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APSE Supports the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act
Call Congress to let them know that we support competitive integrated employment for people with disabilities!
Our Message:
#EmploymentFirst
If your Member of Congress is a member of the House Education & Labor Committee, please call and thank them (and make sure they are a co-sponsor of the bill!). A list of committee members can be found by clicking here.
We need co-sponsors and support for this bill in the House. Please call, email or Tweet at your Members.
Click to contact your Representative!
We also need co-sponsors in the Senate - particularly Republican co-sponsors. Please call, email, or Tweet your Senators.
Advocacy in Action: Steps for State Advocacy
What can I do?
APSE urges our members to contact your Members of Congress and your State Legislators to tell them that #ESPsAreDSPs and #DSPsAreEssential!
Share your stories about the impact of COVID-19 in your local community.
In particular, we want to tell:
- Stories of people with disabilities who are working in essential jobs during the crisis, and the ways employment supports help to keep them safe and successful during the crisis.
- Stories of people with disabilities who have been unable to keep jobs during the pandemic, and why.
- Stories of how the disability provider system has adapted in real-time to ensure continued delivery of services (and the challenges faced).
APSE Podcast: COVID-19, APSE, and Employment
This podcast is a recording of the APSE NDEAM event from Thursday, October 14th. Listen in to hear from Julie Christensen, APSE’s Executive Director and Director of Policy & Advocacy, plus John Butterworth (ICI UMass Boston) and Brian Shepley with Source America. Talking all things disability employment, what COVID-19’s impact has been on the job market, and how providers of employment supports are adjusting as we look forward.
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Action Alert: We need to hear from you!
It’s been one year since APSE launched the first COVID impact survey. Survey data has been a critical piece of our policy & advocacy work.…
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Action Alert: Round 4 COVID-19 Impact Survey
It’s been one year since APSE launched the first COVID impact survey. Survey data has been a critical piece of our policy & advocacy work.…
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April Policy Updates
For a change of pace, let’s start with some good news! Congratulations to Washington State as SB5284, a bill to eliminate subminimum wage for people…
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