subminimum wage
APSE Receives $350,000 Contract from U.S. AbilityOne Commission
The Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE) Receives Contract from U.S. AbilityOne Commission to Develop AbilityOne Program Career Planning Support Resources
USCCR Releases Report on Subminimum Wage
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released a report, Subminimum Wages: Impacts on the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities. This report is the culmination of a year-long process of examining…
National APSE Director of Policy and Advocacy Invited to Testify before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
National APSE Director of Policy and Advocacy Invited to Testify before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights about 14(c) and Subminimum Wage for People with Disabilities On November 15, 2019,…
Washington State Looks to End Subminimum Wage
Advocates in Washington State have been working to end Subminimum wage for people with disabilities by helping create and supporting legislation in the 2019 Washington State session. Representative Noel Frame…
Subminimum Wage Hearing in Oregon
On Thursday, February 21, 2019, members of the Oregon Self Advocacy Coalition (OSAC) – including APSE National Board Member, Ross Ryan – testified before the State Legislature in support of…
Hearing on Employment First bill in Kentucky
On Tuesday, February 19, 2019, APSE National Board member Katie Wolf-Whaley, and former APSE National Board Member Karen Lee, testified before the KY legislature this morning regarding SB76 – a…
116th Congress calls for the phasing out of 14(c), advances Competitive Integrated Employment
Welcome to the 2019 legislative season and the 116th Congress! It’s been a wild ride so far. Yet while January got off to a rocky start, being in the midst…
Statement Regarding the Department of Education’s Notice to Revise the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Regulations
The Collaboration to Promote Self Determination (CPSD), the Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE), and the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) are dedicated to the full inclusion, independence and…
Get Your Game Face On: APSE Offers the Tools to Expand Your Advocacy Strategy
APSE believes that it’s important to make your voice heard –that effective advocacy goes beyond just finding your voice.
Reflecting on 2016 and Looking Ahead to 2017
As we prepare to close the book on 2016, I think we can we all agree that it has been a year of big changes.
Some Kinds of Change Are Very Good: APSE is Rebranding
Put simply, a “brand” is an organization’s public persona. It is everything the public thinks it knows about your organization. This means that any organization that wants to effectively communicate its essence to relevant audiences needs to think carefully about brand identity: how the public perceives all of the components of its brand (name, logo, taglines).
New Restrictions on Subminimum Wage Go Into Effect – July 22, 2016
As a result of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), new restrictions on subminimum wage go into effect today, Friday July 22nd. The information below outlines these new requirements….
APSE’s Public Testimony to the Advisory Committee in Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities (ACICIEID)
My name is Allison Wohl and I am the Executive Director of the Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE). We are a national membership association of over 3,200 members…
Hillary Clinton Calls for the End to SubMinimum Wage
APSE Applauds Hillary Clinton for Calling for the End to Subminimum Wage and Calls On Other Candidates to Do the Same On Monday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton became the…
The Perfect Storm of Opportunity
by Allison Wohl, APSE Executive Director
One of the many reasons that I wanted to join the APSE national team just over a year ago is that I realized that there were a number of distinct and strong movements that were developing that seemed to be converging at a national level. A perfect storm of opportunity to fully achieve competitive integrated employment was clearly on the horizon.