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“The Plan is intended to help people with developmental disabilities, their families, advocates, service providers and policy makers understand how resources for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families are managed. It lays out criteria for determining who is eligible for...

“Vocational rehabilitation offers free, flexible services to any Vermonter or employer dealing with a disability that affects employment. We partner with human service providers and employers across Vermont to help people with disabilities realize their full potential.”

~~“THE VERMONT DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES COUNCIL (VTDDC) is a statewide board that identifies and addresses critical issues affecting people with developmental disabilities and their families .
At least 60% of VTDDC’s members must be self-advocates or family caregivers. Other members...

o “The Vermont Supported Employment Program provides a full range of services which enable people with disabilities to access and succeed in competitive employment. The program goal is to provide full access to employment through the provision of individual support services for people who have...

“Vermonters with developmental disabilities are able to make use of one of the best sets of employment supports available in this country. The help that is provided people to find and to keep meaningful employment is called Supported Employment…Supported employment is founded on the belief that...

“VocRehab Vermont helps Vermonters with psychiatric disabilities obtain and maintain jobs of their choice. VocRehab works with an approach called Supported Employment which is a service that helps individuals with psychiatric disabilities find and maintain meaningful jobs…Each VocRehab office...

~~“BE IT RESOLVED that I, Peter Shumlin, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor, do hereby order and direct that a "Disability Employment Working Group" be established under the auspices of the Governor's Workforce Equity and Diversity Council ("GWEDC’) as follows:
The...

~~The mission of the Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living (DAIL) is to make Vermont the best state in which to grow old or to live with a disability; with dignity, respect and independence.
 
Core Principles of DAIL

• Person-Centered The individual will be at...