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2008-03-18
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development;
This report provides an overview of practices and strategies taking place in U.S. corporations that are considered promising practices in the recruitment, hiring, and retention of people with disabilities. It explores the trends and needs of the retail sector and also examines how retail employers are meeting their workforce needs by hiring people with disabilities.
2008-03-04
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development;
Heldrich Center Executive Director Kathy Krepcio presented "An Overview of U.S. Corporate Practices in the Employment of People with Disabilities: Spotlight on the Retail Sector" at a Disabilities Stakeholders Forum in January 2008.
2009-01-31
Public Policy Institute of California;
Provides an overview of the state's special education programs, including eligibility, enrollment, student performance, time spent outside regular classrooms, spending, and financing, compared to national trends. Considers policy implications.
2008-04-01
Weingart Foundation;
Contains board chair's message, lists of grants and initiatives, and financial highlights.
2006-01-01
Weingart Foundation;
Contains mission statement, board chair's message, grants list, and financial statements.
2007-01-01
Weingart Foundation;
Contains mission statement, board chair's message, grants list, and financial statements.
2005-05-05
International Longevity Center-USA;
By postponing the age at which chronic infirmity begins,disability and morbidity could be compressed into a shorter period of the average human life span, resulting in a society in which the active and vital years of life would increase in length, the disabilities and frailties of ageing would be postponed,and the total amount of lifetime disability and morbidity would decrease.
2011-12-02
Open Society Institute;
Offers guidance on implementing the Convention of Rights of Persons with Disabilities article that provides that people with disabilities have the right to live their lives with the same choices as others. Calls for ending institutionalization.
2011-11-01
Open Society Institute;
Calls for safeguards to prevent forced sterilization of women and girls with disabilities, a practice justified in many countries as being in their best interests despite the fact it violates international human rights standards.
2011-05-31
Urban Institute;
Outlines the case for raising income limits on eligibility for Supplemental Security Income, including the material hardship experienced by low-income elderly, blind, or disabled recipients under current limits and implications for their self-sufficiency.
2011-04-26
Economic Roundtable;
Examines cost savings from moving indigent adults with disabilities from county general relief programs to Supplemental Social Security Income, the impact of increased income, and savings in homeless services from supportive housing.
2011-03-24
Commonwealth Fund;
Examines the 2010 healthcare reform's prohibition against coverage discrimination based on disability, elements of plan design and administration that can create discriminatory effects, and approaches to implementing the statute.
