It's National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)!

First up, your host André Floyd is joined by Alli Strong-Martin, ANCOR's Communications Coordinator, for a quick review of NDEAM. They unravel its history, many changes, purposes, initiatives, and wins, but also share data on how far we have to go.

Then, André welcomes Maya Cox, Associate Manager at Public Consulting Group LLC in the Aging and Disabilities Center of Excellence. Maya is a Certified Employment Support Professional, a LifeCourse Ambassador, currently serves as the Board President for APSE, and has more than 14 years of experience in disability services, with a focus on improving employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Maya and André look at the employment of people with disabilities and all of the ways it intersects with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) work. From accommodations that can be useful for a wide range of people, to cultural benefits, they touch on it all!

Then Donna Martin, ANCOR's Senior Director of State Partnerships & Innovation, chats with Jeannine Pavlak, President and CEO of New England Business Associates (neba). Donna and Jeannine talk about challenges that drove the development of NEON, the National Expansion of Employment Opportunities Network, a Department of Labor initiative to collaborate with national provider organizations to develop strategic plans to improve disability employment.

Episode transcript!

This podcast is produced by ANCOR, the leading voice in Washington, DC, for providers of services for people with disabilities. To learn more, visit ⁠ancor.org⁠.

Show Notes:

Check out NEON: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/odep/initiatives/neon

Check out Public Consulting Group: https://www.publicconsultinggroup.com/

Check out APSE: https://apse.org/

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