Awardee:
State of
Contact: Elaine Young
Phone: (808) 586-8812
Proposed Award Amount: $699,388
Community Served:
State of
Project Emphasis: People
with disabilities.
Summary Paragraph: This state-wide project would
create a seamless service delivery system for addressing the multi-faceted
barriers to training and employment that affect people with disabilities. This project will take shape at an opportune
time, since Ticket-to-Work is slated for implementation in November 2003. To
weave Ticket-to-Work into a seamless delivery system, the project aims to
create a close alliance between the State Workforce Development Division and
the Vocational Rehabilitation Division.
Comprehensive strategies to facilitate this alliance include assistive
technology enhancement, specialized service provider development, diverse and
proactive leadership to ensure continuous improvement, and One Stop staff
training. Moreover, one staff member of
each of the four WIBs would function as a Program
Navigator. This project would complement the U.S. Department of Labors (DOL) Employment
and Training Administrations (ETA) Real Choices ACCESS Project, funded in May
2002 to provide an electronic infrastructure for partners and a user-friendly
information system, and DOLs Office of Disability
Employment Policys (ODEP) funded Imua Project currently assisting Hawaiis Vocational
Rehabilitation and WIA One Stop system by training youth service providers to
serve youth with disabilities effectively.
Partnerships: The
University of Hawaiis Center for Disability Studies (a resource); Winners at
Work; the Hawaii Centers for Independent Living; the Hawaii Department of
Healths Developmental Disabilities,
Vocational Rehabilitation, and Mental Health Divisions; the fours Workforce
Investment Boards Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Hawaii; Hawaii State Department of
Labor and Industrial Relations; Vocational Rehabilitation; U.S. Department of
Labors ODEP Imua
project and ETA-funded Real Choices ACCESS project.
