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Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, February 27, 2023

Start Time:

12:00 PM

Location:

Virtual Hearing

Event Description

This is a meeting of the Disability Employment Subcommittee of the permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities. This subcommittee will collect data and analyze initiatives that increase employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities in private employment and in state government

Agenda:

Welcome, Roll Call, and Introductions
Inspirational Quote

"The time to do the right thing is always right now." – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., provided by Chris White.

Guest speaker Nicole LeBlanc on the Maryland Buy-In Program, Maryland Employed Individuals with Disabilities Program with asset limit of $10,000.
Continue Review Subcommittee Priorities and Establish Next Steps

Review the “grid”
Review WorkAbility Report priorities

Announcements from Subcommittee Members
Adjournment

Meeting information:

- Meeting will be held virtually via Zoom and livestreamed for the public at https://malegislature.gov/Commissions/Detail/567/Hearings

- CART service will be available embedded in Zoom with captions and through a separate URL: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=StatehouseADA

- Unfortunately, we are unable to provide ASL interpreters for this meeting.

- For accessibility requests and other questions, contact Collin Fedor in Representative Denise Garlick’s office at Collin.Fedor@mahouse.gov or Imene Bouziane Saidi at Imene.BouzianeSaidi@mass.gov

Meeting Documents (attached and linked)

- WorkAbility Report Suggestions Trackers https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_4mOrvC9clINJPvqupyCgJXE47yvfnlz/edit#gid=330415400

- SSI/SSDI Presentation WWL The Basics of SSI & SSDI.pdf

- The Grid https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_4mOrvC9clINJPvqupyCgJXE47yvfnlz/edit#gid=330415400

- Nicole Leblanc bio https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SkmQHXk0BySeKWDu6g2TaSA1CnqQ3IBI/edit

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- To view details from previous meetings, visit: https://malegislature.gov/Commissions/Detail/567/Hearings.

A folder containing all Commission documents, including those from previous meetings, is accessible here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_GIE6EjBzhkbHviymlPxz497rc3pYj73?usp=sharing

Videos
Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Status of Persons with Disabilities - 2-27-2023	2/27/2023 12:00 PM	00:58:45

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