The Work Group members meeting February 3, 2011 and finalized the vision and mission for the IA Employment First Initiative.
Vision: Iowans with disabilities are employed at the same rate as other Iowans and receiving equal benefits.
Mission: To change beliefs, practices, systems and funding and so that employment in the general workforce is the first and preferred outcome in the provision of publicly funded services for all working age Iowans with disabilities, regardless of level of disability.
These will be guiding the work for this Initiative for the next year.
It is about time! Onward and upward!!!
Employment First ROCKS!
I agree! Without employment, we wouldn’t have any work. And work does come first!
You are so right, Mia! Working brings lots of good things with it!
Employment First IS! the right thing to do.
So true Lonnie! In addition to being cost effective it is certainly the right thing to do!