Annoucements - Week of June 10, 2009

Affiliate News

• UCP Naqtional: CDW Joins Purchase Point (for affiliates only)
• UCP of Mobile: 4^th of July Butts & Rib-B-Q.
• UCP of Central Minnesota: Check out pictures from the hot and spicy event, Heat Wave 09.
• UCP of East Central Florida: "Life Without Limits" tours, to educate the local community about to programs and services of UCP of East Central Florida.
• UCP of East Central Florida: New video, "Imagine".
• UCP of San Diego County: No Limits Walk celebrating 26 years of unity and community support (October 24, 2009).

Conferences and Training

• Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp 2009: Don't Miss It! (June 20,2009, Berkeley, CA)
• 2009 Bridge Conference, integrating online and offline communications (July 21^st-23^rd, Washington, DC)

Contests and Opportunities

• Campaign for Disability Employment: The What Can YOU Do? Video Contest (Deadline to apply is July 15, 2009). The Campaign for Disability Employment seeks to promote positive employment outcomes for people with disabilities by encouraging employers, and others, to recognize the value and talent that people with disabilities bring to the workplace, as well as the dividend to be realized by fully including people with disabilities at work.

Reports

• The Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI)at Universtity of Massachusettes (UMass) in Boston and City University London: US and UK Routes to Employment: Strategies to Improve Integrated Service Delivery to People with Disabilities. Governments in both the US and the UK have been taking policy measures over the last decade to improve Public Employment Services (PES) so that they are more effective in assisting people, including those with disabilities, to move off benefits and into work. Implementing a One-Stop shopping approach into PES delivery is a challenging endeavor evidenced by both the US and UK experiences. The aim of this report has been to identify strategies that PES activities in both countries have used in the delivery of services to meet the more complex employment support needs of people with disabilities within systems designed for the "universal" job seeker.

Other News

• New York Times: Downturn Puts a Chokehold on Those Caring for Family Members
• Associated Press: Calif. contemplating rewrite of social contract
• LA Times: 'Empathy' on 1927 Supreme Court might have saved thousands from the knife


• JF Activist Blog: Call For CCA and CLASS Act Strong at NCIL Rally. Capitol Hill was abuzz on Monday, June 8^th, as people with disabilities from all 50 states and 10 territories converged to demand inclusion in Health Care Reform.


• JF Activist Blog: The "Woodwork" Myth
• Disability Scoop: Video Contest To Promote Employment For People With Disabilities
• Disability Scoop: Scoop Essentials: Disclosing Disability, Tackling A Dicey Proposition
• SmartBlog on Social Media: Andy's Answers - How to engage influential talkers
• Donor Power Blog: Brag about your donors, not about yourself
• Nonprofit Technology Network: Open Source Donor Management Systems: Know Your Options
• Nonprofit Technology Network: They're Finally Here! Video of the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference Plenaries or get session materials here.
• TechSoup.org: Increase Your Design Capacity with Products from Adobe (dontated products and discounts available to nonprofits)

Take Action

• Urge Your Members of Congress to Include Long Term Services and Supports in Health Care Reform