Employment First Summit Report
Meeting summary of current and proposed practices needed to implement Employment First, including more widespread use of Customized Employment principles and practices.
State: North Dakota
North Dakota State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD)
“The council advocates for policy changes that promote choice, independence, productivity, and inclusion for all North Dakotans with developmental disabilities (DD). The council supports and provides funding for projects and activities that maximize opportunities for consumers and families. The NDSCDD serves in a planning and advisory capacity to state policymakers and agencies relative to services for persons with developmental disabilities.”
North Dakota SB 2271: …relating to the committee on employment of people with disabilities (2013)
Legislation signed into law in April 2013, establishing a Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, for furthering the goal of employment as the first option for people with disabilities.
ND Protection & Advocacy Project – Employment and People with Disabilities Training
Are you an employee or potential employee with a disability? Come and learn what the law says about workplace accommodations that may benefit you in keeping or obtaining employment.
North Dakota HB 1373: ABLE (2015)
“An Act to create and enact section 6-09-38.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to creation of the North Dakota achieving a better life experience plan; and to provide a continuing appropriation.”
North Dakota HCBS Transition Plan
North Dakota Revised Statewide Transition Plan For HCBS Settings Under 1915(c) Waivers
North Dakota VR Guidelines for Services to Individuals with an Impairment of Substance Abuse/Dependency Impairment
“The purpose of the Desk Reference is to provide VR counselors with a convenient resource on substance use disorder issues in vocational rehabilitation. The Desk Reference provides links to additional information, allowing access to varying levels of complexity and detail on typical issues facing VR counselors and consumers.
The Desk Reference may help rehabilitation professionals (especially those holding the CRC certification), meet their responsibility to: (1) increase their own awareness and sensitivity to individuals with disabilities; (2) further develop knowledge and skills; and (3) increase awareness of scientific bases for intervention. Meeting these responsibilities promotes a course of action that best serves persons with substance use disorders who are also consumers of VR services.”
North Dakota Workforce Development Council
“North Dakota Workforce Development Council was authorized July 21, 2017 under Executive Order 2017-10. The Governor designated the Council as the state’s workforce innovation and opportunity board in accordance with Section 101(e) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA).
The purpose of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act is to provide workforce innovation and opportunity activities, through statewide and local workforce innovation and opportunity systems, that increase the employment retention, and earnings of participants, and increase the occupational skills attainment by participants, and, as a result, improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the nation.
The role of the North Dakota Workforce Development Council is to advise the Governor and the public concerning the nature and extent of workforce development in the context of North Dakota’s economic development needs, and how to meet these needs effectively while maximizing the efficient use of available resources and avoiding unnecessary duplication of effort.”
US Labor Department Conducting Wage Survey in North Dakota
“The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is conducting a statewide survey of wages paid to workers on heavy construction projects in North Dakota to establish prevailing wage rates required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA).
The agency is seeking data from employers and interested parties on wages paid to workers on all active heavy construction projects in North Dakota from June 1, 2016, through May 31, 2017. The survey is not limited to federal or federally funded construction projects.”
Cost of Services for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
~~“The North Dakota Department of Human Services pays for a continuum of services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Costs reflect the statewide average cost of the continuum of care, from institutional level of care at the Life Skills and Transition Center (LSTC), which serves people whose needs exceed community capacity, to community-based services”