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Making QWE and ERS Work for You |
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June 14, 2013 |
Here is a copy of the presentation "Making QWE and ERS Work for You" from the 2013 NISH National Conference
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High School Design Challenge Media Coverage |
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WTTG-DC (FOX), 2/15/13, 5:45 p.m.
WUSA-DC (CBS), 2/15/13, 5:39 p.m.
WTIC-CT (FOX), 02/05/13, 5:49 p.m.
Innovation for Accessibility
Forbes
By Judy Owen
March 3, 2013
Poolesville Students Take 2nd and 3rd Places in Design Competition to Help the Disabled
The Washington Post
By Lynh Bui
February 19, 2013
Wethersfield Engineering Club Takes First Place In D.C. Design Challenge
The Hartford Courant
By Christopher Hoffman
February 19, 2013
Poolesville Engineering Teams Awarded for Ingenuity
The Gazette
by Krista Brick
Friday, February 15, 2013
Poolesville Students Hope to Take Home Top Honors Again in Engineering Competition
The Washington Post
By Lynh Bui
February 15, 2013
GEHS Engineering Design Students Heading to Nationals
GardnerEdge.com
Feb. 8th, 2013
Wethersfield Students' Design Helps Defense Contractor Employ Handicapped
Device Gives High School Club Entry To National Competition
The Hartford Courant
By Christopher Hoffman
February 04, 2013
West School Briefs: Minnetonka High is Finalist in U.S. Design Contest
Star Tribune
By: Kelly Smith
February 5, 2013
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November 19, 2012 |
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Representatives of the Institute’s Pathways to Careers program presented at the CSAVR conference on Tuesday, November 13, 2012. Michael Callahan from Marc Gold & Associates, Robert Daniels with PARC and Therese Fimian from the Institute provided information to CSAVR participants on the program goals, unique employment process, employer incentive and key partnerships. The presentation was well received by CSAVR and Pathways to Careers was identified as having great potential to advance the field and significantly improve employment outcomes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
CSAVR Presentation November 13, 2012 |
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National Council of Work Centers Institute Presentations |
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November 16, 2012 |
The 2012 National Council of Work Centers (NCWC) was a great success for the Institute. Posted in this article are two of the presentations given at the event.
 Quality Work Environment and Employee Research System
 How to Recruit and Employ Veterans
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NISH and NDI Host First Asset Development Conference in San Francisco |
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October 2, 2012 |
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Sept. 25th, NISH Pacific West and the NISH Institute for Economic Development hosted an Asset Development Conference (ADC) with the National Disability Institute (NDI) in San Francisco.
Left to Right: NISH Pacific West Executive Director Dave Dubinsky, Toolworks VP Kristy Feck, Bay Area Coalition for Employment Development Co-Chair Daniel Michael and Community Vocational Enterprises (CVE) CEO Lorna Jones were panelists at the event.
The ADC conference brought together community based nonprofits that serve people with disabilities, members of local government, officials from several banks, as well as representatives from the IRS and the California Department of Rehabilitation. This event was part one of a two part seminar series designed to educate individuals with disabilities on the many strategies available to them to maximize their earnings, benefits and achieve economic self-sufficiency. Part two will be a follow up seminar designed specifically for individuals with disabilities. NISH was represented by Kaitlin Woolf from the NISH Institute, as well as Catherine Chase, Isleen Gimenez Wilson and David Dubinsky from the Pacific West Regional team. Breakfast and lunch were provided by Hayes Valley BakeWorks, a social enterprise of Toolworks, Inc. in San Francisco, which is staffed by clients with disabilities. Many thanks go to Senior Administrative Assistant Catherine Chase for coordinating all aspects of this meeting!
Kaitlin Woolf from the NISH Institute facilitated a small group discussion on ways to increase participation in asset development services for people with disabilities. |
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NISH Hosts Asset Development Summit in Partnership with NDI Real Economic Impact Tour |
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September 28, 2012 |
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The NISH Institute for Economic Empowerment recently sponsored an Asset Development Summit in San Francisco, CA on September 25, 2012. As part of its Real Economic Impact (REI) Tour, the National Disability Institute (NDI) presented a day of activities devoted to developing opportunities for collaboration and leveraging resources to build more inclusive financial literacy services for people with disabilities.
Representatives from the disability, financial services, government and asset development communities were in attendance. The Asset Development Summit included discussions on public benefit programs, financial education and asset development opportunities for persons with disabilities. Attendees identified ways to increase the use of available programs by individuals with disabilities and created an action plan for the community. Heightened efforts at collaboration among organizations and across sectors was a central message of the event.
A follow-up event will be scheduled in the coming months to expand on the conversation that began in San Francisco and provide practical training for those involved in the disability and asset development communities.
About NDI’s Real Economic Impact Tour
The Real Economic Impact Tour, now expanded to 100 cities nationwide, along with Economic Empowerment Projects like Asset Summits in over a dozen states is creating a new roadmap out of poverty for individuals with disabilities and their families.
NDI’s tools and strategies focus on fostering public policy change, education and training to build capacity and leadership in the disability and asset building communities, and research to document promising practices that support income production and savings and asset development and accumulation.
From responsive user-friendly strategies to financial education and newly developed training programs to blending benefits planning with asset building tools, NDI is implementing exciting new ways to advance self-sufficiency for millions of individuals with disabilities and their families.
The San Francisco Asset Development Summit was made possible by the NDI REI Tour and these local partners:
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