Awardee:
1101 Broadway,
Contact: Lisa Nisenfield,
Executive Director
Phone: (360) 567-1073
Proposed Award Amount: $300,000
Community Served:
Project Emphasis: People with disabilities.
Summary Paragraph: This project sets out a number of
specific goals. First, it plans to hire
and train Disability Navigator as the regional specialist, create a navigation
specialist at each One Stop site who can facilitate services for customers with
disabilities, and
implement across-the-board training for site staff. Second, the project will designate an area
One Stop as an Employment Network in the Ticket to Work program and develop
staff and system skill building techniques.
Third, it will implement principles of universal design for an inclusive
system modeling universal access.
Finally, it will disseminate capacity building approaches and successes
as well as information for individuals with disabilities on how to access and
what services to anticipate from the One Stops.
Partnerships: Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council; WorkSource sites throughout Clark, Cowlitz, Wahklakum, Skamania Counties; Washington State Employment Security Department; Washington State DSHS Community Services Offices in Vancouver, Stevenson, and Kelso; Southwest Washington Agency on Aging; Lower Columbia Community Action Council; Green Thumb; Clark College; Lower Columbia College; Washington Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; Calrk County Department of Human Services; and Clark County Independent Living Resources.
