Ticket To Independant Living

Job Opportunities

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 2008 Annual Report on the Federal Workforce, FY 2007.
The Federal Government identified, Targeted Disabilities for special emphasis: - deafness, blindness, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, convulsive disorders, (mental retardation), mental illness, and distortion of limb and/or spine.

History of Disability Mentoring began in 1999; AAPD in Washington DC received a grant from U.S. Department of Labor. 1998, Disability Mentoring Month was introduced to City of Boca Raton, inform & advocate to employ talents of people with disabilities. 2003, AAPD strengthened partnership to expand career exploration through national corporate advocacy.
Corporations benefit through DM as a cost effective recruiting tool, offering screened selected candidates. HR fulfills EEO requirements & identifies a valuable labor pool to reduce future job turnover.

Individual Career and Group Self Assessment designed per individual needs‚ activities and personal assessment exercise help inform and direct starting point for job exploration.
Individual Career and Group Self Assessment designed per individual needs‚ activities and personal assessment exercise help inform and direct starting point for job exploration.

ADF develops business relationships to increase opportunities for job seekers to ultimately achieve independence. And, businesses recognize Ticket To Independent Living as a cost effective recruiting tool to attract screened candidates, fulfill EEO requirements and reduce turnover as a significant benefit to their organization.

Ticket to Independent Living combines career exploration, employability skill building, peer to peer social interaction, financial literacyand travel independence skills.Mentees benefit from identifying a career path of their liking and are encouraged to envision their personal and professional development in a work environment.

Ticket to Independent Living crafts the curriculum framework to address job seekers particular likes and needs. Programs are interactive to motivate job seekers and increase performance standards to achieve job placement outcomes.

Ticket To Independent Living 12 week career development program advances self advocacy, social responsibility, travel and financial literacy training & pre-employment skill building.

Promotes competition in the workplace
Advances communication skills
Creates individual experiences
Increases social & employment opportunities
Empowers personal development & self confidence

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Career Exploration Experience

EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Recommendation for Job Seekers Apply to agencies with critical hiring needs, hiring people with disabilities. 80 % Feds new hires in 5 government fieldsSecurity, protection, compliance and enforcement Medical and public health; Accounting, budget, and business; Engineering and sciences; Program management, analysis & administration Federal Agencies hiring highest % of Persons with Disabilities FY 2007 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

2.65% EEOC

2.06% Social Security Administration
2.03% Defense Finance & Accounting Service
1.89% Defense Logistics Agency
1.70% Department of Treasury

Labor Statistics Support

Facts:
Only 10% of Florida students with disabilities graduate from high school with some form of employment.
According to the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation‚ more than 70% of youth with disabilities are still unemployed two years after graduation.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, reports 22.8% of people with disabilities employed in the labor force compared with 70.9 % for persons with no disability.