access to all universal access are we serving martians? glenn olsen high risk population specialist...
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ACCESS TO ALL
Universal AccessAre We serving Martians?
Glenn Olsen
High Risk Population Specialist
Department of Workforce Development
The Dawn of Universal Access for One Stops
It Can be Dangerous Out There
Moon Watcher
Hmm If We Only Worked Together
Look They Call That Giant Monolith A Job Center
We are Afraid to Go In!!!!
Lets Go in Together!!
Hmm We Just need the right tools
The Birth of Advocacy
You will make the Waterhole Accessible
Hmm What About Employers
Don’t Forget to Include People with Disabilities From the Beginning
The Dawning of a New Age
GoalsIncreased Employment Opportunities For People
With Disabilities
Who Am I Talking to??
WIADVRSILCCILsCBOsAdvocacy GroupsDisability Agencies
Barriers
ArchitecturalProgrammaticAttitudinalLegal Systemic
Communications
Universal Access
Basic Tenet of Workforce Investment ActServing the massesPhysical Vs. programmaticStill need individualized approachesTechnical AssistanceWhat you can do!
Medical Model
The Problem—Person with conditionCore of Problem—In the personActions of
Paradigm—Classify/congregate/treatPower Person—Expert (doctor)Goal of Paradigm—Fix/heal/change
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Walking Upright The Evolutionary Stages
Collocation
Communication
Coordination
Collaboration
Collocation
Not in My StateIs it NecessaryMoral Dilemmas
What’s Wrong With This Picture
Communication
EmpathyTruly UnderstandingJoint WorkgroupsInput From the Beginning
Coordination
Saving TimeStretching ResourcesDeveloping Experts
Why Collaborate?Why Collaborate?
Provide better, more comprehensive service to families
Pooling resources and grants often require collaboration
Make our jobs easier!Get out of “silos,” reduce duplication of
services
Suggestions for Suggestions for CollaborationCollaboration
WIIFMCross TrainingBuild RelationshipsPatienceOutreach materials to culture of target
audience
Breaking Barriers
Navigating the System
Eleven PilotsRunning with Scissors
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Other Successes
JoblineVRS/VRIAccessible WorkstationsNextalkOperation One StopWIG
Operation One Stop
Program and Physical AccessibilityTeams of trained facilitatorsNot a self assessmentFair/Unbiased reporting
Results
Plan of ActionTechnical Assistance availablePotential funding optionsClarified rolesBetter Customer service
Wisconsin’s One-Stop Disability Initiative:The Last Stop to Employment
““Set...”Set...”Employers will be better educated on how they can benefit their bottom line by:
““Ready...”Ready...”WI Job Centers will offer employers:
•trained counselors
•statewide support and resources
•attitudinal and workshop trainings
•connections to disability community
drawing on employer-to-employer linkages
utilizing assistive
technology
integrating staff successfully
Services more widely available to approximately 260,000 un- or underemployed Wisconsinites with disabilities:• disability-friendly employer resources• disability oriented job assistance• disability job fairs
““Go!Go!””