{"id":3203,"date":"2019-02-18T19:15:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T19:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wi-bpdd.org\/?p=3203"},"modified":"2019-03-01T21:20:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T21:20:01","slug":"partners-with-business-grants-applications-due-february-28th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wi-bpdd.org\/index.php\/2019\/02\/18\/partners-with-business-grants-applications-due-february-28th\/","title":{"rendered":"Partners with Business Grants: Applications Due Date Extended to March 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (WI BPDD) is seeking five (5) grantees to partner with the WI BPDD and a project consultant to successfully implement the Partners with Business<\/strong> model of employment supports.<\/p>\n

Partners with Business<\/strong> is a way to support workers with intellectual and developmental disabilities to achieve long-term success on the job by using a creative combination of natural and formal supports, both of which are provided by the employer. Partners with Business<\/strong> reduces reliance on job coach staff, builds the capacity of a school or vocational agency to increase the number of people supported in community jobs, empowers employers to provide supports, and saves scarce public resources.<\/p>\n

WI BPDD will provide mini-grants to five (5) entities.\u00a0 Eligible applicants include:\u00a0 public schools; care management organizations that administer Family Care or the Family Care Partnership Program; consultant agencies that assist enrollees of the IRIS self-directed services option; employment service providers for the state’s long-term care programs; and private businesses.<\/p>\n

Awardees will receive technical assistance and project funds of $4,999 (for each grant site) to successfully implement the Partners with Business support model with least three to five (3-5) individuals with intellectual\/developmental disabilities in competitive jobs.<\/p>\n

To learn more and apply, see the Partners with Business application<\/a>.\u00a0 Applications are due by 5:00 pm on February 28, 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (WI BPDD) is seeking five (5) grantees to partner with the WI BPDD and a project consultant to successfully implement the Partners with Business model of employment supports. Partners with Business is a way to support workers with intellectual and developmental disabilities to achieve long-term success on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","category-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t