Creating Employment Opportunities For People with Significant Disabilities
Bob Chamberlin, President and CEO
July 14, 2014
Who We Serve Primary Disability Type – SourceAmerica Producing Non-Profit Agencies*
Intellectual/Development Disability
41.6%
Mental Illnesses
29.7%
Musculoskeletal Disabilities
10.2%
Other Physical Disorders
6.7%
Hearing Impairment
4.7%
Other Neurological Impairments
2.1%
Other
1.8%
Blind and Visual Impairments
1.7%
Traumatic Brain Injury
1.5%
*Reporting agencies: 65% of SourceAmerica AbilityOne employees, FY 13, Qtr 4
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Job Creation…How it Works Based on Three Fundamental Premises: ■ Federal Government and Commercial Customer Need Goods and Services ■ People with Disabilities Want to Work, are Highly Motivated, and Excel at What They Do ■ Job Growth/Opportunities Will Occur Through Nonstop Focus, Leadership from Top, and Relationship Building
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Job Creation…How it Works (continued) What We Do – Job Creation Process ■ Identify Federal and Commercial Employment Opportunities ■ Publicize Opportunities in Non-Profit Sector ■ Select a Non-Profit to Perform Work ■ Assist with Proposal and Pre/Post Implementation Support Including Training
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Job Creation…How it Works (continued) ■ What We Do – Eliminate/Reduce Barriers to Employment ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Business Development Approach Public Policy Assistive Technology Grassroots Advocacy Achievement and Recognition
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Program Organization Agriculture Air Force Army Commerce Defense Education GSA
Justice Labor Navy Veterans 4 Private Citizens
U.U.S.S.AbilityOne AbilityOne Commission™ Commission
70 Nonprofit Agencies (NPA) Employing the Blind
Congress (Legal Authority)
540 Nonprofit Agencies (NPA) Employing Persons with Significant Disabilities
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SourceAmerica Network
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Job Creation‌Federal Products and Services
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Job Creation‌Commercial Relationships
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Job Creation…Thinking Outside the Box • • • • • • •
Franchising Relationships Incentivizing Entrepreneurial Expansion Partnering with Systems Provider Forming Consortiums Establishing Ideas to Work Program Supporting Wounded Warrior Internship Creating “Pathways to Employment”
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Job Creation…Good in Theory …. But How Do We Make IT Happen? ■ Reach Out, Explore, Listen ■ Get Out of Comfort Zone − Use A Different Lens − Take Some Risk − View Change as an Opportunity
■ Maintain Non-Stop Effort to Build/Grow ■ Keep Focus on Long-Term Payoff
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