ACCESS TO ALL

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ACCESS TO ALL
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Universal AccessAre We serving Martians?

• Glenn Olsen
• High Risk Population Specialist
• Department of Workforce Development

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The Dawn of Universal Access for One Stops
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It Can be Dangerous Out There
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Moon Watcher Hmm If We Only Worked Together
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Look They Call That Giant Monolith A Job Center
We are Afraid to Go In!!!!
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Lets Go in Together!!
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Hmm We Just need the right tools
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The Birth of Advocacy
You will make the Waterhole Accessible
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Hmm What About Employers
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Dont Forget to Include People with Disabilities
From the Beginning
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The Dawning of a New Age
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Goals

• Increased Employment Opportunities For People
  With Disabilities

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Who Am I Talking to??

• WIA
• DVR
• SILC
• CILs
• CBOs
• Advocacy Groups
• Disability Agencies

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Barriers

• Architectural
• Programmatic
• Attitudinal
• Legal
• Systemic
• Communications

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Universal Access

• Basic Tenet of Workforce Investment Act
• Serving the masses
• Physical Vs. programmatic
• Still need individualized approaches
• Technical Assistance
• What you can do!

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Medical Model

• The ProblemPerson with condition
• Core of ProblemIn the person
• Actions of ParadigmClassify/congregate/treat
• Power PersonExpert (doctor)
• Goal of ParadigmFix/heal/change

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Walking Upright The Evolutionary Stages
Collaboration
Coordination
Communication
Collocation
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Collocation

• Not in My State
• Is it Necessary
• Moral Dilemmas

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Whats Wrong With This Picture
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Communication

• Empathy
• Truly Understanding
• Joint Workgroups
• Input From the Beginning

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Coordination

• Saving Time
• Stretching Resources
• Developing Experts

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Why Collaborate?

• Provide better, more comprehensive service to
  families
• Pooling resources and grants often require
  collaboration
• Make our jobs easier!
• Get out of silos, reduce duplication of
  services

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Suggestions for Collaboration

• WIIFM
• Cross Training
• Build Relationships
• Patience
• Outreach materials to culture of target audience

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Breaking Barriers
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Navigating the System

• Eleven Pilots
• Running with Scissors

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Ticket to Work
WIA Adult
Food Stamps
Job Service
HUD
Older Workers
W-2
WIA Dislocated Worker
CSBG
Vets Services
Unemployment Comp
Job Corps
Trade Adjustment
Vocational Rehabilitation
WIA Youth
Carl Perkins Act
Adult Education Act
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Other Successes

• Jobline
• VRS/VRI
• Accessible Workstations
• Nextalk
• Operation One Stop
• WIG

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Operation One Stop

• Program and Physical Accessibility
• Teams of trained facilitators
• Not a self assessment
• Fair/Unbiased reporting

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Results

• Plan of Action
• Technical Assistance available
• Potential funding options
• Clarified roles
• Better Customer service

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Wisconsins One-Stop Disability InitiativeThe
Last Stop to Employment

• Ready...WI Job Centers will offer employers
• trained counselors
• statewide support and resources
• attitudinal and workshop trainings
• connections to disability community

Set...Employers will be better educated on how
they can benefit their bottom line by
drawing on employer-to-employer linkages
utilizing assistive technology
integrating staff successfully
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Go!

• Services more widely available to approximately
  260,000 un- or underemployed Wisconsinites with
  disabilities
• disability-friendly employer resources
• disability oriented job assistance
• disability job fairs

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