Awardee:
Contact: Rodney Larsen
Phone: (501) 676-2721
Proposed Award Amount: $674,671
Community Served: 16
counties constituting the
Project Emphasis: People with disabilities.
Summary Paragraph: This project aims to integrate people with
disabilities into the workforce investment system, including Wagner-
Peyser and WIA services, with a four-pronged approach: 1) installing extensive technology devices in the workforce centers
themselves, 2) hiring two fulltime Work
Incentive Specialists to act as Disability Program Navigators, 3) employing
"train the trainer" methods to coach frontline staff in serving people with
disabilities, and 4) offering immediate access to Wagner-Peyser
and WIA Title I services in workforce centers, and providing transportation to
and from workforce centers, training sites, and places of employment, through
the CADET Project. CADET is a five-year model project funded by the U.S.
Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation
Services.
Partnerships: Central Arkansas Planning and Development District,
Arkansas Employment Security Department, Arkansas Division of Services for the
Blind, Arkansas Rehabilitation Services, ICAN - Increasing Capabilities Access
Network, and CADET - The Creative for Delta Area Transportation.
