to clarify ...
Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
December 15, 2013 | resource
This 2013 report highlights the Self-Employment, Technical Assistance, Resources and Training (START-UP) self-employment program and makes recommendations to ensure entrepreneurs with disabilities can achieve their dream of owning their own business. ...
Marc Gold & Associates
January 01, 2012 | resource
Founded in 1976 by Marc Gold, Marc Gold & Associates is a network of consultants who are disability professionals specializing in employment and community participation for people with significant disabilities. Marc Gold & Associates has provided ...
Thought Sauce! Hot Ideas for Cool Employment: Foundational Readings in Customized Employment
January 01, 2012 | resource
The information included here is based on our Customized Employment implementation model. CE is defined by the U.S. Dept. of Labor as: a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job candidate and an employer in a way that ...
Supported Employment/Customized Employment Matrix: The Distinction Between Demand Employment and a Customized Relationship
March 01, 2011 | resource
This white paper discusses the distinction between demand employment and a customized relationship.
Customized Employment Competency Model
January 01, 2011 | resource
As stated on the Office of Disability Employment Policy website, "Customized Employment is a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job seeker and an employer in a way that meets the needs of both." This guide ...
Customized Employment Works Everywhere
October 01, 2009 | resource
This publication provides an overview of customized employment and vignettes of individuals with varying disabilities who are successfully employed through the use of customized employment.
What’s Customized About It? It's Customized.
January 01, 2009 | resource
Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways. CE is not ...
What’s Customized About It?
January 01, 2008 | resource
Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways. CE is not ...
Griffin-Hammis Job Analysis Record
January 01, 2008 | resource
This form is used to capture the major task steps of each job or project. The recorder should pay particular attention to how the tasks are typically performed, any accommodations, technology or specialized training strategies that should be employed with the ...
Customized Employment Success Story--Meet David
January 01, 2008 | resource
For David, perseverance, creativity, and braiding of resources have come together to make it possible for him to have a job in line with his longtime dream of video and media work. After 15 years of struggling to find employment suitable to this dream, David ...
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description
August 01, 2007 | resource
The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions. As an employer, Montgomery County recognizes that there are ...
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description
August 01, 2007 | resource
The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions. As an employer, Montgomery County recognizes that there are ...
Demystifying Customized Employment for Individuals with Significant Disabilities
January 01, 2007 | resource
This article provides questions and answers to demonstrate how customized employment can lead to integrated employment outcomes for individuals with significant disabilities.
Embracing a Working Life for All
January 01, 2007 | resource
This article describes TASH and its history of supporting inclusive employment for job seekers with disabilitis.
Frequently Asked Questions about Self Employment
January 01, 2004 | resource
GHA receives hundreds of inquiries regarding self employment. To help answer some of these, we’ve collected some of the most common concerns and listed them below. We do encourage you to review our book, Making Self Employment Work for People with ...
Job Analysis: A Strategy for Assessing and Utilizing the Culture of Work Places to Support Persons with Disabilities
January 01, 2004 | resource
Job analysis in supported employment is an activity designed to assist employment facilitators to a) recognize the natural ways, means and people used by employers to typically perform and teach jobs; b) organize the information to be performed by the ...
The Meaning of Choice: Implications for Systems and Providers
January 01, 2000 | resource
This report, commissioned by the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities reflects the experiences and perspectives of personnel involved with four of the seven demonstration projects involved with the National Choice Demonstration ...
Advice and Information: Helping People with Disabilities to Become Informed and to Make Effective Decisions Concerning Employment
July 01, 1997 | resource
Informed Choice is a critical requirement for Vocational Rehabilitation providers. Customers not only make “individualized choices” concerning their employment goals, the types of services received and the providers of those services, but that those ...
Group Discovery: An Alternative Assessment Tool for Workforce Centers and Community-Based Providers
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will provide information on Group Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities; particularly those with multiple barriers to employment. Participants will gain an ...
Promoting Employment - Introduction to Customized Employment and Customized Self Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will provide information on Customized Employment, including Customized Self-Employment, as a best practice. Participants will gain an understanding of how Customized Employment can support job placement efforts for a variety of job seekers both ...
Promoting Employment - Discovering Your Potential: Using Discovery to Identify Your Employment Goals
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will provide information on how to use Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities – to discover your personal employment goals. Participants will gain an ...
Promoting Leadership: Cross-Agency Approaches to Advance the Use of Customized Employment and Self–Employment Strategies
December 31, 1969 | webinar
During this webinar, we will discuss reasons and strategies for aligning resources across systems to support the implementation of Discovery, Customized Employment, and Self-Employment. Participants will learn how state agencies can adopt policies and service ...
Customized Employment: Moving Beyond the Basics
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Join us to continue to build your understanding of Customized Employment and your ability to provide this innovative employment practice to those you serve. This webinar will move beyond the basics of Customized Employment to explore using the information ...
Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Join this webinar to gain information you can use about Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships. This webinar is particularly relevant for people who are involved in implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), directly or as ...
WEBINAR: Guided Group Discovery: Paving the Way to Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Don’t miss this webinar on Guided Group Discovery: Paving the Way to Employment, in which we will share materials you can use to implement Guided Group Discovery through cross-system partnerships. You also will hear about the many pilot projects in which ...
Webinar: Self-Guided Discovery: Helping People Discover Their Own Path to Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
In this webinar, we share a new Facilitator’s Guide developed in partnership with Griffin-Hammis Associates. The Guide can be used to implement Self-Guided Discovery in the workforce system; in Centers for Independent Living; in behavioral health and ...
Career Pathways Community of Practice Meeting: Getting on Track to Employment & Self-Sufficiency: Key Drivers of Inclusive Career Pathways
December 31, 1969 | webinar
The road to Inclusive Career Pathways can be difficult for stakeholders and workforce professionals to navigate. The destination is achieving Employment and Economic Self-Sufficiency for people with disabilities. Getting there is the tricky part. To guide you ...
Guided Group Discovery: Paving a Road to Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Many veterans are unsure about their path to civilian employment and seek guidance on how to proceed. Guided Group Discovery (GGD) is a set of strategies that can benefit any job seeker, especially people who face barriers to employment, in identifying ...
Customizing Employment: Strategies for Employment Success
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will expand on what we learned last week about Discovery and how to take the next step after you have really gotten to know the veterans with whom you work. Customized Employment (CE) is a process that starts with Discovery. CE is a strategy for ...
Discovering Your Purpose After Transitioning: Tools for Finding the Right Career Match Post-Discharge
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Veterans want to ensure that their career after military life is a good fit that provides them with a sense of purpose. This interactive session by LEAD Center staff, on August 13 at the virtual 2020 National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) ...
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Knowledge Translation (KT) Consortium
September 21, 2020 | resource
The Knowledge Translation (KT) Consortium brings together federally funded Training and Technical Assistance Centers, each with their own unique mission addressing different aspects of employment, career readiness and development, transition, and ...
Guided Group Discovery – Veterans and Youth Editions
March 17, 2020 | story
The LEAD Center created two new versions of Guided Group Discovery materials–one for veterans and the other for youth. Both include a Facilitator Guide; the youth version has an added supplemental slide deck. These materials complement LEAD Center’s ...
Guided Group Discovery - Veterans Edition - Facilitator Guide
May 22, 2019 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the LEAD Center are pleased to release this Guided Group Discovery Facilitator Guide - Veterans Edition. The purpose of Guided Group Discovery is to lay the ...
Guided Group Discovery - Youth Version - Facilitator Guide and Supplemental Slide Deck
May 20, 2019 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the LEAD Center are pleased to release this Guided Group Discovery Facilitator Guide. The purpose of Guided Group Discovery is to lay the foundation for competitive ...
Customized Employment Systems Innovation Brief: Implementing Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery and Self-Guided Discovery in a Variety of Settings and with a Variety of Partners
March 29, 2019 | resource
Guided Group Discovery and Self-Guided Discovery are approaches that serve as the first step in the process known as Customized Employment (CE). Customized Employment is a strategy for helping people who haven’t been successful with a more traditional job ...
Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment for Persons with Disabilities: Tips and Lessons Learned for State Government Leaders Interested in Promoting Gainful Employment as a Public Policy Goal
February 28, 2019 | resource
Holding a leadership role in state government is not for the faint-hearted. Whether state officials assume their role on a short-term basis or intend to make a career as a leader in state government, the expectations are high, the challenges are many, and the ...
Road to Inclusive Career Pathways
February 21, 2019 | resource
The LEAD Center Inclusive Career Pathways Roadmap is an interactive online tool that provides workforce professionals with resources to help people with disabilities achieve employment and economic self-sufficiency. Start your journey on the Inclusive Career ...
Five Ways You Can Help Expand Opportunities for Competitive Integrated Employment in Your Community
December 09, 2018 | story
Employment is central to all of our lives. A good job contributes to our self-worth, offers membership in a community, provides benefits like health insurance, and is critical to financial stability and independence. The same is true for people with ...
New E-Logic Courses
October 17, 2018 | news
The LEAD Center just launched self-paced trainings on popular topics, including Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery, and Financial Literacy. Participants can learn at their own pace, test their knowledge around key concepts, and obtain a ...
Customized Employment Helped Me Get a Job I Love
September 28, 2018 | blog
Every day, many people apply for jobs they are interested in, and many are lucky enough to get them. Often though, people with a disability are not lucky enough to even be considered for jobs they might like and be good at because they might not be able to do ...
LEAD Center’s Statewide Youth Employment Project in Oregon Highlighted at Federal Briefing
September 26, 2018 | story
On August 8 and 9, 2018, the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) hosted Employment First Federal Briefings on School-to-Work Transition, Provider Transformation, Interagency Coordination, and Mental Health practices that have been shown to promote ...
Oregon Update: Youth Guided Group Discovery
September 26, 2018 | story
As fall begins and students are returning to school, LEAD Center has already met with the transition network facilitators at our Oregon Guided Group Discovery pilot sites. Sites are gearing up to offer Guided Group Discovery (GGD) again at their schools, and ...
New LEAD Center Self-Paced Trainings Now Available!
September 26, 2018 | story
The LEAD Center just launched self-paced trainings on popular topics, including Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery, and Financial Literacy. Participants can learn at their own pace, test their knowledge around key concepts, and obtain a completion ...
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
September 17, 2018 | resource
The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) has launched a newly updated website. It provides a more user-friendly layout with easier access to JAN's publications, toolkits, training modules, and other resources. JAN also released its latest Enews, which can be ...
LEAD Center Releases Guided Group Discovery Online Participant Workbook
June 28, 2018 | story
The LEAD Center is pleased to announce the release of the Guided Group Discovery Online Participant Workbook. The Online Participant Workbook can be completed using any browser. This user-friendly tool allows youth and adults to create a personalized ...
Update: Oregon Guided Group Discovery Youth Pilot
June 28, 2018 | story
In the previous LEAD On! newsletter, we told you about kicking off Oregon’s statewide Guided Group Discovery (GGD) Youth Pilot. The six pilot sites included a mix of rural and urban locations throughout Oregon. Even before schools started their summer break ...
Guided Group Discovery Resources: Introduction and Course, Participant Workbook, and Facilitator Guide
May 31, 2018 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the LEAD Center are pleased to release resources for Guided Group Discovery. Guided Group Discovery materials include a Facilitator Manual, an accompanying ...
Guided Group Discovery Youth Pilot Kicks Off in Oregon
March 28, 2018 | story
On February 28, 2018, Oregon’s statewide Guided Group Discovery (GGD) Youth Pilot kicked off with a full-day Train-the-Trainer for 31 Transition Network Facilitators, Youth Transition Program staff, and teachers from across the state. Participants were ...
Adding Self-Guided Discovery to Your Toolkit: An Additional Resource to Promote Employment Outcomes for People with Barriers to Employment
March 28, 2018 | story
LEAD Center and the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) were excited to release the Self-Guided Discovery Facilitator’s Guide: Helping People Discover Their Own Path to Employment as part of their March 28, 2018 webinar on this topic. For many ...
LEAD Center Releases Policy Briefs on Guided Group Discovery and ABLE Accounts and Employment
March 28, 2018 | story
LEAD Center recently published two policy briefs: Improving Employment Outcomes with ABLE Accounts and Customized Employment and Guided Group Discovery. The purpose of the Improving Employment Outcomes with ABLE Accounts policy brief is to help people with ...
Self-Guided Discovery Facilitator's Guide: Helping People Discover Their Own Path to Employment
March 26, 2018 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the LEAD Center are pleased to release this Facilitator’s Guide to Self-Guided Discovery. For many years, ODEP has worked to strengthen the capacity of the ...
Information Brief: Customized Employment and Guided Group Discovery
January 31, 2018 | resource
Guided Group Discovery (GGD) opens doors to employment for people who experience barriers to employment. LEAD Center recently released comprehensive Guided Group Discovery materials, designed to enable youth and adults with disabilities and others to find a ...
Customized Employment: Stories and Lessons from the Field
January 04, 2018 | resource
Customized Employment (CE) represents a nuanced departure from traditional competitive and comparative approaches to developing work. True CE is hard to come by actually. This collection of examples is offered to point out the sometimes less obvious nuanced ...
Tennessee American Job Center Hosts LEAD Center’s First Guided Group Discovery Veterans Pilot
December 19, 2017 | story
On December 7th, LEAD Center staff launched a new Guided Group Discovery (GGD) pilot focused on veterans by providing a Facilitator Training at a comprehensive American Job Center (AJC) in Clarksville, Tenn. Guided Group Discovery is an innovative way to ...
Oregon Guided Group Discovery Project
September 27, 2017 | story
Guided Group Discovery (GGD) curriculum materials, developed by the LEAD Center, offer American Job Centers (AJC) and partner agencies a tool to assist job seekers with disabilities to obtain customized employment through a collaborative model. Guided Group ...
WISE WEBINAR: Ticket to Work and Reasonable Accommodations
July 14, 2017 | event
If you are age 18-64, receive Social Security disability benefits (SSI or SSDI) and want to make more money through work, Ticket to Work can provide the support that you need! Join us on July 19, 2017, for the next WISE webinar. We will present information ...
The Essential Elements of Customized Employment for Universal Application
July 10, 2017 | resource
Customized employment (CE) refers to competitive integrated employment, for an individual with a significant disability, that is based on an individualized determination of the strengths, needs, and interests of the individual with a significant ...
Release of Guided Group Discovery Materials as a Universal Design to Promote Employment Outcomes
June 29, 2017 | story
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the LEAD Center recently released materials and resources for use by workforce professionals to implement Guided Group Discovery (GGD), most effectively used through cross-system partnerships. Guided Group ...
How to Minimize Job Search Blues and Maximize Job Search Excitement
May 30, 2017 | blog
Few things in life can be more depressing or anxiety provoking than looking for employment. At the same time, untreated depression and anxiety can lead the job search process to a complete stand still. As a way of commemorating Mental Health Awareness Month, ...
National Work Incentives Seminar Event (WISE) Webinar - Ticket to Work for People with a Mental Illness: Support on Your Journey to Employment
May 16, 2017 | event
If you are age 18 through 64, receive Social Security disability benefits (SSI or SSDI), and want to make more money through work, Ticket to Work can provide the support that you need! Join us on May 24, 2017, for the latest WISE webinar. We will be ...
WEBINAR: Ticket to Work: Choosing a Service Provider That's Right for You
February 15, 2017 | event
Join Ticket to Work on February 22, 2017, for the latest WISE webinar. This webinar will present information on Social Security programs and rules that may apply to you, such as: Ticket to Work and Work Incentives; How to choose a service ...
Guidance to Community Rehabilitation Program Executive Directors for the Coming Employment 1st Decade
February 01, 2017 | resource
As Employment First gains ground across the nation, shifts in organizational thinking and leadership are needed in order to not only comply with law, but to provide the best services to individuals with disabilities. Cary Griffin, CEO of Grffin-Hammis ...
UPS Delivers the "Secret Sauce" for Disability Inclusion
January 24, 2017 | resource
What does successful workplace inclusion for people with disabilities look like? An innovative program at Worldport, UPS’s main air sorting hub in Louisville, Kentucky, is game-changing, reframing disability inclusion not only as social responsibility but ...
Frequently Asked Questions: Integrated Location Criteria of the Definition of “Competitive Integrated Employment”
January 19, 2017 | resource
This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document addresses the criteria for an integrated employment location within the definition of “competitive integrated employment” in section 7(5)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act), as amended ...
The Intersection of Customized Employment and Homelessness
October 28, 2016 | blog
For over 35 years, people have known about best practices and evidence-based approaches to support employment for people with intellectual disabilities. Still a majority of job seekers only learn about and/or participate in systems that utilize ...
Dads Who Are Breaking Stereotypes About Disability Employment
October 24, 2016 | blog
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is a topic that is important to me on both a professional and personal level. On a professional level, the company that I founded, 100 Percent Wine, is completely and totally dedicated to breaking down ...
In The Know: Leave as an Accommodation
August 19, 2016 | blog
Did you know that under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an employee with a disability can request the use of accrued paid leave or the use of unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation? Tracie DeFreitas, M.S., says that this is the case in her ...
Bringing Employment First to Scale: Achieving Best Practice in Employment Supports: Defining Measures of Effectiveness
April 04, 2016 | resource
This publication from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston) addresses a key challenge for states with Employment First initiatives: ensuring that ...
Employment First Information Brief: Perspective of Employers on Customized Employment
January 15, 2016 | resource
Customized Employment is a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job candidate and an employer in a way that meets the needs of both. This information brief provides the results of six focus groups conducted in ...
Griffin-Hammis Associates
January 01, 2016 | resource
Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc. is a full service consultancy specializing in developing communities of economic cooperation and self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Griffin-Hammis serves people with disabilities by providing ...
Customized Employment: Descriptions, Forms, Samples, Guides and Plans
January 01, 2016 | resource
This website serves as a repository for Marc Gold & Associates forms, samples, guides and plans related to customized employment.
Minnesota Success Stories
January 01, 2016 | resource
The Minnesota Employment Training and Technical Assistance Center (MNTAT) features success stories about Minnesotans with a variety of disabilities who are successful in individualized, customized employment or who have started their own business. In ...
LEAD Center and Griffin Hammis Associates Launch New Training on Self-Guided Discovery
September 30, 2015 | story
LEAD Center, in partnership with Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC, recently launched a pilot program offering training and on-site technical assistance on Self-Guided Discovery to assist American Job Center (AJC) staff and their partners to learn and utilize ...
Promoting Employment Outcomes through Partnerships and Self-Guided Discovery
June 30, 2015 | story
The LEAD Center has been promoting the use of Discovery and Customized Employment (CE) through partnerships with American Job Centers (AJCs) for the past two years. As part of this CE Initiative, LEAD Center will be offering training and on-site technical ...
In the Know: START-UP USA
May 07, 2015 | blog
In the Know is a bi-monthly feature on the LEAD Center blog that highlights important resources and information about the employment, policy and economic advancement of people with disabilities. To find even more useful resources, visit the LEAD ...
Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives
April 09, 2015 | resource
This presentation addresses the following topics: Braiding services to encourage integrated employment for people with more significantsupport needs Using “Community Day Services” to support employment outcomes & the placement ...
The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual
January 01, 2015 | resource
The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing supports. ...
Share Your CE Success Story
December 21, 2014 | story
Originally envisioned as a multi-strategy approach to match the discrete skills and unique contributions of a job seeker with a significant disability to an employer who has an unmet (and often unrealized) need for those skills and contributions, Customized ...
LEAD Center Staff Travel to Chicago for NAWDP Youth Summit
September 30, 2014 | story
Rebecca Salon and Elizabeth Jennings, the LEAD Center’s Project Director and Assistant Project Director respectively, presented at the National Association of Workforce Professionals (NAWDP) Youth Summit in Chicago on September 22nd and ...
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
August 01, 2014 | resource
The "Resource Handouts" section of this website contains resources produced by, and associated with, the The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project. The resources are typically applicable at a national scale.
Shaping Service Systems to Promote Customized Employment in Illinois
June 30, 2014 | story
The LEAD Center Customized Employment Initiative works across systems in Illinois and Kansas to support systems change. Subject matter experts work with policy makers on opportunities to blend and braid resources, identify and/or draft regulatory changes that ...
Group Discovery Training: Making Connections
June 25, 2014 | blog
The LEAD Center’s customized employment initiative, in collaboration with American Job Centers (AJCs), aims to increase the use of the workforce system by people with disabilities to support their ultimate success in achieving employment. The ...
In the Know: Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
June 05, 2014 | blog
In the Know is a bi-monthly feature on the LEAD Center blog that will highlight important resources and information about the employment, policy and economic advancement of people with disabilities. To find even more useful resources, visit the LEAD ...
Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation
May 06, 2014 | resource
Universal design is the concept of an inclusive setting that welcomes diversity, including products and environments that are accessible to and useable by all. In the workplace, universal design strategies enable staff to provide easier access, a ...
SAMHSA Posts Request for Applications for Supported Employment Program
March 17, 2014 | news
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2014 for the Mental Health Transformation Grant Program: Transforming Lives through Supported Employment ...
The Griffin-Hammis Associates Customized Employment Podcast
January 01, 2014 | resource
This website serves as a respository for past Griffin Hammis Associates, LLC podcasts, which cover a range to topics related to disability employment in the United States.
Using a Visual Resume for Job Development
January 01, 2014 | resource
A visual resume is a Tool for introducing a job seeker to a prospective employer that shows off who the job seeker is at their best. It is made up of photographs and narrative information about the person including their skills, abilities, experiences, ...
Documenting Discovery: Developing a Descriptive Profile to Guide Employment Plans Pathways to Employment Resource Center (PERC) Curriculum
January 01, 2014 | resource
Rather than using a traditionally accepted format that relies heavily on numerical indicators of how the individual compares to expected norms, as well as the opinion of the evaluator, it is possible to develop a document that describes the individual in ...
The Customized Plan for Employment: Developing a Blueprint for Job Development
January 01, 2014 | resource
This guide describes the step after Discovery and the job development process - developing a blueprint for job development.
Self-Directed Discovery
January 01, 2014 | resource
This Webinar will: • Explain the Importance of Discovery In Customized Employment • Introduce Self-Directed Discovery or Family Directed Discovery • Offer some Tools and strategies for family directed Discovery
Employer Negotiation Strategies For Job Developers in Customized Employment
January 01, 2014 | resource
The culmination of any approach to employment involves direct interactions with employers. After all, employers hold the jobs wanted by job seekers with disabilities. When job seekers apply for competitive, demand job openings, especially at the entry level, ...
Using Alternatives to Traditional Vocational Assessment: The Why and How of Exploration Strategies such as Discovery
January 01, 2014 | resource
Although comparative assessments have traditionally been a useful starting point for the journey to employment for many individuals with disabilities, this approach has been problematic for job seekers with more significant impact of disability. When compared ...
Linking Discovery and Self Employment
January 01, 2014 | resource
This webinar addresses questions that providers need to address when discovery leads to a self-employment outcome such as how to use what you learn in discovery to help shape a business idea and how to evaluate the business idea.
Job Site Supports: Suggestions for Supporting Persons with Disabilities on Job Sites
January 01, 2014 | resource
Providing quality and effective job supports is one of the more rewarding work activities that you’ll ever do. The role is varied and includes support, training, communication, interpretation and negotiation. And while these materials will try to clarify ...
Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
December 15, 2013 | resource
This 2013 report highlights the Self-Employment, Technical Assistance, Resources and Training (START-UP) self-employment program and makes recommendations to ensure entrepreneurs with disabilities can achieve their dream of owning their own business. ...
Marc Gold & Associates
January 01, 2012 | resource
Founded in 1976 by Marc Gold, Marc Gold & Associates is a network of consultants who are disability professionals specializing in employment and community participation for people with significant disabilities. Marc Gold & Associates has provided ...
Thought Sauce! Hot Ideas for Cool Employment: Foundational Readings in Customized Employment
January 01, 2012 | resource
The information included here is based on our Customized Employment implementation model. CE is defined by the U.S. Dept. of Labor as: a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job candidate and an employer in a way that ...
Supported Employment/Customized Employment Matrix: The Distinction Between Demand Employment and a Customized Relationship
March 01, 2011 | resource
This white paper discusses the distinction between demand employment and a customized relationship.
Customized Employment Competency Model
January 01, 2011 | resource
As stated on the Office of Disability Employment Policy website, "Customized Employment is a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job seeker and an employer in a way that meets the needs of both." This guide ...
Customized Employment Works Everywhere
October 01, 2009 | resource
This publication provides an overview of customized employment and vignettes of individuals with varying disabilities who are successfully employed through the use of customized employment.
What’s Customized About It? It's Customized.
January 01, 2009 | resource
Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways. CE is not ...
What’s Customized About It?
January 01, 2008 | resource
Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways. CE is not ...
Griffin-Hammis Job Analysis Record
January 01, 2008 | resource
This form is used to capture the major task steps of each job or project. The recorder should pay particular attention to how the tasks are typically performed, any accommodations, technology or specialized training strategies that should be employed with the ...
Customized Employment Success Story--Meet David
January 01, 2008 | resource
For David, perseverance, creativity, and braiding of resources have come together to make it possible for him to have a job in line with his longtime dream of video and media work. After 15 years of struggling to find employment suitable to this dream, David ...
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description
August 01, 2007 | resource
The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions. As an employer, Montgomery County recognizes that there are ...
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description
August 01, 2007 | resource
The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions. As an employer, Montgomery County recognizes that there are ...
Demystifying Customized Employment for Individuals with Significant Disabilities
January 01, 2007 | resource
This article provides questions and answers to demonstrate how customized employment can lead to integrated employment outcomes for individuals with significant disabilities.
Embracing a Working Life for All
January 01, 2007 | resource
This article describes TASH and its history of supporting inclusive employment for job seekers with disabilitis.
Frequently Asked Questions about Self Employment
January 01, 2004 | resource
GHA receives hundreds of inquiries regarding self employment. To help answer some of these, we’ve collected some of the most common concerns and listed them below. We do encourage you to review our book, Making Self Employment Work for People with ...
Job Analysis: A Strategy for Assessing and Utilizing the Culture of Work Places to Support Persons with Disabilities
January 01, 2004 | resource
Job analysis in supported employment is an activity designed to assist employment facilitators to a) recognize the natural ways, means and people used by employers to typically perform and teach jobs; b) organize the information to be performed by the ...
The Meaning of Choice: Implications for Systems and Providers
January 01, 2000 | resource
This report, commissioned by the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities reflects the experiences and perspectives of personnel involved with four of the seven demonstration projects involved with the National Choice Demonstration ...
Advice and Information: Helping People with Disabilities to Become Informed and to Make Effective Decisions Concerning Employment
July 01, 1997 | resource
Informed Choice is a critical requirement for Vocational Rehabilitation providers. Customers not only make “individualized choices” concerning their employment goals, the types of services received and the providers of those services, but that those ...
Group Discovery: An Alternative Assessment Tool for Workforce Centers and Community-Based Providers
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will provide information on Group Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities; particularly those with multiple barriers to employment. Participants will gain an ...
Promoting Employment - Introduction to Customized Employment and Customized Self Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will provide information on Customized Employment, including Customized Self-Employment, as a best practice. Participants will gain an understanding of how Customized Employment can support job placement efforts for a variety of job seekers both ...
Promoting Employment - Discovering Your Potential: Using Discovery to Identify Your Employment Goals
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will provide information on how to use Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities – to discover your personal employment goals. Participants will gain an ...
Promoting Leadership: Cross-Agency Approaches to Advance the Use of Customized Employment and Self–Employment Strategies
December 31, 1969 | webinar
During this webinar, we will discuss reasons and strategies for aligning resources across systems to support the implementation of Discovery, Customized Employment, and Self-Employment. Participants will learn how state agencies can adopt policies and service ...
Customized Employment: Moving Beyond the Basics
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Join us to continue to build your understanding of Customized Employment and your ability to provide this innovative employment practice to those you serve. This webinar will move beyond the basics of Customized Employment to explore using the information ...
Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Join this webinar to gain information you can use about Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships. This webinar is particularly relevant for people who are involved in implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), directly or as ...
WEBINAR: Guided Group Discovery: Paving the Way to Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Don’t miss this webinar on Guided Group Discovery: Paving the Way to Employment, in which we will share materials you can use to implement Guided Group Discovery through cross-system partnerships. You also will hear about the many pilot projects in which ...
Webinar: Self-Guided Discovery: Helping People Discover Their Own Path to Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
In this webinar, we share a new Facilitator’s Guide developed in partnership with Griffin-Hammis Associates. The Guide can be used to implement Self-Guided Discovery in the workforce system; in Centers for Independent Living; in behavioral health and ...
Career Pathways Community of Practice Meeting: Getting on Track to Employment & Self-Sufficiency: Key Drivers of Inclusive Career Pathways
December 31, 1969 | webinar
The road to Inclusive Career Pathways can be difficult for stakeholders and workforce professionals to navigate. The destination is achieving Employment and Economic Self-Sufficiency for people with disabilities. Getting there is the tricky part. To guide you ...
Guided Group Discovery: Paving a Road to Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Many veterans are unsure about their path to civilian employment and seek guidance on how to proceed. Guided Group Discovery (GGD) is a set of strategies that can benefit any job seeker, especially people who face barriers to employment, in identifying ...
Customizing Employment: Strategies for Employment Success
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will expand on what we learned last week about Discovery and how to take the next step after you have really gotten to know the veterans with whom you work. Customized Employment (CE) is a process that starts with Discovery. CE is a strategy for ...
Discovering Your Purpose After Transitioning: Tools for Finding the Right Career Match Post-Discharge
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Veterans want to ensure that their career after military life is a good fit that provides them with a sense of purpose. This interactive session by LEAD Center staff, on August 13 at the virtual 2020 National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) ...
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Knowledge Translation (KT) Consortium
September 21, 2020 | resource
The Knowledge Translation (KT) Consortium brings together federally funded Training and Technical Assistance Centers, each with their own unique mission addressing different aspects of employment, career readiness and development, transition, and ...
Guided Group Discovery – Veterans and Youth Editions
March 17, 2020 | story
The LEAD Center created two new versions of Guided Group Discovery materials–one for veterans and the other for youth. Both include a Facilitator Guide; the youth version has an added supplemental slide deck. These materials complement LEAD Center’s ...
Guided Group Discovery - Veterans Edition - Facilitator Guide
May 22, 2019 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the LEAD Center are pleased to release this Guided Group Discovery Facilitator Guide - Veterans Edition. The purpose of Guided Group Discovery is to lay the ...
Guided Group Discovery - Youth Version - Facilitator Guide and Supplemental Slide Deck
May 20, 2019 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the LEAD Center are pleased to release this Guided Group Discovery Facilitator Guide. The purpose of Guided Group Discovery is to lay the foundation for competitive ...
Customized Employment Systems Innovation Brief: Implementing Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery and Self-Guided Discovery in a Variety of Settings and with a Variety of Partners
March 29, 2019 | resource
Guided Group Discovery and Self-Guided Discovery are approaches that serve as the first step in the process known as Customized Employment (CE). Customized Employment is a strategy for helping people who haven’t been successful with a more traditional job ...
Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment for Persons with Disabilities: Tips and Lessons Learned for State Government Leaders Interested in Promoting Gainful Employment as a Public Policy Goal
February 28, 2019 | resource
Holding a leadership role in state government is not for the faint-hearted. Whether state officials assume their role on a short-term basis or intend to make a career as a leader in state government, the expectations are high, the challenges are many, and the ...
Road to Inclusive Career Pathways
February 21, 2019 | resource
The LEAD Center Inclusive Career Pathways Roadmap is an interactive online tool that provides workforce professionals with resources to help people with disabilities achieve employment and economic self-sufficiency. Start your journey on the Inclusive Career ...
Five Ways You Can Help Expand Opportunities for Competitive Integrated Employment in Your Community
December 09, 2018 | story
Employment is central to all of our lives. A good job contributes to our self-worth, offers membership in a community, provides benefits like health insurance, and is critical to financial stability and independence. The same is true for people with ...
New E-Logic Courses
October 17, 2018 | news
The LEAD Center just launched self-paced trainings on popular topics, including Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery, and Financial Literacy. Participants can learn at their own pace, test their knowledge around key concepts, and obtain a ...
Customized Employment Helped Me Get a Job I Love
September 28, 2018 | blog
Every day, many people apply for jobs they are interested in, and many are lucky enough to get them. Often though, people with a disability are not lucky enough to even be considered for jobs they might like and be good at because they might not be able to do ...
LEAD Center’s Statewide Youth Employment Project in Oregon Highlighted at Federal Briefing
September 26, 2018 | story
On August 8 and 9, 2018, the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) hosted Employment First Federal Briefings on School-to-Work Transition, Provider Transformation, Interagency Coordination, and Mental Health practices that have been shown to promote ...
Oregon Update: Youth Guided Group Discovery
September 26, 2018 | story
As fall begins and students are returning to school, LEAD Center has already met with the transition network facilitators at our Oregon Guided Group Discovery pilot sites. Sites are gearing up to offer Guided Group Discovery (GGD) again at their schools, and ...
New LEAD Center Self-Paced Trainings Now Available!
September 26, 2018 | story
The LEAD Center just launched self-paced trainings on popular topics, including Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery, and Financial Literacy. Participants can learn at their own pace, test their knowledge around key concepts, and obtain a completion ...
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
September 17, 2018 | resource
The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) has launched a newly updated website. It provides a more user-friendly layout with easier access to JAN's publications, toolkits, training modules, and other resources. JAN also released its latest Enews, which can be ...
LEAD Center Releases Guided Group Discovery Online Participant Workbook
June 28, 2018 | story
The LEAD Center is pleased to announce the release of the Guided Group Discovery Online Participant Workbook. The Online Participant Workbook can be completed using any browser. This user-friendly tool allows youth and adults to create a personalized ...
Update: Oregon Guided Group Discovery Youth Pilot
June 28, 2018 | story
In the previous LEAD On! newsletter, we told you about kicking off Oregon’s statewide Guided Group Discovery (GGD) Youth Pilot. The six pilot sites included a mix of rural and urban locations throughout Oregon. Even before schools started their summer break ...
Guided Group Discovery Resources: Introduction and Course, Participant Workbook, and Facilitator Guide
May 31, 2018 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the LEAD Center are pleased to release resources for Guided Group Discovery. Guided Group Discovery materials include a Facilitator Manual, an accompanying ...
Guided Group Discovery Youth Pilot Kicks Off in Oregon
March 28, 2018 | story
On February 28, 2018, Oregon’s statewide Guided Group Discovery (GGD) Youth Pilot kicked off with a full-day Train-the-Trainer for 31 Transition Network Facilitators, Youth Transition Program staff, and teachers from across the state. Participants were ...
Adding Self-Guided Discovery to Your Toolkit: An Additional Resource to Promote Employment Outcomes for People with Barriers to Employment
March 28, 2018 | story
LEAD Center and the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) were excited to release the Self-Guided Discovery Facilitator’s Guide: Helping People Discover Their Own Path to Employment as part of their March 28, 2018 webinar on this topic. For many ...
LEAD Center Releases Policy Briefs on Guided Group Discovery and ABLE Accounts and Employment
March 28, 2018 | story
LEAD Center recently published two policy briefs: Improving Employment Outcomes with ABLE Accounts and Customized Employment and Guided Group Discovery. The purpose of the Improving Employment Outcomes with ABLE Accounts policy brief is to help people with ...
Self-Guided Discovery Facilitator's Guide: Helping People Discover Their Own Path to Employment
March 26, 2018 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the LEAD Center are pleased to release this Facilitator’s Guide to Self-Guided Discovery. For many years, ODEP has worked to strengthen the capacity of the ...
Information Brief: Customized Employment and Guided Group Discovery
January 31, 2018 | resource
Guided Group Discovery (GGD) opens doors to employment for people who experience barriers to employment. LEAD Center recently released comprehensive Guided Group Discovery materials, designed to enable youth and adults with disabilities and others to find a ...
Customized Employment: Stories and Lessons from the Field
January 04, 2018 | resource
Customized Employment (CE) represents a nuanced departure from traditional competitive and comparative approaches to developing work. True CE is hard to come by actually. This collection of examples is offered to point out the sometimes less obvious nuanced ...
Tennessee American Job Center Hosts LEAD Center’s First Guided Group Discovery Veterans Pilot
December 19, 2017 | story
On December 7th, LEAD Center staff launched a new Guided Group Discovery (GGD) pilot focused on veterans by providing a Facilitator Training at a comprehensive American Job Center (AJC) in Clarksville, Tenn. Guided Group Discovery is an innovative way to ...
Oregon Guided Group Discovery Project
September 27, 2017 | story
Guided Group Discovery (GGD) curriculum materials, developed by the LEAD Center, offer American Job Centers (AJC) and partner agencies a tool to assist job seekers with disabilities to obtain customized employment through a collaborative model. Guided Group ...
WISE WEBINAR: Ticket to Work and Reasonable Accommodations
July 14, 2017 | event
If you are age 18-64, receive Social Security disability benefits (SSI or SSDI) and want to make more money through work, Ticket to Work can provide the support that you need! Join us on July 19, 2017, for the next WISE webinar. We will present information ...
The Essential Elements of Customized Employment for Universal Application
July 10, 2017 | resource
Customized employment (CE) refers to competitive integrated employment, for an individual with a significant disability, that is based on an individualized determination of the strengths, needs, and interests of the individual with a significant ...
Release of Guided Group Discovery Materials as a Universal Design to Promote Employment Outcomes
June 29, 2017 | story
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the LEAD Center recently released materials and resources for use by workforce professionals to implement Guided Group Discovery (GGD), most effectively used through cross-system partnerships. Guided Group ...
How to Minimize Job Search Blues and Maximize Job Search Excitement
May 30, 2017 | blog
Few things in life can be more depressing or anxiety provoking than looking for employment. At the same time, untreated depression and anxiety can lead the job search process to a complete stand still. As a way of commemorating Mental Health Awareness Month, ...
National Work Incentives Seminar Event (WISE) Webinar - Ticket to Work for People with a Mental Illness: Support on Your Journey to Employment
May 16, 2017 | event
If you are age 18 through 64, receive Social Security disability benefits (SSI or SSDI), and want to make more money through work, Ticket to Work can provide the support that you need! Join us on May 24, 2017, for the latest WISE webinar. We will be ...
WEBINAR: Ticket to Work: Choosing a Service Provider That's Right for You
February 15, 2017 | event
Join Ticket to Work on February 22, 2017, for the latest WISE webinar. This webinar will present information on Social Security programs and rules that may apply to you, such as: Ticket to Work and Work Incentives; How to choose a service ...
Guidance to Community Rehabilitation Program Executive Directors for the Coming Employment 1st Decade
February 01, 2017 | resource
As Employment First gains ground across the nation, shifts in organizational thinking and leadership are needed in order to not only comply with law, but to provide the best services to individuals with disabilities. Cary Griffin, CEO of Grffin-Hammis ...
UPS Delivers the "Secret Sauce" for Disability Inclusion
January 24, 2017 | resource
What does successful workplace inclusion for people with disabilities look like? An innovative program at Worldport, UPS’s main air sorting hub in Louisville, Kentucky, is game-changing, reframing disability inclusion not only as social responsibility but ...
Frequently Asked Questions: Integrated Location Criteria of the Definition of “Competitive Integrated Employment”
January 19, 2017 | resource
This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document addresses the criteria for an integrated employment location within the definition of “competitive integrated employment” in section 7(5)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act), as amended ...
The Intersection of Customized Employment and Homelessness
October 28, 2016 | blog
For over 35 years, people have known about best practices and evidence-based approaches to support employment for people with intellectual disabilities. Still a majority of job seekers only learn about and/or participate in systems that utilize ...
Dads Who Are Breaking Stereotypes About Disability Employment
October 24, 2016 | blog
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is a topic that is important to me on both a professional and personal level. On a professional level, the company that I founded, 100 Percent Wine, is completely and totally dedicated to breaking down ...
In The Know: Leave as an Accommodation
August 19, 2016 | blog
Did you know that under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an employee with a disability can request the use of accrued paid leave or the use of unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation? Tracie DeFreitas, M.S., says that this is the case in her ...
Bringing Employment First to Scale: Achieving Best Practice in Employment Supports: Defining Measures of Effectiveness
April 04, 2016 | resource
This publication from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston) addresses a key challenge for states with Employment First initiatives: ensuring that ...
Employment First Information Brief: Perspective of Employers on Customized Employment
January 15, 2016 | resource
Customized Employment is a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job candidate and an employer in a way that meets the needs of both. This information brief provides the results of six focus groups conducted in ...
Griffin-Hammis Associates
January 01, 2016 | resource
Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc. is a full service consultancy specializing in developing communities of economic cooperation and self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Griffin-Hammis serves people with disabilities by providing ...
Customized Employment: Descriptions, Forms, Samples, Guides and Plans
January 01, 2016 | resource
This website serves as a repository for Marc Gold & Associates forms, samples, guides and plans related to customized employment.
Minnesota Success Stories
January 01, 2016 | resource
The Minnesota Employment Training and Technical Assistance Center (MNTAT) features success stories about Minnesotans with a variety of disabilities who are successful in individualized, customized employment or who have started their own business. In ...
LEAD Center and Griffin Hammis Associates Launch New Training on Self-Guided Discovery
September 30, 2015 | story
LEAD Center, in partnership with Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC, recently launched a pilot program offering training and on-site technical assistance on Self-Guided Discovery to assist American Job Center (AJC) staff and their partners to learn and utilize ...
Promoting Employment Outcomes through Partnerships and Self-Guided Discovery
June 30, 2015 | story
The LEAD Center has been promoting the use of Discovery and Customized Employment (CE) through partnerships with American Job Centers (AJCs) for the past two years. As part of this CE Initiative, LEAD Center will be offering training and on-site technical ...
In the Know: START-UP USA
May 07, 2015 | blog
In the Know is a bi-monthly feature on the LEAD Center blog that highlights important resources and information about the employment, policy and economic advancement of people with disabilities. To find even more useful resources, visit the LEAD ...
Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives
April 09, 2015 | resource
This presentation addresses the following topics: Braiding services to encourage integrated employment for people with more significantsupport needs Using “Community Day Services” to support employment outcomes & the placement ...
The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual
January 01, 2015 | resource
The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing supports. ...
Share Your CE Success Story
December 21, 2014 | story
Originally envisioned as a multi-strategy approach to match the discrete skills and unique contributions of a job seeker with a significant disability to an employer who has an unmet (and often unrealized) need for those skills and contributions, Customized ...
LEAD Center Staff Travel to Chicago for NAWDP Youth Summit
September 30, 2014 | story
Rebecca Salon and Elizabeth Jennings, the LEAD Center’s Project Director and Assistant Project Director respectively, presented at the National Association of Workforce Professionals (NAWDP) Youth Summit in Chicago on September 22nd and ...
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
August 01, 2014 | resource
The "Resource Handouts" section of this website contains resources produced by, and associated with, the The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project. The resources are typically applicable at a national scale.
Shaping Service Systems to Promote Customized Employment in Illinois
June 30, 2014 | story
The LEAD Center Customized Employment Initiative works across systems in Illinois and Kansas to support systems change. Subject matter experts work with policy makers on opportunities to blend and braid resources, identify and/or draft regulatory changes that ...
Group Discovery Training: Making Connections
June 25, 2014 | blog
The LEAD Center’s customized employment initiative, in collaboration with American Job Centers (AJCs), aims to increase the use of the workforce system by people with disabilities to support their ultimate success in achieving employment. The ...
In the Know: Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
June 05, 2014 | blog
In the Know is a bi-monthly feature on the LEAD Center blog that will highlight important resources and information about the employment, policy and economic advancement of people with disabilities. To find even more useful resources, visit the LEAD ...
Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation
May 06, 2014 | resource
Universal design is the concept of an inclusive setting that welcomes diversity, including products and environments that are accessible to and useable by all. In the workplace, universal design strategies enable staff to provide easier access, a ...
SAMHSA Posts Request for Applications for Supported Employment Program
March 17, 2014 | news
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2014 for the Mental Health Transformation Grant Program: Transforming Lives through Supported Employment ...
The Griffin-Hammis Associates Customized Employment Podcast
January 01, 2014 | resource
This website serves as a respository for past Griffin Hammis Associates, LLC podcasts, which cover a range to topics related to disability employment in the United States.
Using a Visual Resume for Job Development
January 01, 2014 | resource
A visual resume is a Tool for introducing a job seeker to a prospective employer that shows off who the job seeker is at their best. It is made up of photographs and narrative information about the person including their skills, abilities, experiences, ...
Documenting Discovery: Developing a Descriptive Profile to Guide Employment Plans Pathways to Employment Resource Center (PERC) Curriculum
January 01, 2014 | resource
Rather than using a traditionally accepted format that relies heavily on numerical indicators of how the individual compares to expected norms, as well as the opinion of the evaluator, it is possible to develop a document that describes the individual in ...
The Customized Plan for Employment: Developing a Blueprint for Job Development
January 01, 2014 | resource
This guide describes the step after Discovery and the job development process - developing a blueprint for job development.
Self-Directed Discovery
January 01, 2014 | resource
This Webinar will: • Explain the Importance of Discovery In Customized Employment • Introduce Self-Directed Discovery or Family Directed Discovery • Offer some Tools and strategies for family directed Discovery
Employer Negotiation Strategies For Job Developers in Customized Employment
January 01, 2014 | resource
The culmination of any approach to employment involves direct interactions with employers. After all, employers hold the jobs wanted by job seekers with disabilities. When job seekers apply for competitive, demand job openings, especially at the entry level, ...
Using Alternatives to Traditional Vocational Assessment: The Why and How of Exploration Strategies such as Discovery
January 01, 2014 | resource
Although comparative assessments have traditionally been a useful starting point for the journey to employment for many individuals with disabilities, this approach has been problematic for job seekers with more significant impact of disability. When compared ...
Linking Discovery and Self Employment
January 01, 2014 | resource
This webinar addresses questions that providers need to address when discovery leads to a self-employment outcome such as how to use what you learn in discovery to help shape a business idea and how to evaluate the business idea.
Job Site Supports: Suggestions for Supporting Persons with Disabilities on Job Sites
January 01, 2014 | resource
Providing quality and effective job supports is one of the more rewarding work activities that you’ll ever do. The role is varied and includes support, training, communication, interpretation and negotiation. And while these materials will try to clarify ...
Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
December 15, 2013 | resource
This 2013 report highlights the Self-Employment, Technical Assistance, Resources and Training (START-UP) self-employment program and makes recommendations to ensure entrepreneurs with disabilities can achieve their dream of owning their own business. ...
Marc Gold & Associates
January 01, 2012 | resource
Founded in 1976 by Marc Gold, Marc Gold & Associates is a network of consultants who are disability professionals specializing in employment and community participation for people with significant disabilities. Marc Gold & Associates has provided ...
Thought Sauce! Hot Ideas for Cool Employment: Foundational Readings in Customized Employment
January 01, 2012 | resource
The information included here is based on our Customized Employment implementation model. CE is defined by the U.S. Dept. of Labor as: a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job candidate and an employer in a way that ...
Supported Employment/Customized Employment Matrix: The Distinction Between Demand Employment and a Customized Relationship
March 01, 2011 | resource
This white paper discusses the distinction between demand employment and a customized relationship.
Customized Employment Competency Model
January 01, 2011 | resource
As stated on the Office of Disability Employment Policy website, "Customized Employment is a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job seeker and an employer in a way that meets the needs of both." This guide ...
Customized Employment Works Everywhere
October 01, 2009 | resource
This publication provides an overview of customized employment and vignettes of individuals with varying disabilities who are successfully employed through the use of customized employment.
What’s Customized About It? It's Customized.
January 01, 2009 | resource
Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways. CE is not ...
What’s Customized About It?
January 01, 2008 | resource
Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways. CE is not ...
Griffin-Hammis Job Analysis Record
January 01, 2008 | resource
This form is used to capture the major task steps of each job or project. The recorder should pay particular attention to how the tasks are typically performed, any accommodations, technology or specialized training strategies that should be employed with the ...
Customized Employment Success Story--Meet David
January 01, 2008 | resource
For David, perseverance, creativity, and braiding of resources have come together to make it possible for him to have a job in line with his longtime dream of video and media work. After 15 years of struggling to find employment suitable to this dream, David ...
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description
August 01, 2007 | resource
The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions. As an employer, Montgomery County recognizes that there are ...
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description
August 01, 2007 | resource
The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions. As an employer, Montgomery County recognizes that there are ...
Demystifying Customized Employment for Individuals with Significant Disabilities
January 01, 2007 | resource
This article provides questions and answers to demonstrate how customized employment can lead to integrated employment outcomes for individuals with significant disabilities.
Embracing a Working Life for All
January 01, 2007 | resource
This article describes TASH and its history of supporting inclusive employment for job seekers with disabilitis.
Frequently Asked Questions about Self Employment
January 01, 2004 | resource
GHA receives hundreds of inquiries regarding self employment. To help answer some of these, we’ve collected some of the most common concerns and listed them below. We do encourage you to review our book, Making Self Employment Work for People with ...
Job Analysis: A Strategy for Assessing and Utilizing the Culture of Work Places to Support Persons with Disabilities
January 01, 2004 | resource
Job analysis in supported employment is an activity designed to assist employment facilitators to a) recognize the natural ways, means and people used by employers to typically perform and teach jobs; b) organize the information to be performed by the ...
The Meaning of Choice: Implications for Systems and Providers
January 01, 2000 | resource
This report, commissioned by the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities reflects the experiences and perspectives of personnel involved with four of the seven demonstration projects involved with the National Choice Demonstration ...
Advice and Information: Helping People with Disabilities to Become Informed and to Make Effective Decisions Concerning Employment
July 01, 1997 | resource
Informed Choice is a critical requirement for Vocational Rehabilitation providers. Customers not only make “individualized choices” concerning their employment goals, the types of services received and the providers of those services, but that those ...
Group Discovery: An Alternative Assessment Tool for Workforce Centers and Community-Based Providers
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will provide information on Group Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities; particularly those with multiple barriers to employment. Participants will gain an ...
Promoting Employment - Introduction to Customized Employment and Customized Self Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will provide information on Customized Employment, including Customized Self-Employment, as a best practice. Participants will gain an understanding of how Customized Employment can support job placement efforts for a variety of job seekers both ...
Promoting Employment - Discovering Your Potential: Using Discovery to Identify Your Employment Goals
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will provide information on how to use Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities – to discover your personal employment goals. Participants will gain an ...
Promoting Leadership: Cross-Agency Approaches to Advance the Use of Customized Employment and Self–Employment Strategies
December 31, 1969 | webinar
During this webinar, we will discuss reasons and strategies for aligning resources across systems to support the implementation of Discovery, Customized Employment, and Self-Employment. Participants will learn how state agencies can adopt policies and service ...
Customized Employment: Moving Beyond the Basics
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Join us to continue to build your understanding of Customized Employment and your ability to provide this innovative employment practice to those you serve. This webinar will move beyond the basics of Customized Employment to explore using the information ...
Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Join this webinar to gain information you can use about Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships. This webinar is particularly relevant for people who are involved in implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), directly or as ...
WEBINAR: Guided Group Discovery: Paving the Way to Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Don’t miss this webinar on Guided Group Discovery: Paving the Way to Employment, in which we will share materials you can use to implement Guided Group Discovery through cross-system partnerships. You also will hear about the many pilot projects in which ...
Webinar: Self-Guided Discovery: Helping People Discover Their Own Path to Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
In this webinar, we share a new Facilitator’s Guide developed in partnership with Griffin-Hammis Associates. The Guide can be used to implement Self-Guided Discovery in the workforce system; in Centers for Independent Living; in behavioral health and ...
Career Pathways Community of Practice Meeting: Getting on Track to Employment & Self-Sufficiency: Key Drivers of Inclusive Career Pathways
December 31, 1969 | webinar
The road to Inclusive Career Pathways can be difficult for stakeholders and workforce professionals to navigate. The destination is achieving Employment and Economic Self-Sufficiency for people with disabilities. Getting there is the tricky part. To guide you ...
Guided Group Discovery: Paving a Road to Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Many veterans are unsure about their path to civilian employment and seek guidance on how to proceed. Guided Group Discovery (GGD) is a set of strategies that can benefit any job seeker, especially people who face barriers to employment, in identifying ...
Customizing Employment: Strategies for Employment Success
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will expand on what we learned last week about Discovery and how to take the next step after you have really gotten to know the veterans with whom you work. Customized Employment (CE) is a process that starts with Discovery. CE is a strategy for ...
Discovering Your Purpose After Transitioning: Tools for Finding the Right Career Match Post-Discharge
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Veterans want to ensure that their career after military life is a good fit that provides them with a sense of purpose. This interactive session by LEAD Center staff, on August 13 at the virtual 2020 National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) ...
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Knowledge Translation (KT) Consortium
September 21, 2020 | resource
The Knowledge Translation (KT) Consortium brings together federally funded Training and Technical Assistance Centers, each with their own unique mission addressing different aspects of employment, career readiness and development, transition, and ...
Guided Group Discovery – Veterans and Youth Editions
March 17, 2020 | story
The LEAD Center created two new versions of Guided Group Discovery materials–one for veterans and the other for youth. Both include a Facilitator Guide; the youth version has an added supplemental slide deck. These materials complement LEAD Center’s ...
Guided Group Discovery - Veterans Edition - Facilitator Guide
May 22, 2019 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the LEAD Center are pleased to release this Guided Group Discovery Facilitator Guide - Veterans Edition. The purpose of Guided Group Discovery is to lay the ...
Guided Group Discovery - Youth Version - Facilitator Guide and Supplemental Slide Deck
May 20, 2019 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the LEAD Center are pleased to release this Guided Group Discovery Facilitator Guide. The purpose of Guided Group Discovery is to lay the foundation for competitive ...
Customized Employment Systems Innovation Brief: Implementing Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery and Self-Guided Discovery in a Variety of Settings and with a Variety of Partners
March 29, 2019 | resource
Guided Group Discovery and Self-Guided Discovery are approaches that serve as the first step in the process known as Customized Employment (CE). Customized Employment is a strategy for helping people who haven’t been successful with a more traditional job ...
Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment for Persons with Disabilities: Tips and Lessons Learned for State Government Leaders Interested in Promoting Gainful Employment as a Public Policy Goal
February 28, 2019 | resource
Holding a leadership role in state government is not for the faint-hearted. Whether state officials assume their role on a short-term basis or intend to make a career as a leader in state government, the expectations are high, the challenges are many, and the ...
Road to Inclusive Career Pathways
February 21, 2019 | resource
The LEAD Center Inclusive Career Pathways Roadmap is an interactive online tool that provides workforce professionals with resources to help people with disabilities achieve employment and economic self-sufficiency. Start your journey on the Inclusive Career ...
Five Ways You Can Help Expand Opportunities for Competitive Integrated Employment in Your Community
December 09, 2018 | story
Employment is central to all of our lives. A good job contributes to our self-worth, offers membership in a community, provides benefits like health insurance, and is critical to financial stability and independence. The same is true for people with ...
New E-Logic Courses
October 17, 2018 | news
The LEAD Center just launched self-paced trainings on popular topics, including Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery, and Financial Literacy. Participants can learn at their own pace, test their knowledge around key concepts, and obtain a ...
Customized Employment Helped Me Get a Job I Love
September 28, 2018 | blog
Every day, many people apply for jobs they are interested in, and many are lucky enough to get them. Often though, people with a disability are not lucky enough to even be considered for jobs they might like and be good at because they might not be able to do ...
LEAD Center’s Statewide Youth Employment Project in Oregon Highlighted at Federal Briefing
September 26, 2018 | story
On August 8 and 9, 2018, the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) hosted Employment First Federal Briefings on School-to-Work Transition, Provider Transformation, Interagency Coordination, and Mental Health practices that have been shown to promote ...
Oregon Update: Youth Guided Group Discovery
September 26, 2018 | story
As fall begins and students are returning to school, LEAD Center has already met with the transition network facilitators at our Oregon Guided Group Discovery pilot sites. Sites are gearing up to offer Guided Group Discovery (GGD) again at their schools, and ...
New LEAD Center Self-Paced Trainings Now Available!
September 26, 2018 | story
The LEAD Center just launched self-paced trainings on popular topics, including Customized Employment, Guided Group Discovery, and Financial Literacy. Participants can learn at their own pace, test their knowledge around key concepts, and obtain a completion ...
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
September 17, 2018 | resource
The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) has launched a newly updated website. It provides a more user-friendly layout with easier access to JAN's publications, toolkits, training modules, and other resources. JAN also released its latest Enews, which can be ...
LEAD Center Releases Guided Group Discovery Online Participant Workbook
June 28, 2018 | story
The LEAD Center is pleased to announce the release of the Guided Group Discovery Online Participant Workbook. The Online Participant Workbook can be completed using any browser. This user-friendly tool allows youth and adults to create a personalized ...
Update: Oregon Guided Group Discovery Youth Pilot
June 28, 2018 | story
In the previous LEAD On! newsletter, we told you about kicking off Oregon’s statewide Guided Group Discovery (GGD) Youth Pilot. The six pilot sites included a mix of rural and urban locations throughout Oregon. Even before schools started their summer break ...
Guided Group Discovery Resources: Introduction and Course, Participant Workbook, and Facilitator Guide
May 31, 2018 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the LEAD Center are pleased to release resources for Guided Group Discovery. Guided Group Discovery materials include a Facilitator Manual, an accompanying ...
Guided Group Discovery Youth Pilot Kicks Off in Oregon
March 28, 2018 | story
On February 28, 2018, Oregon’s statewide Guided Group Discovery (GGD) Youth Pilot kicked off with a full-day Train-the-Trainer for 31 Transition Network Facilitators, Youth Transition Program staff, and teachers from across the state. Participants were ...
Adding Self-Guided Discovery to Your Toolkit: An Additional Resource to Promote Employment Outcomes for People with Barriers to Employment
March 28, 2018 | story
LEAD Center and the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) were excited to release the Self-Guided Discovery Facilitator’s Guide: Helping People Discover Their Own Path to Employment as part of their March 28, 2018 webinar on this topic. For many ...
LEAD Center Releases Policy Briefs on Guided Group Discovery and ABLE Accounts and Employment
March 28, 2018 | story
LEAD Center recently published two policy briefs: Improving Employment Outcomes with ABLE Accounts and Customized Employment and Guided Group Discovery. The purpose of the Improving Employment Outcomes with ABLE Accounts policy brief is to help people with ...
Self-Guided Discovery Facilitator's Guide: Helping People Discover Their Own Path to Employment
March 26, 2018 | resource
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the LEAD Center are pleased to release this Facilitator’s Guide to Self-Guided Discovery. For many years, ODEP has worked to strengthen the capacity of the ...
Information Brief: Customized Employment and Guided Group Discovery
January 31, 2018 | resource
Guided Group Discovery (GGD) opens doors to employment for people who experience barriers to employment. LEAD Center recently released comprehensive Guided Group Discovery materials, designed to enable youth and adults with disabilities and others to find a ...
Customized Employment: Stories and Lessons from the Field
January 04, 2018 | resource
Customized Employment (CE) represents a nuanced departure from traditional competitive and comparative approaches to developing work. True CE is hard to come by actually. This collection of examples is offered to point out the sometimes less obvious nuanced ...
Tennessee American Job Center Hosts LEAD Center’s First Guided Group Discovery Veterans Pilot
December 19, 2017 | story
On December 7th, LEAD Center staff launched a new Guided Group Discovery (GGD) pilot focused on veterans by providing a Facilitator Training at a comprehensive American Job Center (AJC) in Clarksville, Tenn. Guided Group Discovery is an innovative way to ...
Oregon Guided Group Discovery Project
September 27, 2017 | story
Guided Group Discovery (GGD) curriculum materials, developed by the LEAD Center, offer American Job Centers (AJC) and partner agencies a tool to assist job seekers with disabilities to obtain customized employment through a collaborative model. Guided Group ...
WISE WEBINAR: Ticket to Work and Reasonable Accommodations
July 14, 2017 | event
If you are age 18-64, receive Social Security disability benefits (SSI or SSDI) and want to make more money through work, Ticket to Work can provide the support that you need! Join us on July 19, 2017, for the next WISE webinar. We will present information ...
The Essential Elements of Customized Employment for Universal Application
July 10, 2017 | resource
Customized employment (CE) refers to competitive integrated employment, for an individual with a significant disability, that is based on an individualized determination of the strengths, needs, and interests of the individual with a significant ...
Release of Guided Group Discovery Materials as a Universal Design to Promote Employment Outcomes
June 29, 2017 | story
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the LEAD Center recently released materials and resources for use by workforce professionals to implement Guided Group Discovery (GGD), most effectively used through cross-system partnerships. Guided Group ...
How to Minimize Job Search Blues and Maximize Job Search Excitement
May 30, 2017 | blog
Few things in life can be more depressing or anxiety provoking than looking for employment. At the same time, untreated depression and anxiety can lead the job search process to a complete stand still. As a way of commemorating Mental Health Awareness Month, ...
National Work Incentives Seminar Event (WISE) Webinar - Ticket to Work for People with a Mental Illness: Support on Your Journey to Employment
May 16, 2017 | event
If you are age 18 through 64, receive Social Security disability benefits (SSI or SSDI), and want to make more money through work, Ticket to Work can provide the support that you need! Join us on May 24, 2017, for the latest WISE webinar. We will be ...
WEBINAR: Ticket to Work: Choosing a Service Provider That's Right for You
February 15, 2017 | event
Join Ticket to Work on February 22, 2017, for the latest WISE webinar. This webinar will present information on Social Security programs and rules that may apply to you, such as: Ticket to Work and Work Incentives; How to choose a service ...
Guidance to Community Rehabilitation Program Executive Directors for the Coming Employment 1st Decade
February 01, 2017 | resource
As Employment First gains ground across the nation, shifts in organizational thinking and leadership are needed in order to not only comply with law, but to provide the best services to individuals with disabilities. Cary Griffin, CEO of Grffin-Hammis ...
UPS Delivers the "Secret Sauce" for Disability Inclusion
January 24, 2017 | resource
What does successful workplace inclusion for people with disabilities look like? An innovative program at Worldport, UPS’s main air sorting hub in Louisville, Kentucky, is game-changing, reframing disability inclusion not only as social responsibility but ...
Frequently Asked Questions: Integrated Location Criteria of the Definition of “Competitive Integrated Employment”
January 19, 2017 | resource
This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document addresses the criteria for an integrated employment location within the definition of “competitive integrated employment” in section 7(5)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act), as amended ...
The Intersection of Customized Employment and Homelessness
October 28, 2016 | blog
For over 35 years, people have known about best practices and evidence-based approaches to support employment for people with intellectual disabilities. Still a majority of job seekers only learn about and/or participate in systems that utilize ...
Dads Who Are Breaking Stereotypes About Disability Employment
October 24, 2016 | blog
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is a topic that is important to me on both a professional and personal level. On a professional level, the company that I founded, 100 Percent Wine, is completely and totally dedicated to breaking down ...
In The Know: Leave as an Accommodation
August 19, 2016 | blog
Did you know that under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an employee with a disability can request the use of accrued paid leave or the use of unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation? Tracie DeFreitas, M.S., says that this is the case in her ...
Bringing Employment First to Scale: Achieving Best Practice in Employment Supports: Defining Measures of Effectiveness
April 04, 2016 | resource
This publication from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston) addresses a key challenge for states with Employment First initiatives: ensuring that ...
Employment First Information Brief: Perspective of Employers on Customized Employment
January 15, 2016 | resource
Customized Employment is a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job candidate and an employer in a way that meets the needs of both. This information brief provides the results of six focus groups conducted in ...
Griffin-Hammis Associates
January 01, 2016 | resource
Griffin-Hammis Associates, Inc. is a full service consultancy specializing in developing communities of economic cooperation and self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Griffin-Hammis serves people with disabilities by providing ...
Customized Employment: Descriptions, Forms, Samples, Guides and Plans
January 01, 2016 | resource
This website serves as a repository for Marc Gold & Associates forms, samples, guides and plans related to customized employment.
Minnesota Success Stories
January 01, 2016 | resource
The Minnesota Employment Training and Technical Assistance Center (MNTAT) features success stories about Minnesotans with a variety of disabilities who are successful in individualized, customized employment or who have started their own business. In ...
LEAD Center and Griffin Hammis Associates Launch New Training on Self-Guided Discovery
September 30, 2015 | story
LEAD Center, in partnership with Griffin-Hammis Associates, LLC, recently launched a pilot program offering training and on-site technical assistance on Self-Guided Discovery to assist American Job Center (AJC) staff and their partners to learn and utilize ...
Promoting Employment Outcomes through Partnerships and Self-Guided Discovery
June 30, 2015 | story
The LEAD Center has been promoting the use of Discovery and Customized Employment (CE) through partnerships with American Job Centers (AJCs) for the past two years. As part of this CE Initiative, LEAD Center will be offering training and on-site technical ...
In the Know: START-UP USA
May 07, 2015 | blog
In the Know is a bi-monthly feature on the LEAD Center blog that highlights important resources and information about the employment, policy and economic advancement of people with disabilities. To find even more useful resources, visit the LEAD ...
Employment First: Braiding Day & Employment Services to Build Meaningful Lives
April 09, 2015 | resource
This presentation addresses the following topics: Braiding services to encourage integrated employment for people with more significantsupport needs Using “Community Day Services” to support employment outcomes & the placement ...
The Florida Rural Routes to Employment Replication Manual
January 01, 2015 | resource
The Replication Manual contains specific components of best practices in Customized Employment (CE) that reflect the use of Discovering Personal Genius/Discovery and effective techniques that “bridge” Discovery, Job Development, and ongoing supports. ...
Share Your CE Success Story
December 21, 2014 | story
Originally envisioned as a multi-strategy approach to match the discrete skills and unique contributions of a job seeker with a significant disability to an employer who has an unmet (and often unrealized) need for those skills and contributions, Customized ...
LEAD Center Staff Travel to Chicago for NAWDP Youth Summit
September 30, 2014 | story
Rebecca Salon and Elizabeth Jennings, the LEAD Center’s Project Director and Assistant Project Director respectively, presented at the National Association of Workforce Professionals (NAWDP) Youth Summit in Chicago on September 22nd and ...
The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project
August 01, 2014 | resource
The "Resource Handouts" section of this website contains resources produced by, and associated with, the The Ohio Microenterprise & Customized Employment Demonstration Project. The resources are typically applicable at a national scale.
Shaping Service Systems to Promote Customized Employment in Illinois
June 30, 2014 | story
The LEAD Center Customized Employment Initiative works across systems in Illinois and Kansas to support systems change. Subject matter experts work with policy makers on opportunities to blend and braid resources, identify and/or draft regulatory changes that ...
Group Discovery Training: Making Connections
June 25, 2014 | blog
The LEAD Center’s customized employment initiative, in collaboration with American Job Centers (AJCs), aims to increase the use of the workforce system by people with disabilities to support their ultimate success in achieving employment. The ...
In the Know: Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
June 05, 2014 | blog
In the Know is a bi-monthly feature on the LEAD Center blog that will highlight important resources and information about the employment, policy and economic advancement of people with disabilities. To find even more useful resources, visit the LEAD ...
Best Practices in Universal Design: Strategies for Intake & Orientation
May 06, 2014 | resource
Universal design is the concept of an inclusive setting that welcomes diversity, including products and environments that are accessible to and useable by all. In the workplace, universal design strategies enable staff to provide easier access, a ...
SAMHSA Posts Request for Applications for Supported Employment Program
March 17, 2014 | news
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2014 for the Mental Health Transformation Grant Program: Transforming Lives through Supported Employment ...
The Griffin-Hammis Associates Customized Employment Podcast
January 01, 2014 | resource
This website serves as a respository for past Griffin Hammis Associates, LLC podcasts, which cover a range to topics related to disability employment in the United States.
Using a Visual Resume for Job Development
January 01, 2014 | resource
A visual resume is a Tool for introducing a job seeker to a prospective employer that shows off who the job seeker is at their best. It is made up of photographs and narrative information about the person including their skills, abilities, experiences, ...
Documenting Discovery: Developing a Descriptive Profile to Guide Employment Plans Pathways to Employment Resource Center (PERC) Curriculum
January 01, 2014 | resource
Rather than using a traditionally accepted format that relies heavily on numerical indicators of how the individual compares to expected norms, as well as the opinion of the evaluator, it is possible to develop a document that describes the individual in ...
The Customized Plan for Employment: Developing a Blueprint for Job Development
January 01, 2014 | resource
This guide describes the step after Discovery and the job development process - developing a blueprint for job development.
Self-Directed Discovery
January 01, 2014 | resource
This Webinar will: • Explain the Importance of Discovery In Customized Employment • Introduce Self-Directed Discovery or Family Directed Discovery • Offer some Tools and strategies for family directed Discovery
Employer Negotiation Strategies For Job Developers in Customized Employment
January 01, 2014 | resource
The culmination of any approach to employment involves direct interactions with employers. After all, employers hold the jobs wanted by job seekers with disabilities. When job seekers apply for competitive, demand job openings, especially at the entry level, ...
Using Alternatives to Traditional Vocational Assessment: The Why and How of Exploration Strategies such as Discovery
January 01, 2014 | resource
Although comparative assessments have traditionally been a useful starting point for the journey to employment for many individuals with disabilities, this approach has been problematic for job seekers with more significant impact of disability. When compared ...
Linking Discovery and Self Employment
January 01, 2014 | resource
This webinar addresses questions that providers need to address when discovery leads to a self-employment outcome such as how to use what you learn in discovery to help shape a business idea and how to evaluate the business idea.
Job Site Supports: Suggestions for Supporting Persons with Disabilities on Job Sites
January 01, 2014 | resource
Providing quality and effective job supports is one of the more rewarding work activities that you’ll ever do. The role is varied and includes support, training, communication, interpretation and negotiation. And while these materials will try to clarify ...
Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
December 15, 2013 | resource
This 2013 report highlights the Self-Employment, Technical Assistance, Resources and Training (START-UP) self-employment program and makes recommendations to ensure entrepreneurs with disabilities can achieve their dream of owning their own business. ...
Marc Gold & Associates
January 01, 2012 | resource
Founded in 1976 by Marc Gold, Marc Gold & Associates is a network of consultants who are disability professionals specializing in employment and community participation for people with significant disabilities. Marc Gold & Associates has provided ...
Thought Sauce! Hot Ideas for Cool Employment: Foundational Readings in Customized Employment
January 01, 2012 | resource
The information included here is based on our Customized Employment implementation model. CE is defined by the U.S. Dept. of Labor as: a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job candidate and an employer in a way that ...
Supported Employment/Customized Employment Matrix: The Distinction Between Demand Employment and a Customized Relationship
March 01, 2011 | resource
This white paper discusses the distinction between demand employment and a customized relationship.
Customized Employment Competency Model
January 01, 2011 | resource
As stated on the Office of Disability Employment Policy website, "Customized Employment is a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job seeker and an employer in a way that meets the needs of both." This guide ...
Customized Employment Works Everywhere
October 01, 2009 | resource
This publication provides an overview of customized employment and vignettes of individuals with varying disabilities who are successfully employed through the use of customized employment.
What’s Customized About It? It's Customized.
January 01, 2009 | resource
Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways. CE is not ...
What’s Customized About It?
January 01, 2008 | resource
Customized Employment (CE) represents a specific set of techniques and strategies that differentiate it from other forms of community employment. CE is based on the fundamental elements of Supported Employment, but differs in 2 important ways. CE is not ...
Griffin-Hammis Job Analysis Record
January 01, 2008 | resource
This form is used to capture the major task steps of each job or project. The recorder should pay particular attention to how the tasks are typically performed, any accommodations, technology or specialized training strategies that should be employed with the ...
Customized Employment Success Story--Meet David
January 01, 2008 | resource
For David, perseverance, creativity, and braiding of resources have come together to make it possible for him to have a job in line with his longtime dream of video and media work. After 15 years of struggling to find employment suitable to this dream, David ...
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description
August 01, 2007 | resource
The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions. As an employer, Montgomery County recognizes that there are ...
Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Intern Project Description
August 01, 2007 | resource
The Customized Employment Public Intern Project was created based on the County’s knowledge that people with significant disabilities often have difficulty accessing County government positions. As an employer, Montgomery County recognizes that there are ...
Demystifying Customized Employment for Individuals with Significant Disabilities
January 01, 2007 | resource
This article provides questions and answers to demonstrate how customized employment can lead to integrated employment outcomes for individuals with significant disabilities.
Embracing a Working Life for All
January 01, 2007 | resource
This article describes TASH and its history of supporting inclusive employment for job seekers with disabilitis.
Frequently Asked Questions about Self Employment
January 01, 2004 | resource
GHA receives hundreds of inquiries regarding self employment. To help answer some of these, we’ve collected some of the most common concerns and listed them below. We do encourage you to review our book, Making Self Employment Work for People with ...
Job Analysis: A Strategy for Assessing and Utilizing the Culture of Work Places to Support Persons with Disabilities
January 01, 2004 | resource
Job analysis in supported employment is an activity designed to assist employment facilitators to a) recognize the natural ways, means and people used by employers to typically perform and teach jobs; b) organize the information to be performed by the ...
The Meaning of Choice: Implications for Systems and Providers
January 01, 2000 | resource
This report, commissioned by the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities reflects the experiences and perspectives of personnel involved with four of the seven demonstration projects involved with the National Choice Demonstration ...
Advice and Information: Helping People with Disabilities to Become Informed and to Make Effective Decisions Concerning Employment
July 01, 1997 | resource
Informed Choice is a critical requirement for Vocational Rehabilitation providers. Customers not only make “individualized choices” concerning their employment goals, the types of services received and the providers of those services, but that those ...
Group Discovery: An Alternative Assessment Tool for Workforce Centers and Community-Based Providers
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will provide information on Group Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities; particularly those with multiple barriers to employment. Participants will gain an ...
Promoting Employment - Introduction to Customized Employment and Customized Self Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will provide information on Customized Employment, including Customized Self-Employment, as a best practice. Participants will gain an understanding of how Customized Employment can support job placement efforts for a variety of job seekers both ...
Promoting Employment - Discovering Your Potential: Using Discovery to Identify Your Employment Goals
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will provide information on how to use Discovery – an alternative assessment tool proven to identify the strengths of job seekers with and without disabilities – to discover your personal employment goals. Participants will gain an ...
Promoting Leadership: Cross-Agency Approaches to Advance the Use of Customized Employment and Self–Employment Strategies
December 31, 1969 | webinar
During this webinar, we will discuss reasons and strategies for aligning resources across systems to support the implementation of Discovery, Customized Employment, and Self-Employment. Participants will learn how state agencies can adopt policies and service ...
Customized Employment: Moving Beyond the Basics
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Join us to continue to build your understanding of Customized Employment and your ability to provide this innovative employment practice to those you serve. This webinar will move beyond the basics of Customized Employment to explore using the information ...
Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Join this webinar to gain information you can use about Customizing Employment: Success through Partnerships. This webinar is particularly relevant for people who are involved in implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), directly or as ...
WEBINAR: Guided Group Discovery: Paving the Way to Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Don’t miss this webinar on Guided Group Discovery: Paving the Way to Employment, in which we will share materials you can use to implement Guided Group Discovery through cross-system partnerships. You also will hear about the many pilot projects in which ...
Webinar: Self-Guided Discovery: Helping People Discover Their Own Path to Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
In this webinar, we share a new Facilitator’s Guide developed in partnership with Griffin-Hammis Associates. The Guide can be used to implement Self-Guided Discovery in the workforce system; in Centers for Independent Living; in behavioral health and ...
Career Pathways Community of Practice Meeting: Getting on Track to Employment & Self-Sufficiency: Key Drivers of Inclusive Career Pathways
December 31, 1969 | webinar
The road to Inclusive Career Pathways can be difficult for stakeholders and workforce professionals to navigate. The destination is achieving Employment and Economic Self-Sufficiency for people with disabilities. Getting there is the tricky part. To guide you ...
Guided Group Discovery: Paving a Road to Employment
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Many veterans are unsure about their path to civilian employment and seek guidance on how to proceed. Guided Group Discovery (GGD) is a set of strategies that can benefit any job seeker, especially people who face barriers to employment, in identifying ...
Customizing Employment: Strategies for Employment Success
December 31, 1969 | webinar
This webinar will expand on what we learned last week about Discovery and how to take the next step after you have really gotten to know the veterans with whom you work. Customized Employment (CE) is a process that starts with Discovery. CE is a strategy for ...
Discovering Your Purpose After Transitioning: Tools for Finding the Right Career Match Post-Discharge
December 31, 1969 | webinar
Veterans want to ensure that their career after military life is a good fit that provides them with a sense of purpose. This interactive session by LEAD Center staff, on August 13 at the virtual 2020 National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) ...