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The Partners with Business model\u00a0helps you support workers with disabilities to be successful, and<\/em> helps you attain greater flexibility to meet your business needs, improve your bottom line, and achieve your workplace diversity goals. 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We take them to work and show them! \u00a0Here they see firsthand how people with disabilities contribute to the local economy. 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Over the next five years, the Living Well grant plans to develop and test approaches to improve home and community-based services for people with developmental disabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”\/index.php\/living-well\/” button_text=”Read More” _builder_version=”4.0.6″ custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_color=”#79cc8c” background_layout=”dark” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You want to be a more diverse and inclusive place. We can\u00a0help you\u00a0be innovative and flexible to provide the most opportunities and support to those with disabilities.Wisconsin Employment FirstAre […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"The goal of BPDD's employment projects is for people with developmental disabilities to be employed in integrated jobs of their choosing in the community. Go to the links below for more information about each project, including how to get involved and who to contact with questions.\r\nBuilding Full Lives\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nThrough the Building Full Lives project<\/a>, the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities collaborates with service provider organizations in Wisconsin to expand community-based services to support people to safely explore, connect, and contribute to their communities while developing specific life skills. These \u201cBuilding Full Life\u201d services provide a pathway to greater independence, meaningful connections and relationships, and employment.\r\n
Partners with Business<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nThe Partners with Business<\/a>\u00a0initiative was signed into law<\/a> in April 2018 and is based on a successful, cost-effective strategy from BPDD\u2019s Let\u2019s Get to Work youth employment project that shows businesses how co-workers can provide support to employees with disabilities on the job.\u00a0 In spring\u00a02019 BPDD granted five awards<\/a> statewide to services providers and funders to guide their implementation of the model with local businesses.\r\n
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<\/a>Take Your Legislator to Work Campaign<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nBPDD conducts the Take Your Legislator to Work Campaign<\/a> to raise awareness about the importance of integrated employment for people with disabilities. People with disabilities who have integrated jobs are encouraged to participate in the campaign.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n![\"Wisconsin](\"https:\/\/wi-bpdd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/EF_logo_2019_RGB-300x146.jpg\" "\\"WI"){kind=logo}
<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nWisconsin Employment First\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nWisconsin Employment First<\/a> promotes Integrated Employment - jobs in typical business settings at minimum wage or higher - in the general workforce for people with disabilities. The initiative combines the work of grassroots groups with statewide policy and legislative efforts. Employment First Partner applications<\/a> are now available!\r\n
Wisconsin Employment First Conference<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nThe Wisconsin Employment First Conference<\/a> is for anyone interested in increasing integrated employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Conference participants learn strategies that support people with disabilities to get jobs, develop local action plans, and develop a statewide network. Save the Date!\u00a0 Next year's conference is scheduled for May 19, 2020, in Wisconsin Dells!\r\nHandouts and recordings from the 2019 conference are available here<\/a>.\u00a0 View a summary of the 2018 conference session discussions and content here<\/a>.\r\n
Let's Get to Work<\/h2>\r\nThe Board has finished the Let's Get to Work project. This project focused on developing and implementing policies and practices that raise community expectations and reduce systems barriers, leading to higher integrated employment outcomes for youth in transition who have significant intellectual and developmental disabilities. For more information, see\u00a0http:\/\/www.letsgettoworkwi.org\/<\/a>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-138","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wi-bpdd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wi-bpdd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wi-bpdd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wi-bpdd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wi-bpdd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":109,"href":"https:\/\/wi-bpdd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11708,"href":"https:\/\/wi-bpdd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138\/revisions\/11708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wi-bpdd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}