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Hearing Details Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Event Details

Status:: Completed
Event Date:: Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Start Time:: 10:30 AM
Location:: B-1
Event Description: WorkAbility Subcommittee Hearing The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities has designated a subcommittee to further study the critical issue of workforce development for persons with disabilities. The WorkAbility subcommittee is focused on identifying solutions to promote opportunities for individuals with disabilities to participate and succeed in the workforce. We want to make sure all voices are heard so we have scheduled a public hearing to be held Tuesday, October 22 at the State House. This hearing is designed to encourage individuals with disabilities to share their own personal stories and experiences in the workforce. What are the challenges they have faced? The successes? The hardships? How can Massachusetts do even better to remove potential barriers or create incentives? These are the stories we would like to hear. To better accommodate the number of expected attendees and to avoid anyone having to sit and wait for an extended period of time, we will be scheduling testimony in half-hour blocks. We do ask that everyone confine their remarks to no longer than 3-5 minutes each. Additional testimony is welcome in writing or other recorded form. Assistive listening technology will be available. The hearing room is accessible through the Ashburton entrance of the State House without the need for any elevator or stairs. Assistive listening technology will be available and we will have a real time closed captioning system (CART) in use. A sign language interpreter has also been requested. Our WorkAbility subcommittee will take in all the testimony and use it to help inform our review of state policy on disability workforce development. We expect to issue a formal report later this term with concrete recommendations and action items. Hearing from as many individuals as possible is paramount and will greatly aid us in our work. If you would like to testify we kindly ask that you RSVP in advance so we can accommodate everyone. Please call Rep. Cutler’s staff director Cole Angley at 617-722-2810 or email cole.angley@mahouse.gov.
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WorkAbility Subcommittee Hearing 10:30am - 1:00pm