Annoucements - Week of June 3, 2009

Affiliate News

• UCP of Central Maryland: UCP Delrey School's Mayfair a Success.
• Cantonville Times: Delrey School starts speaker series on special needs topics.
• UCP of of Northeastern Pennsylvania: Kick Off, Capital Campaign for New Children's Center.
• UCP of Eastern Connecticut: Memorial Golf Tournament (Review).

Reports and Events

• U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP): Creating a Roadmap out of Poverty for Americans with Disabilities: A Report on the Relationship of the Employment and Training Administration's Workforce Development System and Local Asset-Building Coalitions (PDF, MS Word).
• National Center for Learning Disabilities: Roadmap to Pre-K Response to Intervention (RTI): Applying Response to Intervention in Preschool Settings.
• Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD): 2009 Global Access: Opening a World of Opportunity (the 32^nd annual conference of AHEAD, July 20 - 25, 2009, Louisville, KY).
• Social Security Administration (SSA): Ticket to Work Event Schedule


• Southwest Conference on Disability (September 30-October 2, 2009, Albequerque, NM).

Web Based Training

• WorkSupport.com: Customized Employment Training Course. This course will take a closer look at customized employment and how it can facilitate employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. It will also review strategies for collaboration and braiding funding to support the needs of an individual with a disability in order to be successfully employed in the community ($60/individual, June 15 - July 13, 2009).

Other News

• The Urban Institute: The Recession and Nonprofits: Impacts, Responses and Options.
• Washington Post: A Letter from U.S. secretary of health and human services: Taking Care of Our Caregivers


• Disability Scoop: Job Cuts To Disproportionately Affect People With Disabilities.
• Disability Scoop: White House 'Very Concerned' About Seclusion, Restraint.
• OnMilwaukee.com: Reality TV star to guest speak at power lunch
• New York Times: Supreme Court to Address Meeting the Needs of Special-Education Students
• Wall Street Journal: The Road To Success Is Paved With Blogs - And Tweets
• Beth's Blog - How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: 8 Nonprofit CEOs Who Tweet
• Donor Power Blog: How social media is changing nonprofits

Take Action

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