Louisiana Disability Employment Initiative

Louisiana

The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is a three-year federal grant program that improves education, training, employment opportunities, and employment outcomes for youth and adults with disabilities who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving Social Security disability benefits. In 2014 Louisiana was awarded a Round 3 DEI grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment Training Administration. The grant ended in 2015.

• Department of Rehabilitation Services
• Department of Mental Health
• Department of Workforce Development
• Department of Education
• Medicaid Agencies

• School-to-Work Transition
• Employer Engagement
• Cross-Agency Collaboration / Partnerships
• Resource Leveraging
• Data Sharing

• Louisiana Disability Employment Initiative