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!””