GG Meeting Summary & Resources
As a result of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) has changed the way it engages businesses. VR established a business relations project which provides customized services to local businesses to help them recognize the value people with disabilities have and how to recruit and hire these individuals. By providing businesses customized services, these partnerships allow VR participants to obtain competitive integrated employment.
VR’s business relations project has become a leading tool for helping employers efficiently connect to potential employees with disabilities. Our guest presenters, Kathy Davis and Aleks Bologna, shared information on the history of the business relations project and how it functions and provided some recommendations for people with disabilities and their families for engaging with their employment staff.
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Who can I contact to get more information about this presentation?
Contact info:
Kathy Davis – kathy.davis@vr.fldoe.org
Aleks Bologna – aleksander.bologna@vr.fldoe.org
