Awardee:
Contact: Teresa Smith
Phone: (770) 429-5005
Proposed Award Amount: $648,738
Community Served: Cobb
and
Project Emphasis: People
with disabilities.
Summary Paragraph: This project seeks to expand and
replicate Project Exceed, funded by a 2001 grant from the Office of
Disability Employment (ODEP) Customized Employment for People with
Disabilities. On a statewide basis, the
project would provide technical assistance and training opportunities as well
as local level consultation to all stakeholders. In addition, this grant would support
Disability Navigator Teams in each local workforce area by ensuring that
designated staff and relevant stakeholders are cross trained. These teams will work with their designated
Benefits Planning, Assistance, and Outreach organizations to streamline access
to resources while preventing service overlaps.
The projects second strategy would fund a competitive, needs-based subgrant process for ten local workforce areas to increase
their physical accessibility and assistive technology resources.
Partnerships: Cobb Works! Workforce Investment Board; Cobb Community
Services Board; Vocational Rehabilitation, Georgia Department of Labor,
including the Assistive Work Technology Unit of Voc Rehab; Tools for Life; Three
Benefits Planning, Assistance, and Outreach providers Benefits Navigator
Project, Voc Rehab Outreach Project, and the Walton Options for Independent
Living Program; the Cobb Micro Enterprise Center; University of Georgias Human
Services Management Institute; Georgia State Workforce Investment Board;
National Center on Workforce and Disability/Adult; Griffin-Hammis,
LLC; and Georgia Institute of Technologys Center for Assistive Technology and
Environmental Access.
