Office of Disability Employment Policy - United States Department of Labor

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The award will be announced in September.
National Disability Employment Awareness Month

America's Workforce: Empowering All
Driving Change Creating Opportunity

Promoting policies and coordinating with employers and all levels of government to increase workplace success for people with disabilities.
Diversify your workforce with the WRP — 2018 database now available
Campaign for Disability Employment Launches New Website
Data and Resources to Inspire a Vision of Employment (DRIVE)

Policy Development &
Technical Assistance Resources

To develop and influence disability employment-related policies and practices, ODEP sponsors the following five policy development and technical assistance resources

Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion

National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth

Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology

News and Events

August 31, 2018

Seeking Volunteers for Workforce Recruitment

August 31, 2018

State Strategies Toolkit (PDF)

August 31, 2018

Featured Resources

ODEP manages a number of efforts designed to advance disability employment. These include the award winning Campaign for Disability Employment and the Workforce Recruitment Program, which connects employers with highly motivated college students and recent graduates with disabilities.

What can you do? The Campaign for Disability Employment

Disability Statistics

July 2018 Disability Employment Statistics
Ages 16 years and over

Labor Force Participation

People with disabilities: 20.2%
People without disabilities: 69.2%

Unemployment Rate

People with disabilities: 8.5%
People without disabilities: 3.9%

Policies in Practice

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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)

Highlight

The RETAIN TA Provider contract solicitation period closed August 23.

National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Driving Change Creating Opportunity

Diversify your workforce with the WRP — 2018 database now available

Campaign for Disability Employment Launches New Website

Data and Resources to Inspire a Vision of Employment (DRIVE)

Policy Development &
Technical Assistance Resources

Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion

Job Accommodation Network

LEAD Center

National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth

Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology

News and Events

Seeking Volunteers for Workforce Recruitment

NDEAM Makes Business Sense