Because a lifetime is too long to wait!
Because a lifetime is too long to wait!
CPSD Applauds the US Commission on Civil Rights Recommendations to End the Use of Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities and Expand Opportunities for Competitive Integrated Employment September 17, 2020 Today, the US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) released its …
The Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination and the National Council on Disability celebrated National Disability Employment Awareness Month with a Congressional Briefing on Monday, October 28 2019. SUCCESSES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TRANSITIONING TO COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT Attendees learned about competitive integrated …
ACTION ALERT: Comment Today to Support Equal Pay for People with Disabilities! This week the Department of Labor announced its new website, “the Section 14(c) National Online Dialogue.” The purpose of the website is to collect comments from the public …
The organizations listed in the letter above support the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act.
Most people with disabilities want to work, live independently and be economically self-sufficient. Unfortunately, employment for people with disabilities continues to lag significantly compared to those without disabilities. For too many people with disabilities, their only option is to work …
January 25, 2019 Senator Robert “Bob” Casey 393 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Chairman Bobby Scott 2176 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Casey and Chairman Scott: On behalf of the Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination (CPSD), …
Please see the attached two letters for more details. To read the bill text of the Raise the Wage Act, click here. To read the section-by-section of the Raise the Wage Act, click here. To read a fact sheet on Raise the Wage Act, click here.
November 27, 2018 Secretary Betsy DeVos U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave., SW Washington, DC 20202-7100 Dear Secretary DeVos, The undersigned organizations write to express our continued strong opposition to any efforts by the U.S. Department of Education to …
CPSD, together with almost 40 other national disability organizations, sent a letter to Secretary DeVos opposing any efforts by the Department of Education to weaken or open existing regulations implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which focuses on …