Employment Resources

URL: http://healthycommunityliving.com

Creation Date: 2020            

Type of Product: workshops

People Required: organization

Adaptation Needed: little to no adaptation

Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to rural areas

Reading Time: varies depending on workshops offered

Funding: fee to access facilitator trainings

Staff Needed: need staff facilitators to take trainings and lead workshops

Supplies: need internet access, may want to print some materials

Technology: need internet access, devices to access materials; projector/tv if sharing with group

Alone/Group: done alone (1-2 staff), workshops are for groups of people with disabilities

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: not all participants will maintain interest/availability for a full 7-10 week workshop

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 9

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great

URL: 

Creation Date: December 2018            

Type of Product: guide/how-to; infosheet

People Required: organization/community

Adaptation Needed: little to none needed

Rural Adaptations: rural schools/areas may not have all the professionals referenced by guide

Reading Time: thirty-page document: might take time to review

Funding: none needed for the guide

Staff Needed: teachers, vocational rehabilitation counselors, IEP group

Supplies: need this guide and external resources mentioned

Technology: need this guide and other resources included; can be printed

Alone/Group: group

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 13

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great

URL: 

Creation Date: N/A            

Type of Product: toolkit; guide/how-to

People Required: organization

Adaptation Needed: webinar access

Rural Adaptations: online access

Reading Time: long time to read document

Funding: none needed for guide

Staff Needed: staff to hire

Supplies: manual and worksheets, examples, webinars

Technology: need this guide and other resources included, can be printed; internet access for webinars

Alone/Group: done alone

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: liabilities, although these are addressed in guide

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great

URL: 

Creation Date: 2005            

Type of Product: guide/how-to

People Required: individual

Adaptation Needed: may need to update some information

Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas                           

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: none needed for the guide

Staff Needed: a personal assistant

Supplies: need this guide; hoyer lift (or similar devices) to practice if needed

Technology: need this guide; can be printed

Alone/Group: Done alone

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 9

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great

URL: 

Creation Date: 1998           

Type of Product: guide/how-to

People Required: individual

Adaptation Needed: might need to update info

Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: none needed for the guide

Staff Needed: a personal attendant

Supplies: need this guide; hoyer lift (or similar devices) to practice if needed

Technology: need this guide; can be printed

Alone/Group: done alone

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great

URL: http://nwadacenter.org/factsheet/making-web-based-job-application-forms-accessible-all-users

Creation Date: March 2017

Type of Product: infosheet; tips 

People Required: organization

Adaptation Needed: may need some updates

Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: none needed for the guide

Staff Needed: web developer to update websites/job postings and staff to test with accessibility tools

Supplies: job applications; technology to access website

Technology: need to be able to access website

Alone/Group: done alone or group depending on testing requirements

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: may need significant changes depending on website accessibility

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 10

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great

URL: 

https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ruralinst_employment/1/

https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ruralinst_employment/2/

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15575330.2006.10383108

Creation Date: 2003-2008            

Type of Product: research project 

People Required: community

Adaptation Needed: every community is different; would need to make adjustments depending on local economy and partners

Rural Adaptations: studies took place in rural areas

Reading Time: may take a long time to read studies

Funding: must be actively served by a CIL or VR program interested in sponsoring the project; requires sponsoring disability service agency and co-sponsoring economic development agency

Staff Needed: several team members, sponsoring agencies; two individuals with disabilities as team leaders; community advisory committee of local stakeholders

Supplies: need guidebook, funding, meeting space, businesses

Technology: some materials, information, collaboration tools may need internet access

Alone/Group: group

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: long-term community development project that takes months, many stakeholders

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 18

Practical As-Is for Implementation: good potential, but requires community knowledge and connections

URL: 

Creation Date: 2003            

Type of Product: infosheet

People Required: organization

Adaptation Needed: would need a more concrete how-to guide

Rural Adaptations: some of the models may not be available or have been phased out in rural areas

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: none needed for the guide

Staff Needed: readability

Supplies: need this guide

Technology: need this guide; can be printed

Alone/Group: done alone

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great as an overview sheet

URL: http://vrselfemployment.org/

Creation Date: N/A            

Type of Product: workshop/guide

People Required: individual

Adaptation Needed: each person’s self-employment goals are different; meant to be gone through with a person alongside their vocational rehabilitation counselor

Rural Adaptations: workshop completed online

Reading Time: takes time to review each topic

Funding: none needed for the guide; people will need money to start their business

Staff Needed: VR counselor

Supplies: need internet access and devices to use guide

Technology: internet access; can be printed

Alone/Group: done in small group or individually

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: some people may not have internet access for resources; may need more support to understand guide

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 9

Practical As-Is for Implementation: good

URL: 

Creation Date: 1997            

Type of Product: guide; facilitation; infosheet

People Required: individual

Adaptation Needed: would need some updating (outdated research, resources, possible stereotypes)

Rural Adaptations: doesn’t appear to be limited to urban areas

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: none needed for the guide; some materials may need to be printed

Staff Needed: staff needed to facilitate guide with farmworkers

Supplies: this guide, worksheets, and references/resources

Technology: online access to resource; can be printed

Alone/Group: alone or in a group with agencies

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: some people/places may have inability to access resources

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 16

Practical As-Is for Implementation: update needed

URL: https://www.cognitopia.com/

Creation Date: 2020          

Type of Product: app

People Required: individual

Adaptation Needed: little to none needed

Rural Adaptations: needed if availability of technology is sparse

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read information about app

Funding: have to pay for app

Staff Needed: none

Supplies: this app

Technology: needed to use product

Alone/Group: done alone

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): College Graduate

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great