Public Meeting Notice  Disability Employment Subcommittee Meeting

This is a meeting of the Disability Employment Subcommittee of the permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities. This subcommittee will collect data and analyze initiatives that increase employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities in private employment and in state government.

Agenda:

1. Welcome, Roll Call, and Introductions
2. Inspirational Quote

a.   "Give me a job and you instantly get me involved. If you give me a job, then the rest of the stuff will get solved. Put me to work, you would think that by now I'm allowed. I'll do you proud." A Chorus Line, Lyrics by Edward Kleban, Music by Marvin Hamlisch, provided by Oz Mondejar.

3. Guest speaker Joseph Reale, Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) on the Disability Employment Tax Credit (DETC).
4. Continue Review Subcommittee Priorities and Establish Next Steps
   1. 1. Review the “Grid”, provide updates
      2. Review WorkAbility Report priorities
5. Announcements from Subcommittee Members
6. Adjournment

Meeting information:

• Meeting will be held virtually via Zoom Webinar: : https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-BW26gUaTqiPUutLHjKHHg#/registration and live streamed for the public at https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/4506
• CART service will be available embedded in Zoom with captions and through a separate URL: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=StatehouseADA
• ASL interpreters will be spotlighted.
• For accessibility requests and other questions, contact Imene Bouziane Saidi at Imene.BouzianeSaidi@mass.gov

Meeting Documents (attached and linked)

• Disability Employment Tax Credit, MRC Presentation
• WorkAbility Report Suggestions Trackers https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_4mOrvC9clINJPvqupyCgJXE47yvfnlz/edit#gi d=330415400
• The Grid https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_4mOrvC9clINJPvqupyCgJXE47yvfnlz/edit#gi d=330415400

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