Louisiana DDC Employment Mentoring

“Employment The Council provided financial support for the Employment Mentoring program with its Developmental Disability Network partner, the LSU Health Sciences Center Human Development Center, the state’s University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). The program provided a competency-based training and mentoring program for employment support providers.

• 508 mentoring hours
• 27 employment support professionals mentored
• 113 job seekers with a developmental disability participated The Council has been instrumental in advocating for implementation of policy that encourages competitive integrated individualized employment.
• Pushed forward implementation of Employment First within the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities. With its partners, maintained the previous year’s state appropriation for Louisiana Rehabilitation Services while other programs were cut.”