Awardee:
Tecumseh Area Partnership, Inc.
Contact: Roger L. Feldhaus, Executive Director
Phone: (765) 477-1710
Proposed Award Amount: $300,685
Community Served: Northwest
Project Emphasis: People with disabilities.
Summary Paragraph: To develop the capacity of the local WorkOne system to provide seamless delivery to those with
disabilities, the Express Site and Retention Project will add the facitative work of a Disability Program Navigator. This specialist will assess and address gaps
in knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of WorkOne
system staff that they may better serve the disabled population. Project funds will also be dedicated to a
more welcoming physical and programmatic environment at the eight WorkOne offices throughout the Tecumseh area for serving
disabled customers.
Partnerships: Great Lakes Disability and Business Technical
Assistance Center; Indiana Institute on Disability and Community; Governors
Planning Council for People with Disabilities; Ticket to Work Program, Indiana
Works; Adult Rehabilitation and Vocational Services for Wabash Center;
Abilities Services, Inc., and local WorkOne system
partners including those representing WIA and WtW,
TANF, Older Workers, CSBG (Community Action Programs), ABE and Literacy,
Wagner-Peyser/UI/Veterans; Vocational Rehabilitation;
and Carl Perkins (Community College of Indiana and Purdue University).
