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The Virginia Medicaid Infrastructure Grant focuses on empowering employers to understand the benefits and necessary accommodations for hiring individuals with disabilities. This initiative involves collaboration across various programs and resources to provide assistance through presentations, job fairs, and assistive technology demonstrations. The objective is to highlight the qualifications of workers with disabilities and promote the concept of Universal Design in business practices, showcasing Medicaid Works as a strategy to enhance employment opportunities.
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Virginia MedicaidInfrastructure Grant Business Outreach Projects Objective: Employers become more knowledgeable about accommodations and advantages of hiring persons with disabilities • Requires blending and braiding of resources • Requires collaboration across grants and programs
Business Outreach Projects Strategy • Provide AT at Work presentations • Participate in job fairs and business trade show venues • Promote UD as a business services concept to enhance employment for PWD
Business Outreach Projects Purpose of Business Outreach • Showcase the availability and qualifications of workers with disabilities • Demonstrate the ability of assistive technology to provide employment opportunities through reasonable and affordable workplace accommodations • Utilize DPNs, Business Development Managers, One Stop and VATS staff to provide hands on AT demonstrations • Promote Medicaid Works to employers as a strategy to increase employment opportunities
Business Outreach Projects MIG Resources: • AT business displays • Business trade show registrations & publications • Additional AT work kits • DPN senior staff • UD presentations & events • UD consultant
Business Outreach ProjectsUD is the design of products & environments to be useable by all people