WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded $21,276,575 to nine states under the Disability Employment Initiative to improve education, training, and employment opportunities and outcomes of youth and adults who are unemployed and/or receiving Social Security disability benefits. The Disability Employment Initiative is jointly funded and administered by the department's Employment and Training Administration and its Office of Disability Employment Policy.
The Labor Department has entered into cooperative agreements with the following states to implement strategic approaches to support exemplary employment services for individuals with disabilities in the public workforce system: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, New Jersey, New York and Virginia. These projects build upon the department's Disability Program Navigator Initiative by hiring staff with expertise in disability and workforce issues. The grants also will support extensive partnerships, collaboration and services provided across multiple workforce and disability systems in each state.
Grant Recipients
State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development: $2,727,000
State of Arkansas Department of Workforce Services: $1,500,000
Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation: $1,490,409
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity: $1,839,588
Kansas Department of Commerce: $1,879,459
State of Maine Department of Labor: $1,500,000
New Jersey Department of Labor, Workforce Division: $2,479,280
New York State Department of Labor: $4,945,060
Virginia Community College System: $2,915,779
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