Here is today's Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC) Disability News message.? I hope you have a wonderful day.?

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*Martha K. Gabehart* | "Executive Director
"Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC)
*Kansas Governor Laura Kelly
*900 SW Jackson, Suite 100 | Topeka, Kansas 66612
(785) 296-6525 (direct) | (785) 260-4027 (cell)

[email protected] | www.kcdcinfo.ks.gov [ [link removed] ]

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This message is from the LEAD Center.

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Operationalizing Access and Equity in Your WIOA State Plan: Partnerships and Practices
December 12 at 3:00 pm ET [ [link removed] ]

Every state and territory currently is writing their 2024-2028 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) state plan, which is due on March 4, 2023.

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND: This webinar will provide you with critical information to better ensure that your state?s plan includes:

? Meaningful "strategic" partnerships to promote and operationalize collaboration, coordination, and communication.
? Activities that ensure that all facets of the workforce system can successfully serve diverse, underserved populations, including people with disabilities.
? Promising practices that promote Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) and nondiscrimination.
? Actions to ensure that people with disabilities and other underrepresented populations are included in all aspects of your state's WIOA Unified or Combined State Plan.
? Ways to incorporate the Good Jobs Initiative and other ?Investing in America? programs into your state plan so that they include people with disabilities.

REGISTER FOR THE DECEMBER 12 WEBINAR [ [link removed] ]

The LEAD Center is committed to ensuring that all attendees can participate fully in its webinars. We provide live CART and ASL interpreting for all our webinars. If you would like an additional accommodation, please email Elizabeth Layman at [email protected] within seven days of the event.

The disability community is diverse. The LEAD Center is committed to being intentionally inclusive of race, ethnicity, gender identity, socioeconomic status, and disability in our research, programs, and partnerships. Talking about ?intersectional identities? is important, and we strive to foster a learning environment. Therefore, we invite you to join our events with empathy and open-mindedness. Learn more [ [link removed] ] about our dedication to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA).

www.LEADCenter.org [ [link removed] ]

The LEAD WIOA Policy Development Center is led by National Disability Institute. This grant is fully funded by the United States Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy in the amount of $8 million under Grant Number: OD-38977-22-75-4-11. This item does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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Job Vacancy Announcements

Blue Cross/Blue Shield has posted new job vacancy listings on their website [ [link removed] ].? Please feel free to share.?

Topeka Job Fair, Thursday, January 11 from 12:30 PM to 3:00 pm at Hillcrest Community Center, 1800n SE 21st Street, Topeka.? For more information go to the Step Up Job Fairs website [ [link removed] ].?

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The Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH) announces three upcoming meetings and events in 2024:

? Next KCDHH Commission meeting - Friday, January 12, 2024 via Zoom from 10 AM to 2 PM
? Deaf and Hard of Hearing Day at the Capitol (tentative date) - Wednesday, March 27, 2024
? Joint KCDHH & MCDHH Interpreter Conference in KC - April 4-6, 2024

For more information please visit [link removed].

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