Monday Morning in Washington, DC, Volume 04, Issue 43, October 25, 2004

Welcome to Monday Morning in Washington, DC. The Inclusion Research Institute of Washington, DC publishes this weekly report. We will bring to you the events of importance to parents, children, and individuals with disabilities. Please send your comments to mmwdc@inclusionresearch.org. You are welcome to reproduce and distribute items from “Monday Morning”, but please credit “Monday Morning in Washington, DC” (Inclusion Research Institute, 2002)

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IN THIS ISSUE

• October 26 Disability Vote Media Day
• Barriers restrict voting by people with disabilities
• The ADA, the Courts, and the Election - From Steve Gold
• Tips for voters with disabilities
• LCCR and LCCREF Offer Online Compendium of Voter Resources
• Take Advantage of Early Voting!"
• Workbook outlines WIA training options
• NCPAD Monthly Newsletter
• RecTech NUDGE Corner - Paraplegia Exercise Videoclip
• DOJ Announces Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Adopt New Design Standards
• Physical Inactivity Cost Calculator
• Events
• Grants
• Do you know a military family who needs respite care?
• Webcasts now available on Kaiesernetwork.org
• Disability Insurance: SSA Should Strengthen Its Efforts to Detect and Prevent Overpayments. GAO-04-929
• Information Technology: Major Federal Networks That Support Homeland Security Functions. GAO-04-375
• Public Community Colleges and Technical Schools: Most Schools Use Credit and Noncredit Programs for Workforce Development. GAO-05-4
• Focused Monitoring
• National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring
• Law, Health Policy & Disability Center Bulletin Board
• Medicare beneficiaries will soon be able to resolve Medicare appeals faster
• New EEOC Fact Sheet addresses Employment rights of people with intellectual disabilities
• Realize the Potential: 5th Annual Youth Development Symposium

October 26 Disability Vote Media Day

Congratulations to advocates at the local, state and national organization for your record-breaking disability vote work. Unfortunately, the potential of the disability vote is below the radar screen of most media. Tuesday, October 26 is one week before Election Day. In an effort to increase the turnout of people with disabilities and draw press attention, AAPD with our colleagues from ADAPT, United Cerebral Palsy, and the Ability Center of Toledo, Ohio, we are calling on our community to either send out a press release or hold a press conference on Tuesday, October 26, 2004. The broad message is that we’ll be voting in record numbers in order to defend the ADA and to make our communities more accessible.Start planning now, highlight your community’s nonpartisan voting activities.

• Voter registration drives.
• Voting access struggle.
• Get Out the Disability Vote drives.

Jim Dickson, Vice President of Government Affairs, American Association of People With Disabilities (AAPD), 202-457-0046 x25, 202-457-0473 fax, 1629 K Street NW, Suite 503, Washington, DC 20006, Visit our website at www.aapd-dc.org, e-mail: aapdvote@earthlink.net

Call your local Board of Elections before Election Day to find the location of your polling place and itsaccessibility features is part of good planning. Election Day is Tuesday, November 2, 2004. As Justin Dart said, “Vote as if your life depended on it, because it does.”

A Press Release from the National Organization on Disability: Barriers restrict voting by people with disabilities

Transportation and problems at polling places are major impediments to voting rights

WASHINGTON, DC, October 19 - Twenty-one percent of U.S. adults with disabilities-representing more than eight million potential voters-say they have been unable to vote in presidential or congressional elections due to barriers faced either at, or in getting to, the polls. The findings raise serious issues for the upcoming elections, which already are cause for concern among voting rights advocates. This poll result is part of a larger disability survey project studying voter preferences, issues of concern, and barriers to voting during this election season. This survey project by the National Organization on Disability has been made possible by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Issues of voting rights are not confined to a single state or a single voting bloc, said N.O.D. President Alan A. Reich. They are national issues with national repercussions. We strongly encourage election officials to respond to this serious problem and to direct all poll workers to redouble efforts to ensure that those of us with disabilities receive all necessary attention and assistance.

N.O.D.’s poll*, conducted by Harris Interactive., found that of the roughly one-fifth of U.S. adults with disabilities who said they had wanted to vote, but were not able to:

• 29 percent said they could not get accessible transportation;
• 22 percent said their eligibility had been challenged;
• 21 percent reported the polling place was not accessible;
• 21 percent reported their mental or physical abilities were questioned;
• 19 percent said they could not understand the voting machine;
• 18 percent said they were made to feel embarrassed or uncomfortable;
• 12 percent reported that needed alternative voting formats (e.g. large print ballots, computer assisted voting
• booths, paper ballots, etc.) were not available;
• 12 percent said needed assistance (e.g. a sign language interpreter) was not available; and
• 8 percent said they were not allowed to have someone help them with the voting machine.

Additionally, 21 percent said they did not know how to register, in spite of legal requirements that those who provide services to people with disabilities also offer help in registering to vote.

Forty million Americans with disabilities are of voting age and it is critical that our ballots be cast, just like anyone elses. It is the fundamental promise of democracy that the voices of all citizens will be heard through the ballot box. Reich said. People with disabilities have more, not less, reason than other Americans to vote, yet only 41 percent of voting-aged citizens with disabilities voted in 2000. In these final days leading up to the 2004 election, and in the months that follow, we are determined to ensure that promise is kept for people with disabilities.

The National Organization on Disability, founded in 1982, promotes the full and equal participation and contribution of Americas 54 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life. N.O.D. is a nonpartisan organization. For more information visit www.nod.org.

*Methodology: The Harris Poll. was conducted by telephone within the United States between September 9 and 13, 2004 among a nationwide cross section of 398 adults (aged 18 and over) with disabilities and 828 adults (aged 18 and over) without disabilities. For both samples figures for age, sex, race, education, and region were weighted where necessary to align them with their actual proportions in each population. For the sample of people with disabilities, these respondents were also weighted by type of disability and the sample of people without disabilities was also weighted by the number of adults and number of voice/telephone lines in the household where necessary. In theory, with a probability sample of this size, one can say with 95 percent certainty that the results have a sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points for the total sample of U.S. adults without disabilities (and plus or minus 5 percentage points for the smaller sample of U.S. adults with disabilities). Unfortunately, there are several other possible sources of error in all polls or surveys that are probably more serious than theoretical calculations of sampling error. They include refusals to be interviewed (non-response), question wording and question order, interviewer bias, weighting by demographic control data and screening (e.g., for likely voters). It is impossible to quantify the errors that may result from these factors.

Contact: Brewster Thackeray, Brewster@nod.org or Tim Sullivan, SullivanT@nod.org or 202/955-6327

The ADA, the Courts, and the Election - From Steve Gold

A number of people have asked me about the Presidential election and the survival of the ADA, as well as how Court decisions impact on the empowerment of the disability community. It is important to look at both the Supreme Court AND the lower federal courts.

First, President George W. Bush has said that his model Supreme Court nominees are Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. In two critical ADA/disability cases, OLMSTEAD (integration of persons with disabilities from institutions to the community) and LANE (access to the courts by persons with disabilities), both of these Justices ruled against the disabled Plaintiffs and therefore against the disability community.

These two Justices have attacked the ADA directly, challenging whether or not Congress intended the ADA to require integration and whether Congress had the power to end discrimination by requiring access to courts. They have also attacked the ADA indirectly, saying that disabled individuals and advocacy groups do not have "standing" to enforce the ADA or "federalism" prevents enforcement of the ADA. These two have also been on the anti-ADA side in cases restricting the scope and definition of disability.

If President Bush wins on November 2, 2004 and appoints several more Justices in the model of Scalia and Thomas, the ADA will be seriously in jeopardy in the Supreme Court.

Second, while most people focus only on the Supreme Court, President Bush has appointed approximately 200 district and appellate judges. It is at this level that most cases are decided (because the Supreme Court decides very few cases as compared to the number decided at the district and appellate court levels).

While I do not pretend to know, or have documentary evidence, about all these 200 judges, I can use my experience during more than 30 years as a comparison. Given the ideological conflicts in this country which also exist in the Courts, the disability community should want the appointment of truly fair and principled (unbiased) judges who respect Congress' role in banning and defining disability discrimination.

What has happened in the past four years at the lower court level is a demonstrable shift with the odds tilting dramatically against fairness and principles (in most circuits, not all). It has been much harder to win ADA cases during the past four years than in the 1990s. There is a judicial attitude that has started at the Supreme Court level and has seeped down that lower court judges should feel free not accept what Congress intended when it enacted the ADA. This severely hurts the disability community.

Third, in the document "Top 20 Reasons Why People with Disabilities Choose John Kerry for President," Senator Kerry has written that he will "Vigorously fight any attempt to weaken the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by proposing legislation to restore the rights that have been whittled away in the ADA by the Supreme Court and appoint only judges who support the ADA and other civil rights statutes." While there are no guarantees in this life, that sure sounds better than voting against Olmstead and Lane.

The bottom line - a vote for Bush puts the ADA in serious jeopardy. A vote for Kerry means will must hold him accountable to his written statement.

Steve Gold, The Disability Odyssey continues To contact Steve Gold directly, write to stevegoldada@cs.com

Back issues of other Information Bulletins are available online at http://www.stevegoldada.com with a searchable Archive at this site divided into different subjects.

Tips for voters with disabilities

Find out where your voting place is and if it is accessible. If you cannot get into your voting place, you will need to make plans to vote at another location or by absentee ballot. Don’t delay. Make the necessary arrangements NOW!

Vote EARLY if you need to or would like to. A number of states allow absentee voting by anyone who requests an absentee ballot (you don’t have to be away or unable to go to the polls) and/or allow early voting. Find out what will make it easiest for you to cast your vote, and do it!! For more information on deadlines, regulations, and where to call with questions, please visit: http://www.nass.org/electioninfo/laws&admin.htm.

Go to the polls early on Election Day ... and Remember Your ID. Whatever type of voting machines are being used, there's no excuse for not getting out and casting your ballot. If you cannot get into your voting place, say that you want a ballot brought to you. It’s your right under the law. Be prepared, and be first in line when the polls open!! If you have any problems at the polling place, call the Election Protection hotline at (866) OUR-VOTE, (866-687-8683). Election Protection is a nationwide program run by civil rights and voting rights groups to safeguard your right to cast a ballot on Election Day. There are experts and attorneys standing by nationwide, from now until after the Election, to assist you.

LCCR and LCCREF Offer Online Compendium of Voter Resources

The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund (LCCREF) are pleased to announce a new online resource for voters. The One-Stop Shop for Voters is a compendium of online resources, including many resources developed by LCCR member organizations, that help voters to:

• verify voter registration status;
• understand voting rights;
• find polling place and hours of operation;
• request an absentee ballot;
• research what candidates and issues will be on their ballot;
• find which voting system will be used to record votes; and
• know what to do if facing difficulty in voting.

The website also offers a list of actions that voters can take to help protect voting rights this November 2, and encourages concerned voters to volunteer as a poll monitor with the non-partisan Election Protection Coalition.

Please consider distributing this helpful One-Stop Shop for Voters to your members and linking to it from your own webpage. Visit the website at: https://secure2.convio.net/lccr/site/Advocacy?
JServSessionIdr006=nfw457a7e2.app6a&id=219

Take Advantage of Early Voting!"

Early voting has begun (or will soon begin) in the following 35 states:

Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington, DC
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

If you live in one of these states, why wait until November 2 to vote?! Among other things, voting early may help avoid problems with voting accessibility. To find out about early voting in your area, use one of the resources below.

For a list of State Election offices, visit: http://www.nass.org/electioninfo/state_contacts.htm For local election offices, visit: http://www.vote-smart.org/voter_county_election_offices.php

Both sides in this presidential election have developed resources to assist citizens with early voting, including information about where early voting is available and links to local election offices. See the following websites for more information: http://www.georgewbush.com/VoteEarly/ and http://www.democrats.org/evc/

For a useful collection of resources on voting, including information about local voting sites, visit: http://www.kottke.org/plus/vote2004/

From NCWD/A News Workbook outlines WIA training options

Core, intensive, what? People who use One-Stop resource rooms and workshops may still be confused about what training services offer and how to access them. Consumers and workforce staff alike can consult "Unlocking the Potential of WIA Training Services: The 5 Key Questions to Ask... and Answer!" from the Law, Health Policy & Disability Center at the University of Iowa College of Law. The workbook also includes basic information about One-Stops and WIA.

Unlocking the Potential of WIA Training Services -- http://www.onestops.info/article.php?article_id=241

"These articles originally appeared in The NCPAD-News, issue 10, October, 2004.

NCPAD Monthly Newsletter

RecTech NUDGE Corner - Paraplegia Exercise Videoclip

RecTech is a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center program intended to identify strategies and solutions for improving the accessibility of parks, trails, fitness centers, and swimming pools for persons with disabilities. The National Users with Disabilities Group on Exercise (NUDGE) is a research project assessing the extent to which current knowledge concerning recreation technology is transferred into practical application, assisting people with disabilities to engage in recreational activities. To participate in the NUDGE survey, click on http://www.rercrectech.org/surveys/default.htm. For general information on NUDGE, go to http://www.rercrectech.org/r2.htm, and to join, contact Dr. Barth Riley at nudge@uic.edu or call 800-900-8086.

This month's video clip is on paraplegia. View it at http://www.ncpad.org/videos/fact_sheet.php?sheet=271. Order the complete paraplegia video at http://www.ncpad.org/get/video/real/sci/orderform.pdf and see NCPAD's other fact sheets on spinal cord injury at http://www.ncpad.org/disability/fact_sheet.php?sheet=62; http://www.ncpad.org/disability/fact_sheet.php?sheet=130.

DOJ Announces Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Adopt New Design Standards

The Department of Justice has published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to begin the process of revising the Department's ADA regulations to adopt design standards that are consistent with the revised ADA Accessibility Guidelines published by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (also known as the Access Board).

The ANPRM is the first of three steps in the regulatory process. The ANPRM will be followed by a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and a final rule. Members of the public may submit comments until January 28, 2005. Comments may be submitted electronically to http://www.ncpad.org/newsletter/newsletter.php?letter=30&section=424#8, or by mail to P.O. Box 1032, Merrifield, VA 22116-1032. All comments will be available to the public online at http://www.ncpad.org/newsletter/newsletter.php?letter=30&section=424#8 and by appointment at the offices of the Disability Rights Section.

Physical Inactivity Cost Calculator

Active Living Leadership and Fifty-Plus Lifelong Fitness, with the support of NCPPA and 20 other partner organizations, have launched the free Physical Inactivity Cost Calculator to estimate the costs of physical inactivity that remain a mystery to most businesses and communities.

The new calculator uses a scientific formula based on medical care, workers' compensation, and lost productivity data to estimate a community's or organization's financial costs related to physical inactivity. Decision-makers answer six general demographic questions. The calculator uses these answers to provide an estimate of funds lost due to physically inactive populations. Once costs are calculated, decision-makers can use the Active Living Leadership Web site to learn about a variety of strategies for increasing physical activity and reducing costs incurred by a sedentary population.

Try out the new calculator at http://www.ncpad.org/newsletter/newsletter.php?letter=30&section=424#9

Events

Abilities Expo, focused on improving the lives of persons with disabilities, November 12-14, 2004 http://www.ncpad.org/newsletter/newsletter.php?letter=30&section=424#13

Junior Orange Bowl, a developmental meet for athletes with physical disabilities, December 2-4, 2004 http://www.ncpad.org/newsletter/newsletter.php?letter=30&section=424#14

Hartford Ski Spectacular, where athletes with disabilities learn to ski, snowboard, race, nordic ski, and more, December 5-12, 2004 http://www.ncpad.org/newsletter/newsletter.php?letter=30&section=424#15

Ski for Light, a cross-country skiing program for blind, visually impaired, and mobility-impaired individuals and their guides, January 30 - February 6, 2005 http://www.ncpad.org/newsletter/newsletter.php?letter=30&section=424#16

Grants

Nickelodeon Pro-Social "Let's Just Play" Campaign Grant Awards to promote more physical activity among kids with and without disabilities http://www.ncpad.org/newsletter/newsletter.php?letter=30&section=424#26

Women's Sports Foundation Accepting Applications for GoGirlGo! Grants for the development and funding of girls' sports/physical activity programs http://www.ncpad.org/newsletter/newsletter.php?letter=30&section=424#26

Grants for Americans with Disabilities New Freedom Initiative http://www.ncpad.org/newsletter/newsletter.php?letter=30&section=424#26

To sign up for this free monthly electronic newsletter, click on http://www.ncpad.org/newsletter/ or send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.uic.edu with this message in the body of the e-mail: SUBSCRIBE NCPAD-NEWS yourfirstname yourlastname

Do you know a military family who needs respite care?

National Public Radio has contacted me to identify military families who have a disabled child and one parent has been called off to active duty in Iraq. They would like to do a story on the hardships these families face, specifically in getting supportive services, especially respite, when their needs are compounded further by an absent parent.

If you know of any such families who might be willing to be interviewed by NPR, please let me know ASAP -- by Thursday, October 21. Please send me details of their story and what difficulties they have faced finding respite in particular, as well as their contact information. The story would probably not run for a few months, but they are making decisions this week about whether they will pursue the story at all, based on the families and stories they have identified.

Jill Kagan, MPH, National Respite Coalition, Policy Division of the ARCH National Respite Network, 4016 Oxford St., Annandale, VA 22003, 703-256-9578, www.archrespite.org/nrc.htm

Webcasts now available on Kaisernetwork.org

Examining Medicare's Two-Year Waiting Period for Individuals with Disabilities Alliance for Health Reform and The Commonwealth Fund http://cme.kff.org/Key=4615.C14.C.C.kn6GC

Disability Insurance: SSA Should Strengthen Its Efforts to Detect and Prevent Overpayments. GAO-04-929

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-929 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04929high.pdf

Information Technology: Major Federal Networks That Support Homeland Security Functions. GAO-04-375

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-375 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04375high.pdf

Public Community Colleges and Technical Schools: Most Schools Use Credit and Noncredit Programs for Workforce Development. GAO-05-4

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-4 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d054high.pdf

Focused Monitoring

National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring

http://www.monitoringcenter.lsuhsc.edu/PDF%20
Word/071902a%20FOCUSED%20MONITORING.pdf

How the federal government has changed its special education accountability process to focus on results.

National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring

http://www.monitoringcenter.lsuhsc.edu/

To learn about individual states’ progress in implementing focused monitoring and continuous improvement processes as they reform their special education programs, click on a state in the map or a text link below the map.

Law, Health Policy & Disability Center Bulletin Board

October 19, 2004, Volume 1, Issue 10

The Disability Law & Policy Newsletter is a bi-weekly publication of the Law, Health Policy & Disability Center that aims to inform disability advocates, scholars, and service providers of the most current issues in disability law, policy, research, best practices, and breaking news. http://disability2.law.uiowa.edu/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php

From MEDICARE NEWS

CONTACT: CMS Media Affairs (202) 690-6145

MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES WILL SOON BE ABLE TO RESOLVE MEDICARE APPEALS FASTER

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mark B.McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., today announced a key step in helping Medicare beneficiaries resolve their appeals more quickly and efficiently, as part of a comprehensive overhaul of the Medicare claims appeals system.

CMS awarded contracts to eight Qualified Independent Contractors (QICs) to perform reconsiderations, or second level claims appeals, of denied Medicare fee-for-service claims. "Seniors and people with disabilities deserve a prompt and consistent and responsive process for their claims appeals in Medicare," said Dr. McClellan. "We are working toward completing our overhaul of the Medicare claims appeals system by October 1, 2005 to better serve Medicare beneficiaries, providers, physicians, and other health care providers."

The reconsiderations that will be conducted by the new QICs will replace the current "fair hearing" process for Medicare Part B claims and establish a new second level of appeal for Medicare Part A claims. Statute requires that reconsiderations must be completed within 60 days from the day the request is filed. The eight entities selected were:

1. Integriguard, LLC;
2. Q² Administrators (Q²A);
3. Island Peer Review Organization (IPRO);
4. Rivertrust Solutions, Inc.;
5. Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC);
6. Maximus, LLC;
7. First Coast Service Options, Inc.; and,
8. Permedion.

As part of the new process, these contractors will be able to bid on specific types of appeals workloads such as Part A, Part B or durable medical equipment, and in the specific areas of the country for which they will process claims.

Other steps that CMS is taking as part of its comprehensive overhaul of Medicare claims appeals include:

• Finalizing the transfer of responsibility for the third level appeals conducted by Administrative Law Judges from the Social Security Administration to the Department of Health and Human Services by October 1, 2005.
• Developing a new appeal-specific data system that will allow authorized users to track individual appeals in real time.
• Establishing an Administrative QIC that will oversee the distribution of case-files, develop appeals processing protocols, conduct training of the QICs, and the dissemination of information on QIC appeals decisions to the public.
• Implementing a 60-day decision deadline and improved notices for claims re-determinations, or first-level appeals performed by fiscal intermediaries and carriers. The improved notices will include the specific reasons for the decision and a summary of relevant clinical or scientific evidence used in making the decision.
• Issuing the final regulations needed to implement the new uniform appeals procedures, including the rules QICs and other appeals entities by the end of the year.

A Press Release from The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, http://www.eeoc.gov

NEW EEOC FACT SHEET ADDRESSES EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Dispelling Myths and Fears Can Promote Employment Opportunities

WASHINGTON - In observance of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a fact sheet on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to persons with intellectual disabilities in the workplace. The new publication is available at www.eeoc.gov. The term "intellectual disability" describes the condition once commonly referred to as "mental retardation." Approximately one percent of the United States' population, an estimated 2.5 million people, have an intellectual disability. Estimates indicate that only 31 percent of individuals with intellectual disabilities are employed, although many more want to work.

"More often than not, individuals with intellectual disabilities face barriers in the workplace posed not by mental impairments but by other people's attitudes," said Commission Chair Cari M. Dominguez. "With this fact sheet, the EEOC aims to break down myths, fears and misperceptions that stand in the way of employment opportunities and sometimes even lead to harassment on the job. People with intellectual disabilities want to work and have a lot to contribute. Employers who are not tapping into this community are missing out."

The new fact sheet addresses such topics as:

• when an intellectual impairment is covered by the ADA;
• when an employer may ask an applicant or employee questions about his or her intellectual disability;
• what types of reasonable accommodations employees with intellectual disabilities may need on the job;
• how to address safety concerns and conduct issues in the workplace; and
• how an employer can prevent harassment of employees with intellectual disabilities.

This fact sheet helps to advance the goals of the New Freedom Initiative President George W. Bush's comprehensive strategy for the full integration of people with disabilities into all aspects of American life. The New Freedom Initiative seeks to promote greater access to technology, education, employment opportunities, and community life for people with disabilities. An important part of the New Freedom Initiative's strategy for increasing employment opportunities involves providing employers with technical assistance on the ADA. Information about other EEOC-driven activities under this program also is available on the agency's web site.

In addition to enforcing Title I of the ADA, which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector and state and local governments, and the Rehabilitation Act's prohibitions against disability discrimination in the federal government, EEOC enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, which prohibits discrimination against individuals 40 years of age or older; the Equal Pay Act; and sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991.

Contact: Jennifer Kaplan, (202) 663-7084; David Grinberg, (202) 663-4921, (202) 663-4494 (TTY)

Realize the Potential: 5th Annual Youth Development Symposium

Chicago Marriott Downtown - Chicago, IL -November 16-18, 2004

The 5th Annual Youth Development Symposium, sponsored by the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals and the Great Lakes Employment and Training Association, will provide best practices information, program models, guidance on the Workforce Investment Act, and response to the issues that concern workforce development professionals who plan and deliver youth programs.

Access the URL for more information. http://www.nawdp.org/YD04SavetheDate8-04.htm

Until next week……………………

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