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Maine's CHOICES CEO Project

Expanding Opportunities for Workers with Disabilities

For Employers

The top priority of Maine's Strategic Plan is to engage with Maine employers about the value of hiring people with disabilities. A major first step in this area is the launching of Working Together: Expanding Maine's Workforce. Working Together is Maine's first business-to-business network focused on employing workers with disabilities.

Visit the Working Together website to learn more about who is participating, what evernts are planned and what additional resource materials are available.

Many other organizations and businesses have created helpful resource materials. On this page we have posted some examples of what we've collected. We would love to hear your feedback on these resources.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

The ADA: Your Responsibilities as an Employer
This page is posted by the the Job Accommodation Network (JAN) which is a service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy of the U.S. Department of Labor
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Interview Guide
This guide is fFrom the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs at the University of Virginia.
Reaching out to Customers with Disabilities
This is an online ADA course for businesses. It is from the U.S. Department of Justice, Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA Home Page.

Maine Employer Resources

Work Opportunity Tax Credit
This is an overview of this tax credit which is designed to encourage employers to hire from eight targeted groups of job seekers.
Access Design
These resources and services are offered by Alpha One to make your home or workplace accessible.
Adaptive Environments
This 27-year-old educational non-profit organization is committed to advancing the role of design to expand opportunity and enhance experience for people of all ages and abilities.

National Employer Resources

Lesson One: Finding Qualified Workers with Disabilities
This U.S. Department of Education web page assists employers to tap into the talent pool of people with disabilities.
Communicating Effectively with People Who Have a Disability
This PDF document is by the North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities, a university affiliated program at Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota.
Disability Employment Practices: A Resource Guide for Recruiting, Hiring and Employing People with Disabilities
This PDF document is from the Florida Business Leadership Network (BLN).

Benefits of Hiring a Person with a Disability

Workplace Accommodations: Low Cost, High Impact. New Research Findings Address the Costs and Benefits of Job Accommodation for People with Disabilities
This is short PDF report from the Job Accommodation Network (JAN), a service of the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy.
Employers Encouraged to Hire Qualified People with Disabilities, DOL Announces the Employee Assistance Referral Network (EARN)
This web site is from the National Association of Social Workers.
Taking Pride in That Which Sets Us Apart
This article by Shayn Anderson was published in the June 2005 edition of Disability World's Disability Network Newsletter.

Disability Management

Disability Management Resources
This is a listing from Worksupport.com (Information, Resources & Research about Work & Disabilities Issues) from Virginia Commonwealth University's Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports and Job Retention.

Workforce Planning

How EARN Works for You
This web site offers information from the Employer Assistance & Recruiting Network (EARN), a free service that connects employers looking for quality employees with skilled job candidates.
Fast Facts On Recruiting From Nontraditional Sources of Labor
This PDF document, called Fast Facts, is a joint publication between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce & Virginia Commonwealth University's Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports and Job Retention.