Easter Seals Nebraska's Youth Employment Solutions (Project YES!) is a systems change project with the purpose of increasing the competitive employment of Nebraska'ss SSI, SSDI and CDB eligible youth in transition. Easter Seals also provides benefits analysis services upon request for people with disabilities who are interested in exploring employment options.
Lincoln Community Team
The objective of the Lincoln Community Team is to increase the competitive employment amongst LPS youth with disabilities by educating students, parents and LPS about work incentive programs. By May 2008, the Lincoln community team will overcome barriers to employment for three LPS youth through education, work incentive use and multi-agency collaboration as measured by the competitive employment of these youth.
North Platte Community Team
There are more beneficiaries with employment support needs and referrals for benefits counseling than can be served within the current capacity of the Social Security Administration WIPA (Work Incentive Planning & Assistance) contract to both adequately and timely serve the beneficiaries requesting services. The North Platte Project YES! Community Team has identified a solution to this employment barrier. This pilot has identified a goal of "getting people employed faster through increased partnership."York Community Team
The purpose of TRAIN is to ensure that young adults (ages 18-24) with disabilities living in the York community transition from high school to employment and/or post-secondary education to become productive self-sufficient citizens.
Nebraska Ticket To Work Palliative Care Project
The Nebraska Hospice and Palliative Care Partnership offers a pilot program for Nebraskans with disabilities to work with a palliative care team to address pain and symptoms issues and re-enter the workforce. The focus of palliative care is to relieve suffering and improve the quality of life.
Young Adult Advisory Council (YAAC)
The purpose of the Young Adult Advisory Council is to allow young adults (age 18-25) to share ideas on how to improve the transition of healthcare from teens to young adults, as well as share personal experiences and provide young adult perspective.
Workforce Development Disability Navigator Collaboration
Provide training to persons with disabilities and professionals on how to use the core services of the 21 Career One-Stop Centers, supplementing with other services as needed (i.e.: avoiding auto-referral of people with disabilities to the “disability-specific” system). Collaborate with Disability Navigators on employer development, working with employers to educate and help create job opportunities for people with disabilities. This work includes consultation on assistive technology, ADA awareness, reasonable accommodation, etc.
Work Incentive Network Steering Committee
The mission is to create a statewide benefits planning infrastructure to increase employment of people with disabilities by developing strategies that increase knowledge of available work incentives and supports through information, referral, assistance and outreach activities.