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>Proyecto Vision Launched: First National Technical Assistance Center
>For U.S. Latinos with Disabilities
>
>Oakland, California, December 18, 2001…The U.S. Department of Education’s
>Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) has awarded the World
>Institute on Disability (WID), based in Oakland, California a five- year
>grant to establish the National Technical Assistance Center for Latinos
>with Disabilities living in the USA.
>
>Project Goals
>To be called Proyecto Vision (Project Vision), the Center will:
>1) connect disabled Latinos with employment services and related resources;
>
>2) work with government agencies and private organizations focusing on
>employment and technology, to increase their outreach to disabled
>Hispanics; and
>3) help Hispanic and Latino organizations to better serve their disabled
>community members.
>To accomplish these goals, the project will offer: bilingual technical
>assistance via a toll-free hotline, a bilingual website and listserv,
>annual employment-centered trainings, and leadership development
>activities. The project will also build a national Latino disability
>network based on the regional trainings, develop unique outreach
>activities designed with the national Hispanic Radio Network, and carry
>out an extensive translation program focused on employment related
>legislation and training opportunities.
>
>Two Positions Available
>A full-time Project Coordinator and Technical Assistance Specialist will
>be hired. Job descriptions and more information about the project are
>available on WID’s website: www.wid.org
>
>Innovative Partnerships
>According to Project Director Kathy Martinez, Deputy Director of WID, this
>initiative will enable WID to build innovative partnerships between the
>national Latino business and cultural communities and the disability
>community. She pointed out that, “Typically, disabled Latinos do not
>access critical opportunities that lead to employment, such as
>internships, scholarships and professional networks. By bringing together
>stakeholders in the Latino, disability, business and employment service
>communities, this project will address these disparities and help to even
>the playing field for Latinos with disabilities as they prepare to enter
>or advance in the workforce.”
>
>Hispanic Community Partners
>Raul Yzaguirre, President of the National Council of La Raza, stated, “Our
>community-based organizations have told us that they have many clients who
>are Latinos with disabilities who are eager to work and contribute, but
>who lack the opportunity. This project provides an exciting and innovative
>approach to tapping into this underutilized resource within our community.”
>
>Other leading community partners in this project include the Hispanic
>Chamber of Commerce and the Hispanic Radio Network.
>Disability Community Partners
>This project was designed by the World Institute on Disability in close
>partnership with: the Central Coast Center for Independent Living, based
>in Salinas, California, which provides services to disabled farm and
>migrant workers; the Harlem Independent Living Center, which provides
>bilingual services in the inner city; the Southwestern Regional Disability
>Business Technical Assistance Center, based in Houston, Texas; and the
>InterAmerican Institute on Disability, based in the Washington, D.C.
>metropolitan area.
>
>Website
>The Vision website will feature news and resources in Spanish and English
>about employment services such as job banks and resume writing, employment
>success stories, assistive technology and worksite accommodation,
>employment initiatives of government agencies and service providers,
>related legislation, and articles about transition from school to work.
>
>Other Project Opportunities
>In addition to the two new positions, the project will identify and
>develop emerging Latino disabled leaders, including project reporters who
>will produce articles for the bilingual website and newsletter. Other
>disabled Latinos will be trained to conduct disability awareness
>presentations and information sessions about legislation, employment and
>disability to a wide variety of Latino organizations and businesses.
>
>Related WID Activities
>Currently, WID operates the Center on Economic Development and Disability
>that provides training and technical assistance on employment related
>legislation, including The Ticket To Work Incentives Improvement Act and
>the Americans with Disabilities Act. WID also partners in The
>Informational Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center whose
>goal is to inform industry, government and consumers about new laws that
>will make technology more accessible to all members of society.
>
>WID will also be working in close collaboration with the Rehabilitation
>Services Administration team to develop a project advisory board of Latino
>leaders and to introduce the project to business and employment
>initiatives across the country.
>
>Further details are available from Kathy Martinez, phone 510 251 4326 or
>email [log in to unmask]
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Devva Kasnitz, PhD
NIDRR SWITZER FELLOW
Disability Studies at Cal (DiSC)
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