The Rural Routes to Employment Project Customizing Employment

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The Rural Routes to Employment Project: Customizing Employment, Expanding Communities Beth Keeton, Southeastern Regional

The Rural Routes to Employment Project: Customizing Employment, Expanding Communities Beth Keeton, Southeastern Regional Director The Center for Social Capital www. centerforsocialcapital. org GRIFFIN-HAMMIS, LLC

The Rural Routes to Employment Project • Established through a FDDC (Florida Developmental Disabilities

The Rural Routes to Employment Project • Established through a FDDC (Florida Developmental Disabilities Council) grant with the Center for Social Capital • Initial funding: 1 year (extensions possible) • October 1, 2011: anticipated start date Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates

Rural Routes: Year 1 Project Goals • Identify and work with 5 rural communities

Rural Routes: Year 1 Project Goals • Identify and work with 5 rural communities – Discern barriers & opportunities to consumerdirected employment – Application process • Open to agencies/entities throughout state • Application disseminated through state networks • If interested: contact project staff – bkeeton@centerforsocialcapital. org – pcassidy@griffinhammis. com Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates

Rural Routes: Year 1 Project Goals • Facilitate public meetings & focus groups in

Rural Routes: Year 1 Project Goals • Facilitate public meetings & focus groups in each of the 5 target areas to: – Engage communities – Identify stakeholders – Generate data on barriers & opportunities Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates

Rural Routes: Year 1 Project Goals • In each location: – Form Community Action

Rural Routes: Year 1 Project Goals • In each location: – Form Community Action Teams (CATs) – Perform comprehensive resource mapping to inform employment creation in collaboration with entities such as: • Project 10 • The Institute for Small & Rural Districts • Local Economic Development authorities, civic groups, and other community partners Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates

Rural Routes: Year 1 Project Goals • Develop scalable models of rural economic development

Rural Routes: Year 1 Project Goals • Develop scalable models of rural economic development and employment program refinement – Building upon community partnerships and collaboration – Utilizing an economic development approach – Identifying community/business “needs” and providing a solution Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates

Rural Routes: Year 1 Project Goals • Conduct best practice training on: – Customized

Rural Routes: Year 1 Project Goals • Conduct best practice training on: – Customized Employment – Self-employment/microenterprise including – Family and consumer-directed assessment (Discovering Personal Genius) – Employment support Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates

Rural Routes: Year 1 Project Goals • Develop replicable, cost-effective model employment initiatives based

Rural Routes: Year 1 Project Goals • Develop replicable, cost-effective model employment initiatives based upon: – Blended funding – Employment creation – Consumer controlled methods Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates

Community Action Teams The CAT approach emphasizes that through collaborative efforts of a variety

Community Action Teams The CAT approach emphasizes that through collaborative efforts of a variety of interested stakeholders resources and strategies are better leveraged to support individual job seekers to achieve their employment goals. Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates

CAT Roles & Responsibilities • Work to identify areas in practice and policy that

CAT Roles & Responsibilities • Work to identify areas in practice and policy that impede or enhance CE implementation and outcomes • Work collaboratively and strategically to resolve those issues locally • Share identified issues with FDDC and other key state agencies for statewide impact Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates

How CATs Support Employment Outcomes • CATs specifically organized and trained to utilize flexible

How CATs Support Employment Outcomes • CATs specifically organized and trained to utilize flexible strategies & tactics to increase individualized employment outcomes for people with disabilities in their local communities – Employment is key focus and primary responsibility • Made up of a broad representation from the community (i. e. schools, businesses, providers, community organizations) Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates

Rural Routes: Training Components • Discovering Personal Genius • Customized Employment • Resource Ownership

Rural Routes: Training Components • Discovering Personal Genius • Customized Employment • Resource Ownership • Self-Employment/Microenterprise • Benefits Planning & Analysis Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates

Rural Routes: TA Components • Each site receives comprehensive TA, including: – – –

Rural Routes: TA Components • Each site receives comprehensive TA, including: – – – Helping coordinate collaborations Implementing strategies to blend funding Assisting to develop additional resources Providing outreach to the local employment community Helping with benefits analysis and planning Problem-solving identified barriers in practice & policy Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates

Customized Employment is • Based on Interest-Based Negotiation between the Job Seeker and the

Customized Employment is • Based on Interest-Based Negotiation between the Job Seeker and the Employer • Person-Centered • One-Person-At-A-Time • Identifies the Ideal Conditions of Employment using Discovery • Includes Self Employment Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates

Customized Employment is • Not a Service or Program – It is an Approach

Customized Employment is • Not a Service or Program – It is an Approach • Not Group-Based • Not Labor Market-Driven • Not looking for that Dream Job • Not Vocational Evaluation & Testing • Not Interest Inventories Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates

Customized Employment is • Especially effective for Individuals with High or Complex Support Needs

Customized Employment is • Especially effective for Individuals with High or Complex Support Needs • Applicable to anyone, with any disability (or without) seeking employment • Circumvents the Comparison of Applicants made in Competitive Hiring • Relies on natural relationships, supports, training Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates

Customized Employment • Discovering Personal Genius • A planful approach that reveals life themes

Customized Employment • Discovering Personal Genius • A planful approach that reveals life themes • That presents a path of Discovery • That begs Investigation • That creates Options • That breeds Innovation in job development • Go where the career makes sense Center for Social Capital/Griffin-Hammis Associates