Workforce Development Efforts for People with Disabilities: Hiring, Retention and Reentry

By Elizabeth Whitehouse

In 2016, The Council of State Governments and the National Conference of State Legislatures assembled a national task force to focus on workforce development efforts targeting people with disabilities in the states. This task force had four subcommittees composed of state policymakers along with non-voting stakeholders from the private sector and academia. The third in a four-part series that coincides with the subcommittee topics, this CSG Capitol Research brief highlights the recommendations from the Hiring, Retention and Reentry, or HRR, Subcommittee of the National Task Force on Workforce Development and Employability for People with Disabilities.

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Workforce Development for People with Disabilities: Entrepreneurship, Tax Incentives & Procurement

By Elizabeth Whitehouse

State tax incentives and programs can help encourage employment of people with disabilities in the private and nonprofit sectors. This FREE CSG eCademy webcast will discuss incentives and focus on entrepreneurship strategies for individuals with disabilities and state supports for established business owners with disabilities. This is the second webcast in a four-part series presented by the National Task Force on Workforce Development for People with Disabilities in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy.

Workforce Development for People with Disabilities: Entrepreneurship, Tax Incentives & Procurement
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2 p.m. EST
Part two of a four-part FREE CSG eCademy Webcast series

J. Edward (Ted) Townsend III
Chief of Staff
Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
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Michael Morris
National Disability Institute
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Jill Houghton
Executive director
U.S. Business Leadership Network

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