Weekly News Wire | February 7, 2022
North Carolina Launches New Plan To Advance Employment For Individuals With I/DD
On January 20, 2022, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announced the start of the five-year “Promoting and Expanding Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Strategic Plan” (CIE I/DD Plan) to advance employment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). The goal of the plan is to help people with I/DD gain access to jobs in the community that pay above minimum wage and offer access to the same benefits as others in the workplace. Over five years, NCDHHS intends to phase out sheltered workshops/segregated employment . . .
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