Legislative Updates
PA Employment First Oversight Commission Releases Report on Plan for Competitive Integrated Employment as an Option for All PA Residents with a Disability
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 1, 2019 View Online Employment First Commission Announces Recommendations to Help People with Disabilities Find Competitive, Fulfilling Jobs Harrisburg, PA – As part of his commitment to help people with disabilities find competitive jobs in the community, Governor Tom Wolf announced today the inaugural Employment First Oversight Commission annual report. The…
Read MorePRA Board Meeting Friday Sept. 20th Open to All PRA Members- Consider Bringing a Guest
The PRA general Board will be held on Friday Sept. 20th at the Giant Community Center at 3301 Trandle Rd., Camp Hill PA from 10am – 2pm. Any active PRA member is welcomed to attend. You may bring a guest. Space is limited so please let our president Tracie Maille know if you are planning to…
Read MoreMark Allan Schultz New Commissioner for Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
New Commissioner Leads U.S. Education Department’s Rehabilitation Services Administration Mark Allan Schultz, most recently a deputy commissioner at the Nebraska Department of Education, will lead the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) within the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS). RSA assists states and other agencies in their work to provide vocational rehabilitation and…
Read MorePRA is now seeking Board-Members- At Large and 2nd V.P. Nominations via NRA webpage and link
Annually PRA seeks new members for the position of 2nd Vice President and at least three Board members-at-large. These are exciting opportunities to learn leadership skills and to help guide PA’s oldest professional association representing public VR counselors, Dept. of Veteran Affairs VR counselors, CRC’s in in private practice, community rehabilitation agency professional, business and…
Read MoreToday, July 26th, marks the 29th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Americans with Disabilities Act Blog signed into law by President George H.W. Bush. The law prohibits discrimination against job seekers and employees based on disability. It also outlines ways to accommodate those with disabilities in the workplace and in public. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Disability Employment Policy, Jennifer Sheehy, published a blog…
Read More29th Anniversary of the ADA and 2017 PwD Employment Statistics: As Vocational Rehabilitation Providers and Stakeholders there is Still Much to be Done!
Anniversary of Americans With Disabilities Act: July 26, 2019 PROFILE AMERICA FACTS FOR FEATURES Compliments of the U.S. Census Bureau: CB19-FF.06 JULY 1, 2019 On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodations, commercial facilities, telecommunications,…
Read More2019 National Disability Employment Awareness Month Theme
2019 NDEAM Theme Announced: “The Right Talent, Right Now” U.S. Department of Labor announced the theme for National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) 2019: “The Right Talent, Right Now.” This theme emphasizes the essential role people with disabilities play in America’s economic success, especially in an era when historically low unemployment and global competition are…
Read MoreFederal Legislation to Insure Services to PWD and Elderly During Disasters
Action Alert! Ask Congress to Sign-on as Original Cosponsors to Bills Protecting the Rights of Disaster-Impacted People with Disabilities The Fed Disaster Relief Inclusive Legislation for PWD and Elderly Action Alert June 10thAmerican Association of People with Disabilities is working with the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies (the Partnership) on two historic…
Read MorePA Dept. of Labor & Industry Sec. Oleksiak Announces New OVR Executive Director-Shannon Austin
Labor & Industry Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Shannon Austin has been named executive director for the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR). Shannon brings 19 years of combined experience in human resource management, workforce development and vocational rehabilitation to her new role. Throughout her professional career, she has worked tirelessly to develop and…
Read More2019 PDI A Success with Over 100+ in Attendance.
PRA conducted its annual PDI training on April 18th at the Conference Center on the campus of Central Penn College in Summerdale PA. OVR 100 participants joined the event this years with over 30 undergraduate and graduate students in the rehabilitation sciences programs from Clarion University of PA, the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State University…
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