Resources

Data from Employment Studies on Tenure, Attendance of people with disabilities

• https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=hospman_facpub
• https://www.accenture.com/content/dam/accenture/final/accenture-com/document-2/Disability-Inclusion-Report-Business-Imperative.pdf

Average Cost of Accommodation

Employment Security Department/Governor’s Committee on Disability and Employment Issues (GCDE):

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation DVR

• DVR Employ Abil 22-827 (Rev. 12_23)
• DVR Employ Abil 22-827 (Rev. 12_23)_SP_FINAL

Foundational Community Supports (FCS)

Worksource

Community Employment Alliance

Department of Services for the Blind

REDF

Interpreting resources: Hearing Speech Deafness Center

Language Link

Assistive Technology: WATAP 

Technology loans & Financial coaching: Washington Access Fund

Technology grants: Ben’s Fund: https://www.bensfund.org/

Purple https://www.signlanguage.com/

Veterans/ spouse: Hire our Heroes

Whatcom Dream Resources

Mental Health Resources:

• Suicide Among People with Disabilities.pdf (wa.gov)
• Suicide Prevention for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (texasjcmh.gov)
• Study explores suicide risk for people with disabilities » College of Public Health & Health Professions » College of Public Health and Health Professions » University of Florida (ufl.edu)
• Skagit County Mental Health First Aid Resources

CAP flyer 2024

Advocacy: People 1st of Washington 

Local partners & stakeholders:

• https://www.skagitcounty.net/Departments/HumanServices/DD/main.htm
• https://www.skagit.edu/disability-access-services/
• https://www.dshs.wa.gov/location/dshs-dda-mountvernon-fo

Large-scale Employer Initiatives to hire people with disabilities:

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/supportedemployment?activetab=pivot_1%3aprimaryr2
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/inside-microsoft/cross-disability/neurodiversityhiring
• https://disabilityin.org/partner-spotlight/the-boeing-company/
• https://www.walgreens.com/topic/sr/sr_disability-inclusion.jsp