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The Workplace PAS Project
About
This five-year research project is identifying and disseminating
best practices for Personal Assistance Services in the workplace
to facilitate employment of people with disabilities. Susan
Stoddard, InfoUse, is the Project Director. Other InfoUse project
staff include Lita Jans and
Joan Ripple. The West Virginia
University Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is our partner in this
project. The WVU project team includes D.J. Hendricks, Louis Orslene,
and Sita Misra.
State Medicaid Infrastructure Grants
Since 2001, the Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG) program has provided federal funding for state initiatives to support the competitive employment of people with disabilities. States can use MIGs to develop Medicaid supports for working people with disabilities, such as Medicaid Buy-In programs and greater availability of personal assistance services. The program is administered by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) within the Department of Health and Human Services.
Actvities in Workplace PAS of the Medicaid Infrastructure Grantees
State Medicaid Infrastructure Grants contact list
CMS website on State Medicaid Infrastructure Grants
West Virginia University's International Center for Disability Information/Job Accommodation Network
The West Virginia University's International Center for Disability
Information (ICDI) is a partner organization with the Center for PAS.
Their Job Accommodation Network (JAN) will collect data on PAS use in
the workplace for the Center for PAS. The ICDI will additionally conduct
surveys of employers to identify changes in accommodations and best
practices.
JAN Resources
JAN
Home Page
Small
Business and Self-Employment Services
Searchable
Online Accomodation Resource (SOAR)
More about JAN
Workplace PAS Teleconferences
New! The ICDI is involved in hosting a series of free teleconferences
that will allow employers to learn more about PAS, as well as to tell
JAN what their experiences have been with PAS in the workplace.
Learn more: http://pas.icdi.wvu.edu
 State
by State Workplace PAS Data Available
State Resources for Employment of Persons with Disabilities
A compilation of agencies and resources available, by state,
for people searching for information, advocacy or assistance with employment
of persons with disabilities.
Reports and Publications
A list of publications produced by the Workplace PAS
project. The citations provide links to abstracts, press releases, and
either the entire publication, or information about where to obtain it.
Annotated Bibliography on Workplace Personal Assistance Services
All Workplace PAS reports and publications
Recent additions
Stoddard, S. & Kraus, L. (2006). Arranging for personal assistance services and assistive technology at work. A report of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Personal Assistance Services. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 1(1-2), 89-95.
View Abstract and Obtain Full Version Misra, S., Orslene, L.E., & Walls, R.T. 2007. Personal Assistance Services for Workers with Disabilities: Views and Experiences of Rehabilitation Service Providers. Disability Studies Quarterly, 27(3), http://www.dsq-sds.org/2007_summer_toc.html
View Abstract and Obtain Full Version Yeager, P., Kaye, H.S., Reed, M., & Doe, T.M. 2007. Assistive Technology and Employment: Experiences of Californians with Disabilities. Work, 27 (4), 333-344.
View Abstract and Obtain Full Version
Library
Important publications related to Workplace PAS. Abstracts and information
on how to obtain the complete publication is provided with each citation.
All Workplace PAS publications
Recent additions:
Meyer, M., Donelly, M. & Weerakoon, P. (2007). ‘They’re taking the place of my hands’: Perspectives of people using personal care. Disability & Society, 22, 6, 595-608.
View Abstract and Obtain Full Version Stajduhar, K. I., Martin, W. L., Barwich, D. & Fyles, G. (2008). Factors influencing family caregivers’ ability to cope with providing end-of-life cancer care at home. Cancer Nursing, 31, 1, 77-85.
View Abstract and Obtain Full Version Wheeler-Scruggs, K. (2002) Assessing the employment and independence of people who are deaf and low functioning. American Annals of the Deaf. Oct Vol 147(4) 11-17
View Abstract and Obtain Full Version
Presentations
Presentations given by the Workplace PAS project with
links to abstracts, PowerPoint files and summaries.
All Workplace PAS presentations
Recent additions:
Kraus, L. (2007, November 6). New promising practices in workplace personal assistance services. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).
More information
Kraus, L. (2007, November 6). Facilitating workplace personal assistance services (PAS): The role of employment service providers. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).
Jans, L. (2007, November 6). Perspectives of people with disabilities who use workplace personal assistance services. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting & Exposition hosted by American Public Health Association (APHA).
Links
The Center for PAS has assembled a list of links to organizations,
resources and information available on the web related to Workplace PAS.
All Workplace PAS links
Recent additions: Social Security Administration
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/quickfacts/stat_snapshot/ Fact sheets provide monthly, individual state statistics that includes total expenditures and number of recipients receiving Disability Income and Supplemental Security Income benefits. Center for Workers with Disabilities
http://cwd.aphsa.org/Home/home_news.asp The Center, an affiliate of the National Association of State Medicaid Directors (NASMD), is a technical assistance center that is dedicated to helping states enhance employment support programs. One of the Center’s six task forces addresses current rules and regulations for workplace PAS, factors in the work place, and related concerns. Minutes of task force meetings, beginning in January 2003, as well as a small list of publications on workplace PAS are available. Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI)
http://www.communityinclusion.org/index.html ICI offers training, clinical, and employment services, conducts research, and provides assistance to organizations to promote inclusion of people with disabilities in school, work, and community activities. Publication topics listed on the site include: employment, disability policy, finding and keeping a job, health care, social security benefits and eduction.
Of interest to those seeking employment are "Flexible funding stories" which describe funding approaches used by people with disabilities in order to obtain employment, often involving the hiring of personal assistants or job coaches in the workplace.
Ticket to Work Program Statistics
The Social Security's 'Work Site' offers employment support
for people with disabilities. An included table in the website contains Ticket
to Work Program statistics for State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies.
View
the State Agency Ticket Information table.
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