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.   “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.” by Ralph Braunby, provided by Representative Muratore.

3. Guest speaker Becky Curran Kekula, Senior Director, Disability Equality Index at Disability:IN
4. Signature Event Discussion: focus plan on employment
5. Continue Review Subcommittee Priorities and Establish Next Steps
   1. Review/Discuss WorkAbility Report remaining priorities:

                              Remove physical/technical barriers to employment

                              Set new disability hiring goals in state contracting

                              Mitigate "cliff effect" with benefits management resources

                              Establish state house internship program for persons with disabilities with MRC

                              Plan self-identification PSA campaign

3. Announcements from Subcommittee Members
4. Adjournment

Meeting information:

• Meeting will be held virtually via Zoom and livestreamed for the public at https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/4541
• 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 Index DEI Presentation https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2023/05/14/DEI%20MA%20Presentation%20DISABILITY%20INDEX.pdf
• 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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