Welcome to the Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE) Transformation Hub page for employers. To support people with disabilities in CIE, employers should have awareness about job accommodations and how to create an inclusive workplace culture. Employers should also understand the contributions people with significant disabilities can make in their workplaces. Information about these topics can be found here, along with information about employing people with disabilities or mental health conditions, including veterans, and resources specifically for federal agencies and federal contractors.
These resources cover a variety of topics related to reasonable accommodations, small businesses, job coaching and creating disability-inclusive workplaces. These resources can be useful for employers and individuals with disabilities seeking to understand their rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Job Accommodation Network (JAN) – Funded by ODEP, JAN is the leading source for free, expert and confidential guidance on job accommodations and disability employment issues.
- Accommodation and Compliance: Job Coaches – This resource from JAN helps employers understand job coaching as an accommodation under the ADA.
Disability-Related Resources – This U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) landing page provides links to many of its technical assistance publications and guidance; Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) materials explaining core concepts, such as reasonable accommodation; and recent disability case filings and resolutions.
- Reasonable Accommodation – This EEOC landing page pulls together many disability-related EEOC resources focused on reasonable accommodation.
- Enforcement Guidance on Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship Under the ADA – This EEOC guidance addresses the rights and responsibilities of employers and individuals with disabilities regarding reasonable accommodation and undue hardship under Title I of the ADA.
- Small Business Resource Center – This landing page centralizes many EEOC resources pertaining to small businesses, including, but not limited to, tip sheets on accommodations and other disability-related topics.
Creating a Disability-Inclusive Workplace: The Role of Accommodations – This webinar from the ODEP-funded Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) explores the vital role accommodations play in creating inclusive workplaces and advancing the goals of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the ADA.
Ensure Productivity: Reasonable Accommodations – This EARN self-paced training course can help employers understand how effective accommodations help ensure employees are as productive as possible.
This section provides resources developed by a variety of organizations and government agencies to help organizations create an inclusive workplace culture that supports the hiring, retention and advancement of individuals with disabilities.
Inclusion@Work Framework: A Framework for Building a Disability-Inclusive Organization – This employer policy framework, developed by the ODEP-funded Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN), outlines seven core components of a disability-inclusive workplace, along with a menu of strategies for achieving them.
Neurodiversity in the Workplace – This toolkit developed by EARN can help organizations recruit, hire, retain and advance neurodivergent workers and understand the advantages of neurodiversity at work.
JP Morgan Chase Video Case Studies – This video case study series from EARN provides information about JP Morgan Chase’s successful initiative to train and hire people with intellectual and developmental disabilities for professional roles.
Workplace Mental Health Toolkit – This toolkit developed by EARN provides resources to assist employers in supporting the mental health and well-being of all workers and foster a mental health-friendly workplace.
Resources for Employers – This ODEP webpage provides tools to help employers effectively recruit, hire, retain and advance disabled people.
Recruiting, Hiring, Retaining and Promoting People with Disabilities: A Resource Guide for Employers – This guide is a cross-agency effort between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and eight other agencies on the recruiting, hiring, retaining and promoting of people with disabilities.
This section provides resources to help employers support individuals with disabilities or mental health conditions and veterans in their transition to employment. It includes videos, papers, webinars and toolkits from various organizations and centers offering technical assistance, employment models and other helpful information to employers, individuals with disabilities and agencies.
Customized Employment Works for Veterans: A Win-Win Strategy – This video from the ODEP-funded National Center on Leadership for the Employment and Economic Advancement of People with Disabilities (LEAD Center) illustrates the benefits of customized employment from the viewpoints of veterans, service providers and employers.
UMass Chan Medical School Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research (Transitions ACR) – This center works to improve outcomes for youth and young adults with serious mental health conditions. It provides individuals and their families, state agencies, service providers, college faculty and employers technical assistance and a range of resources including employment service models, employment resources, tip sheets, podcasts and blogs.
- College to Career: Supporting Mental Health – This paper produced in partnership with UMass Chan Medical School’s Transitions ACR and Jed Foundation analyzes the challenges to emotional well-being faced by young adults during the college-to-career transition. It also offers strategic recommendations for colleges and employers seeking to support young adults and improve their employment outcomes.
Using Individual Placement and Support (IPS) to Assist Job Seekers and Workers with Mental Health Conditions – This webinar from the LEAD Center introduces the IPS model of supported employment, explores the role of the workforce system in its implementation and illustrates its benefits to all stakeholders.
Questions and Answers – Section 511 of the Rehabilitation Act – Limitations on Use of Subminimum Wage – This resource from the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor provides information to employers, individuals with disabilities and agencies concerning limitations on the payment of a subminimum wage imposed by Section 511 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by Title IV of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).
Effectively Employing Young Adult Peer Providers – This toolkit from the Learning and Working Center’s Transitions Research and Training Center was developed for provider organizations that employ or want to employ young adult peer providers to assist in engaging and supporting young adult clients.
Resources for Employees, Employers, Persons with Different Types of Disabilities and Other Groups – This Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) landing page provides resources related to specific disabled populations, including individuals with mental health conditions, veterans and people with certain types of health conditions/disabilities (including those with visual disabilities, hearing disabilities, diabetes, intellectual disabilities, epilepsy and cancer).
This section provides resources for federal agencies and contractors to help them comply with regulations related to employing people with disabilities. It includes links to technical assistance materials, FAQs and best practices related to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, which prohibits discrimination and requires covered employers to take proactive steps to recruit, hire, retain and advance qualified individuals with disabilities.
Disabilities and Federal Government Employment – This page from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) provides easy links to disability-related technical assistance materials relevant to federal employment.
Compliance Assistance – Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended – This U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website centralizes resources to assist federal contractors and subcontractors in complying with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. Section 503 prohibits discrimination against applicants and employees with disabilities and requires certain covered employers to take proactive steps to recruit, hire, retain and advance qualified people with disabilities. Key links include frequently asked questions (FAQs), best practices and resources and recruitment and hiring resources.
NILG Federal Contractor & Subcontractor Compliance Info Center – This Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) resource, developed as part of ODEP’s Alliance with the National Industry Liaison Group, offers information and resources to help federal contractors and subcontractors understand and comply with federal laws and regulations related to employment of people with disabilities.
Section 503 Best Practices for Federal Contractors – This EARN resource provides strategies to help federal contractors meet their obligations under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and recruit, hire, retain and advance workers with disabilities.