sdag presentation regarding PWD

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Employment and Training Division Ministry of
Training, Colleges and Universities
Employment Ontario/Employment Services For
Persons with Disabilities SDAG February, 2009
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Objective

• Provide an update on Employment Ontario (EO)
  Transformation - specifically implementation of
  Employment Services (ES) for Persons with
  Disabilities (PWD).
• Obtain feedback from SDAG members.

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What weve been doing

• Established an internal Employment and Training
  Division committee to discuss and review the
  needs of PWD. Includes representation from all
  four regions and other members of TCU with
  history serving the needs of PWD.
• Consulting stakeholders and gathering input
  regarding the transformation.
• Engaging with other Ministries to identify
  programs that are in place to assist PWD and
  potential gaps that may exist.
• Review and analysis of data related to services
  delivered to PWD.

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What we know

There are no statistics available that provide a
break down of the Ontario disability population
by community or city. Ontario Change 2001-
Ontario Disabled Population 1,514,380 2006-
Ontario Disabled Population 1,853,570 An
increase of 339,190 persons or 22.40 in 5
years. 2006 Ontario Disability Demographic
Breakdown Age Under 15 82,820 Age Over 15
1,770,750 (of note 953,310 of these individuals
are aged 25-64) (source Statistics Canada)
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Disability Types within Ontario (2006)

Hearing Seeing Speech Mobility Agility L
earning Developmental Psychological Total
530,210 371,700 243,750 1,262,300 1,232,790 320,60
0 73,570 290,250 3,848,170
Source Statistics Canada (based on known
disabilities and the premise that an individual
may have one or more disability types)
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What weve heard so far

• PWD require support and supports beyond job
  placement (pre-employment activity is not part of
  the ES model)
• It takes longer and costs more to provide
  employment services to PWD (the current ODSP
  model does not reflect the actual cost of
  delivering service).
• There is a gap in services between MTCU and MCSS.
• Access to ES for PWD will be impacted (example
  interpreter services requirements).
• That all ES agencies currently providing
  employment services may not understand the
  special needs related to different types of
  disabilities
• There is a difference in thought about whether
  PWD are served better through integration (with
  supports) or dedicated service.

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What are the givens?

• Access to Employment Services for Persons with
  Disabilities is important to the Ministry.
• The Ministry is committed to taking extra time to
  ensure appropriate analysis and consultation.
• We want to build on the strengths of the
  networks.

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• There should be a balance between local
  flexibility and overall consistency.
• There are different variables to be considered
  examples include accommodation requirements of
  disability types, available resources in various
  cities and towns, populations/demographics,
  transportation, historical EO data.
• The Ministry wants to ensure that the new
  Employment Service model which is to be fully
  realized by June 2010 provides the range of
  services and accommodations needed by all
  Ontarians including Persons with Disabilities.

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