My thoughts are because of the cost juggling the expense of “Project Search(seehttp://reframingresources.com/2013/09/17/project-search-or-robbing-...) ,” and following mandates; there are other effective ways to provide jobs for young adults and youth in Oklahoma. I challenge you to do it the home grown OKLAHOMAN style. I know Oklahoma has the means, talents, creativity, and intellect to do this while showing the nation how to do it up right.
Come on! What do you say? Are you with me? Or, do you still want to turn to others leaving Oklahoma at the bottom of the list as usual? Have faith in you state. Give young teens and adults a role model of can do not follow the leader mentality attitude!
My intent is to spread resources for parents, teachers and all that work with these groups of kids to lower frustrations. Making headway faster is an acceptable goal.
Let this poem explain some of my expectations and desires.
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OKLAHOMA WE CAN MAKE IT SHINE
OKLAHOMA A LITTLE LIGHT.
WE CAN MAKE IT SHINE.
WHY DO WE LET HER BE SLIGHTED?
WHY DO WE LET HER GET BEHIND?
I SAY TIME TO STAND UP AND SHOUT
BE PROUD WE HAVE LOTS TO SHOW OFF! WE ARE STOUT.
FOR ALL OUR CITIZENS WILL NOT BE LEFT OUT
WORKING TO FIND JOBS FOR ALL WE’LL THROW AROUND OUR CLOUT.
DIVERSITY IS THE KEY
WHAT WE ARE WE WILL BE
STANDING BOLD AND MOLDING THESE TALENTS
INTO MARKETABLE SELLING SKILLS IS THE BALANCE
EMPLOYMENT OR OWNERS OF OUR OWN BUSINESS
STANDING OUT THROUGH MARKETING
HARKEN TO THYSELF WITH THE QUICKNESS
OF MENTAL SHARPNESS TO DO THE TARGETING
OKLAHOMA HAS THE TALENT BASE
OF COURSE I KNOW THIS IS THE CASE
NO LONGER MUST WE BE SLIGHTED
NO LONGER MUST WE BE BEHIND
COME JOIN ME
PUT OKLAHOMA ON THE TOP
DISABILITY OR NOT
OKLAHOMA IS QUITE HOT
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OKLAHOMA
WE CAN MAKE IT SHINE
NO NEED FOR US BE BEHIND
OKLAHOMA IS NO LONGER IN A COMA
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OKLAHOMA
WE CAN MAKE IT SHINE
NO LONGER NEED FOR US BE BEHIND
JOIN ME SINGING OKLAHOMA BE ON TOP.
KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
OKLAHOMA AT OUR HEART
WE CAN MAKE IT SHINE
NO NEED TO GO LOOKIN OUTSIDE
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OKLAHOMA
WE CAN MAKE IT SHINE
DIG WITHIN THE STATE
AND WE WILL BE GREAT
Resources that talk about the supports needed for young people with specific challenges to meet will be mentioned or cited. Jobs from O*det will be looked at that with skills fit some of these challenges better head on. Ever heard of “Designer Employment?” It is like Designer clothes; a fit for each person. Meaning a fit is found for each unique individual.
EARN is another network of programs that works with or has expertise in helping set up the disabled obtain employment or set up their own business. Project Elizabeth is a program set up by Bender Consultants. Bender has a contract with the United States Government to hire disabled in professional positions. The owner is disabled. A one time fee to work with her on a program for Oklahomans make sense. She has the passion of caring for her company and people like her; showing this by being a success at what she does.
Express Personnel is a homegrown national chain. Why lands sakes! It comes straight from the Canadian County where I live in Yukon; the outskirts of Oklahoma City. That makes the owner have access to the central part of Oklahoma and the Capitol where most state agencies locate their main offices in Oklahoma City. Lisa Graven, the Head of Workforce at Employment Security would be a wonderful addition to a team to come up with a new model. Working better and smarter by calling in the Top Guns is a logical choice I will talk about programs many know little or have never heard about but there is a plethora of information if you have the time to look at and mull over.
If anybody thinks Oklahoma is lacking in the talent or ability to do this? Please explain to me in the comments after this article. Tell me why you think this or that paying the higher salary is better with “Project Search?” Another program, “AddUSIN,” was started here in some counties of Oklahoma through workforce and a grant. This program is effective. It combines another member on the team to be a case worker, coach and cheerleader of motivation for these teens and young adults.
Challenges faced by owning a business can be overcome by having a business manger hired to run the finances. Express Personnel might do the direct hire and start a program where this could be run for years. Outsourcing this seems to me a excellent idea. Allowing the kids(know not proper english but my terminology) to do what they love; when this happens businesses prospers. One way to explain it is to have a Trust Fund with administrators watching over the funds. Below a few ideas I seem to believe I know would fly:
Dog Grooming, Pet sitting, Animal Care such as Daycare for pets, Partnering
with younger kids on the Spectrum to guide and share how got through tough times, 4H programs to train and help sponsor training care of animals & more.
Art Galleries to showcase work done by those on the spectrum, one such group in Oklahoma is BEESKNEEShttp://beeskneesart.com/ (QUITE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM letting kids express themselves through their art). Help them own their own shops. EARN had grants to do this at one time
Ways to find and dig for talents and help these kids learn to express their plus side and sell themselves. Marketing 101.
Working one on one with all involved to decrease what I see as a blame game. Example is using what is available. Check movie APOLLO 13 all that was on the modules to get them home Best ways practices to do this. Quit spending such a high volume dollar amount on a high number of groups teaching parents to
write IEP’S. Get real about getting together. Invite teachers via unions instead
of through the Education department only.
Get real about doing things as a business. Obtain teachers email lists from Oklahoma Department of Education! Groups charged with informing parents and do so by advertising free. Take a lesson from Putnam City on this or interview Glen Kastner because he did it for free. Ask me I know ways to do this.
Realize that finite resources are at the core of all problems. This is creativity comes in and Oklahoma can do kicks in to play.
If the schools are out of money how do you think we can squeeze more money out of them? How about asking the Disability Law Center to do more than sing the mantra get it in the IEP?
Civil discourse on ideas like businesses that are innovative do things like this. Retreats to get juices going. Round table meetings where you invite people. Use a marketing firm. Get with the ages of modern times.
Below I am going to list a number of resources and information to consider when coming up with a program model.
EARN http://www.earn.org/policy_innovation(“EARN’s ultimate vision is that millions of well-informed, low-income American families will achieve financial success through proven strategies, fair public policy, and their own hard work.”).
O*NET Online http://www.onetonline.org/ (“Welcome to your tool for career exploration and job analysis! O*NET OnLine has detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students, researchers, and more!
>>>Take that IEP and look at this catalog of jobs.
>>>Start earlier than I did with the knowledge in this article.
>>>Make all persons and groups help you.
>>>Using the IEP take your child on a field trip of your own.
Don’t wait on others to do everything for your. Every heard of seize the moment? Look for every chance to get your child/teen/young adult a job shadow/volunteer place!
>>>The Mantra “Get it in the IEP is gettin old!”
>>>Lock all those agencies and groups in a room until they come out with a real plan!
Data Note No. 43, 2013; “People Served in Community Mental Health Programs
and Employment,” Stephanie Wallace and Frank A. Smith (PDF).
Bluebook 2012; State Data: The National Report On Employment Services and Outcomes 2012 from Institute for Community Inclusion (UCEDD) University Of Massachusetts Boston.
Data Note No. 44, 2013; “State Intellectual and Developmental Disability Agencies’ Service Trends,” By Jean E. Winsor (PDF).
(NGA)_BetterBottomLineWeb.pdf; A Better Bottom Line, “Employing People with
Disabilities,” Blueprint for Governors.
RP53_F.pdf; Research to Practice, “What are the Trends in Employment Outcomes of Youth with Autism 2006-2010?,” by Albert Migliore, John Butterworth and Agnes Zalewska.
JAN Job Accommodation Network “The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is
the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. Working toward practical solutions that benefit both employer and employee, JAN helps people with disabilities enhance their employability, and shows employers how to capitalize on the value and talent that people with disabilities add to the workplace”http://askjan.org/index.html
2010 REI Disability Initiative Toolkit-072510l; Real Economic Impact Tour Disability Initiative Toolkit, “Increasing Tax Knowledge Filing Access and Asset Building Opportunities For person with Disabilities. From the National Disability Institute Real Economic Impact Tour 1667 K St., NW, Suite 640 Washington, DC 200006
Lead Center “The LEAD Center is a collaborative of disability, workforce and economic empowerment organizations dedicated to a single mission: advancing sustainable individual and systems level change to improve competitive, integrated employment and economic self-sufficiency for all people across the spectrum of disability.” http://www.leadcenter.org/
Oklahoma Incentives and Tax Guide for Fiscal Year 2013 Oklahoma_Business_Incentives_and_Tax_Guide_pdf
Paving the Way to Work “A Guide to Career-Focused Mentoring for Youth with Disabilities “Mentoring_Guide-complete.pdf”
Plan-o-Gram Flow Chart to look at Impact+Framework+Slide+with+Outcomes.pdf “Social Impact Framework.”
State Employment Leadership Network “Accomplishments Report; accomplishments_2012_F.pdf”
Policy to Performance Toolkit “Transitioning Adults to Opportunity; Toolkit_final November2012.pdf”
Designer Employment idea came from Department of labor. Basically one looks at the skills of the person and designs jobs around those skills. I apologize but with all my material will have to dig much further. Email me if you want the specifics.
Building+Relationships+A+Guide+for+Planning+Natural+Job+Supports.pdf from Institute on Disability/UAP 312 Morrill Hall University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824
Not an exhaustive list but general
*****Vocational Tech Centers
*****Job Corp
*****Military Training
*****OKDRS
*****High School Counselor’s
*****Oklahoma Family Network
*****Sooner Success Coordinators
*****Oklahoma Autism Network.
*****Many More (for specifics please email me).
Summing up my approach to an alternative to Project Search; I say turn to Oklahoma businesses. My first approach would be to knock on Express Personnel’s door. Next I would see if we could get the owner of Bender Consultant’s to come to a POWWOW and everyone else involved to sit down to talk. A power point presentation to summarize material presented here and other resources would be shown. Before the meeting a notebook prepared with materials for reading should be sent. Included would be a total budget of all groups with an in depth look at costs associated with improvements.
The outcome could be a model to be showcased to the nation. Why import Project Search? I was told the successful definition of employment was defined by the legislature. Okay fine! The fees established by Project Search for placement of a teen in a job ($750) and completion of the 90 days payment ($1500) is not. That is a set fee by Project Search.
How about getting the representatives to redefine successful employment as 6 months to a year. Plus, fees are not paid until a year of employment in a job that has decent benefits? I know like in the poem above, “THIS LITTLE LIGHT OKLAHOMA WE CAN MAKE IT SHINE;” WE CAN DO BETTER FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND OTHER DISABLED IN HELPING THEM FIND EMPLOYMENT!!
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My thoughts are because of the cost juggling the expense of “Project Search(seehttp://reframingresources.com/2013/09/17/project-search-or-robbing-...) ,” and following mandates; there are other effective ways to provide jobs for young adults and youth in Oklahoma. I challenge you to do it the home grown OKLAHOMAN style. I know Oklahoma has the means, talents, creativity, and intellect to do this while showing the nation how to do it up right.
Come on! What do you say? Are you with me? Or, do you still want to turn to others leaving Oklahoma at the bottom of the list as usual? Have faith in you state. Give young teens and adults a role model of can do not follow the leader mentality attitude!
My intent is to spread resources for parents, teachers and all that work with these groups of kids to lower frustrations. Making headway faster is an acceptable goal.
Let this poem explain some of my expectations and desires.
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OKLAHOMA WE CAN MAKE IT SHINE
OKLAHOMA A LITTLE LIGHT.
WE CAN MAKE IT SHINE.
WHY DO WE LET HER BE SLIGHTED?
WHY DO WE LET HER GET BEHIND?
I SAY TIME TO STAND UP AND SHOUT
BE PROUD WE HAVE LOTS TO SHOW OFF! WE ARE STOUT.
FOR ALL OUR CITIZENS WILL NOT BE LEFT OUT
WORKING TO FIND JOBS FOR ALL WE’LL THROW AROUND OUR CLOUT.
DIVERSITY IS THE KEY
WHAT WE ARE WE WILL BE
STANDING BOLD AND MOLDING THESE TALENTS
INTO MARKETABLE SELLING SKILLS IS THE BALANCE
EMPLOYMENT OR OWNERS OF OUR OWN BUSINESS
STANDING OUT THROUGH MARKETING
HARKEN TO THYSELF WITH THE QUICKNESS
OF MENTAL SHARPNESS TO DO THE TARGETING
OKLAHOMA HAS THE TALENT BASE
OF COURSE I KNOW THIS IS THE CASE
NO LONGER MUST WE BE SLIGHTED
NO LONGER MUST WE BE BEHIND
COME JOIN ME
PUT OKLAHOMA ON THE TOP
DISABILITY OR NOT
OKLAHOMA IS QUITE HOT
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OKLAHOMA
WE CAN MAKE IT SHINE
NO NEED FOR US BE BEHIND
OKLAHOMA IS NO LONGER IN A COMA
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OKLAHOMA
WE CAN MAKE IT SHINE
NO LONGER NEED FOR US BE BEHIND
JOIN ME SINGING OKLAHOMA BE ON TOP.
KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
OKLAHOMA AT OUR HEART
WE CAN MAKE IT SHINE
NO NEED TO GO LOOKIN OUTSIDE
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OKLAHOMA
WE CAN MAKE IT SHINE
DIG WITHIN THE STATE
AND WE WILL BE GREAT
Resources that talk about the supports needed for young people with specific challenges to meet will be mentioned or cited. Jobs from O*det will be looked at that with skills fit some of these challenges better head on. Ever heard of “Designer Employment?” It is like Designer clothes; a fit for each person. Meaning a fit is found for each unique individual.
EARN is another network of programs that works with or has expertise in helping set up the disabled obtain employment or set up their own business. Project Elizabeth is a program set up by Bender Consultants. Bender has a contract with the United States Government to hire disabled in professional positions. The owner is disabled. A one time fee to work with her on a program for Oklahomans make sense. She has the passion of caring for her company and people like her; showing this by being a success at what she does.
Express Personnel is a homegrown national chain. Why lands sakes! It comes straight from the Canadian County where I live in Yukon; the outskirts of Oklahoma City. That makes the owner have access to the central part of Oklahoma and the Capitol where most state agencies locate their main offices in Oklahoma City. Lisa Graven, the Head of Workforce at Employment Security would be a wonderful addition to a team to come up with a new model. Working better and smarter by calling in the Top Guns is a logical choice I will talk about programs many know little or have never heard about but there is a plethora of information if you have the time to look at and mull over.
If anybody thinks Oklahoma is lacking in the talent or ability to do this? Please explain to me in the comments after this article. Tell me why you think this or that paying the higher salary is better with “Project Search?” Another program, “AddUSIN,” was started here in some counties of Oklahoma through workforce and a grant. This program is effective. It combines another member on the team to be a case worker, coach and cheerleader of motivation for these teens and young adults.
Challenges faced by owning a business can be overcome by having a business manger hired to run the finances. Express Personnel might do the direct hire and start a program where this could be run for years. Outsourcing this seems to me a excellent idea. Allowing the kids(know not proper english but my terminology) to do what they love; when this happens businesses prospers. One way to explain it is to have a Trust Fund with administrators watching over the funds. Below a few ideas I seem to believe I know would fly:
Dog Grooming, Pet sitting, Animal Care such as Daycare for pets, Partnering
with younger kids on the Spectrum to guide and share how got through tough times, 4H programs to train and help sponsor training care of animals & more.
Art Galleries to showcase work done by those on the spectrum, one such group in Oklahoma is BEESKNEEShttp://beeskneesart.com/ (QUITE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM letting kids express themselves through their art). Help them own their own shops. EARN had grants to do this at one time
Ways to find and dig for talents and help these kids learn to express their plus side and sell themselves. Marketing 101.
Working one on one with all involved to decrease what I see as a blame game. Example is using what is available. Check movie APOLLO 13 all that was on the modules to get them home Best ways practices to do this. Quit spending such a high volume dollar amount on a high number of groups teaching parents to
write IEP’S. Get real about getting together. Invite teachers via unions instead
of through the Education department only.
Get real about doing things as a business. Obtain teachers email lists from Oklahoma Department of Education! Groups charged with informing parents and do so by advertising free. Take a lesson from Putnam City on this or interview Glen Kastner because he did it for free. Ask me I know ways to do this.
Realize that finite resources are at the core of all problems. This is creativity comes in and Oklahoma can do kicks in to play.
If the schools are out of money how do you think we can squeeze more money out of them? How about asking the Disability Law Center to do more than sing the mantra get it in the IEP?
Civil discourse on ideas like businesses that are innovative do things like this. Retreats to get juices going. Round table meetings where you invite people. Use a marketing firm. Get with the ages of modern times.
Below I am going to list a number of resources and information to consider when coming up with a program model.
Bender Consultants http://www.benderconsult.com/
Elizabeth Project http://www.benderconsult.com/people-disabilities/elizabeth- project
Equal Opportunity Publicationshttp://www.eop.com/awards-CD.php
Employee job link with abovehttp://www.eop.com/mags-CD-recruiting.php
SBA http://www.sba.gov/
Office of Women’s Ownership SBA http://www.sba.gov/about-offices-content/
1/2895
Oklahoma City Office http://www.sba.gov/about-offices-content/2/3139
Lisa Graven Head of Workforce Oklahoma
EARN http://www.earn.org/policy_innovation(“EARN’s ultimate vision is that millions of well-informed, low-income American families will achieve financial success through proven strategies, fair public policy, and their own hard work.”).
O*NET Online http://www.onetonline.org/ (“Welcome to your tool for career exploration and job analysis! O*NET OnLine has detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students, researchers, and more!
>>>Take that IEP and look at this catalog of jobs.
>>>Start earlier than I did with the knowledge in this article.
>>>Make all persons and groups help you.
>>>Using the IEP take your child on a field trip of your own.
Don’t wait on others to do everything for your. Every heard of seize the moment? Look for every chance to get your child/teen/young adult a job shadow/volunteer place!
>>>The Mantra “Get it in the IEP is gettin old!”
>>>Lock all those agencies and groups in a room until they come out with a real plan!
Data Note No. 43, 2013; “People Served in Community Mental Health Programs
and Employment,” Stephanie Wallace and Frank A. Smith (PDF).
Bluebook 2012; State Data: The National Report On Employment Services and Outcomes 2012 from Institute for Community Inclusion (UCEDD) University Of Massachusetts Boston.
Data Note No. 44, 2013; “State Intellectual and Developmental Disability Agencies’ Service Trends,” By Jean E. Winsor (PDF).
(NGA)_BetterBottomLineWeb.pdf; A Better Bottom Line, “Employing People with
Disabilities,” Blueprint for Governors.
RP53_F.pdf; Research to Practice, “What are the Trends in Employment Outcomes of Youth with Autism 2006-2010?,” by Albert Migliore, John Butterworth and Agnes Zalewska.
Office Of Disability Employment http://www.dol.gov/odep/
Oklahoma Businesses – Setting Up Mentorship/Apprenticeship Programs O
Employer Resources Hiring People with Disabilitieshttp:/www.etrcc.com/
disabilities-employer-resources.php
Are there tax incentives for hiring disabled?http://www.washington.edu/doit/
Careers/articles?261
Direct Employers Association http://www.directemployers.org/ -a nonprofit HR consortium of leading global employers formed to improve labor market efficiency through the sharing of best practices, research and the development technology.http://www.directemployers.org/tag/employers-seeking-to-hire- pe...
JAN Job Accommodation Network “The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is
the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. Working toward practical solutions that benefit both employer and employee, JAN helps people with disabilities enhance their employability, and shows employers how to capitalize on the value and talent that people with disabilities add to the workplace”http://askjan.org/index.html
2010 REI Disability Initiative Toolkit-072510l; Real Economic Impact Tour Disability Initiative Toolkit, “Increasing Tax Knowledge Filing Access and Asset Building Opportunities For person with Disabilities. From the National Disability Institute Real Economic Impact Tour 1667 K St., NW, Suite 640 Washington, DC 200006
One Stop Career Center http://www.careeronestop.org/
Career Pathways .http://www.careerpathwaysonline.com/ with career clustershttp://www.careerpathwaysonline.com/16_careercluster_page.htm
Career and Employer Management Tools.https://www.jobfit.com/jfmain.aspx?
mode=home
Lead Center “The LEAD Center is a collaborative of disability, workforce and economic empowerment organizations dedicated to a single mission: advancing sustainable individual and systems level change to improve competitive, integrated employment and economic self-sufficiency for all people across the spectrum of disability.” http://www.leadcenter.org/
Article on disability and employmenthttp://www.usatoday.com
storymoney/ business/2013/08/02/governors-disabled-hiring-report/26...
Association of People supporting Employment Firsthttp://www.apse.org/
Oklahoma Incentives and Tax Guide for Fiscal Year 2013 Oklahoma_Business_Incentives_and_Tax_Guide_pdf
Paving the Way to Work “A Guide to Career-Focused Mentoring for Youth with Disabilities “Mentoring_Guide-complete.pdf”
Plan-o-Gram Flow Chart to look at Impact+Framework+Slide+with+Outcomes.pdf “Social Impact Framework.”
State Employment Leadership Network “Accomplishments Report; accomplishments_2012_F.pdf”
Policy to Performance Toolkit “Transitioning Adults to Opportunity; Toolkit_final November2012.pdf”
Designer Employment idea came from Department of labor. Basically one looks at the skills of the person and designs jobs around those skills. I apologize but with all my material will have to dig much further. Email me if you want the specifics.
Building+Relationships+A+Guide+for+Planning+Natural+Job+Supports.pdf from Institute on Disability/UAP 312 Morrill Hall University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824
Not an exhaustive list but general
*****Vocational Tech Centers
*****Job Corp
*****Military Training
*****OKDRS
*****High School Counselor’s
*****Oklahoma Family Network
*****Sooner Success Coordinators
*****Oklahoma Autism Network.
*****Many More (for specifics please email me).
Summing up my approach to an alternative to Project Search; I say turn to Oklahoma businesses. My first approach would be to knock on Express Personnel’s door. Next I would see if we could get the owner of Bender Consultant’s to come to a POWWOW and everyone else involved to sit down to talk. A power point presentation to summarize material presented here and other resources would be shown. Before the meeting a notebook prepared with materials for reading should be sent. Included would be a total budget of all groups with an in depth look at costs associated with improvements.
The outcome could be a model to be showcased to the nation. Why import Project Search? I was told the successful definition of employment was defined by the legislature. Okay fine! The fees established by Project Search for placement of a teen in a job ($750) and completion of the 90 days payment ($1500) is not. That is a set fee by Project Search.
How about getting the representatives to redefine successful employment as 6 months to a year. Plus, fees are not paid until a year of employment in a job that has decent benefits? I know like in the poem above, “THIS LITTLE LIGHT OKLAHOMA WE CAN MAKE IT SHINE;” WE CAN DO BETTER FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND OTHER DISABLED IN HELPING THEM FIND EMPLOYMENT!!