2014 Grants Awarded
SIGNATURE EMPLOYMENT GRANT
ServiceSource, (Clearwater, FL) To increase community integration, self-sufficiency, and employment outcomes among veterans and civilians with brain injury through holistic, specialized services through a clubhouse model at ABILHouse: $339,000.
United Way of Allegheny County, (Pittsburgh, PA) To build the capacity of the private sector to hire and retain young people with disabilities through working collaboratively with United Way's corporate connections to secure crucial work experience and paying jobs as they transition out of high school: $378,300.
University of New Hampshire, (Durham, NH) To conduct a household telephone survey of 3,000 adults (ages 18-64) with disabilities residing in the United States, evaluating the employment environment and services needed for this population to retain work: $499,999.
COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT GRANTS
Advancing Opportunities, Inc., (Ewing, NJ) To advance employment through person-centered planning by identifying targeted, customized employment options for people with disabilities experiencing the most significant barriers to employment: $50,000.
Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, (New Brunswick, NJ) To educate transition students with disabilities and school personnel on using public transit to expand access to employment and training: $40,000.
Arts Unbound, Inc., (Orange, NJ) To provide intensive professional development and capacity building to 15-20 artists with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and similar impairments: $50,000.
The Center for Vocational Rehabilitation, (Eatontown, NJ) To support the Neuromuscular Disorder Supported Employment Program by providing tailored training and support services for individuals with traumatic brain injury: $35,000.
Cheshire Home, (Florham Park, NJ) To implement assistive technology courses to address the academic, employment, and independence goals of students with paralysis student: $40,000.
County of Atlantic (Atlantic Cape May Workforce Investment Board), (Atlantic City, NJ) To support the Employment Empowerment Collaborative Program's strategy to provide sustainable employment opportunities for the aging persons with disabilities: $40,000.
DAWN Center for Independent Living, Inc., (Denville, NJ) To expand services, partnerships and outcomes initiated under 2012/2013 Community Employment Grant to increase meaningful, gainful, and inclusive employment for people with disabilities: $50,000.
The G.I. Go Fund, Inc., (Newark, NJ) To find unemployed or underemployed veterans with disabilities a quality career through implementing a complete effort to assess and improve their abilities: $50,000.
Hydro Sun Farms, Inc., (Atlantic Highlands, NJ) To train and employ persons with disabilities in hydroponic farming: $30,000.
Jewish Vocational Service of Metro West, (East Orange, NJ) To improve employment outcomes and community integration for persons with mobility, physical, and cognitive impairments: $45,000.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation, (Trenton, NJ) To support a four-day summer experience, which immerses students with disabilities in business games and simulations that help them prepare for life after high school: $40,000.
New York Service for the Handicapped, (Oakhurst, NJ) To support adolescents with disabilities in a 6-week residential summer program to build independence and vocational skills: $40,000.
The Occupational Center of Union County, Inc., (Roselle, NJ) To supplement the salary of an Employment Specialist who is specially trained to implement the Ticket to Work program: $25,000.
Opportunity Project, Inc., (Millburn, NJ) To support the Vocational Program’s efforts to provide work evaluation, work adjustment training, job coaching, supported employment, and long-term follow along for adults with brain injury: $25,000.
Pathways for Exceptional Children, (Montville, NJ) To support Project Win Win, an employment training program for children with disabilities, ages 10-23, that maximizes their talents for the workforce: $50,000.
PRIDE Industries, (Roseville, CA) To provide vocational training and employment supports to help people with severe disabilities secure and sustain employment in skilled trades positions: $30,000.
The Washington Center for Internships & Academic Seminar, (Washington, DC) To provide scholarships, disability programming and services, and accommodations in classes and work sites to support the participation and success of students with disabilities in internships in the nation’s capital: $50,000.
World Institute on Disability, (Berkeley, CA) To provide a planning grant to increase the employment of students and veterans with disabilities in small to medium size businesses: $50,000.
SPECIAL INITIATIVE GRANTS
Adler Aphasia Center, (Maywood, NJ) To support the “Something Special” program by creating marketing materials for home jewelry parties to increase revenue for the Center’s other vocational activities: $10,000.
County of Bergen, (Hackensack, NJ) To support the Post Stroke & Disabled Adult Support Groups by providing opportunities for socialization, recreation, rehabilitative instruction, and restorative exercise to stroke survivors: $10,000.
City Green, Inc., (Clifton, NJ) To develop a wheelchair accessible sensory garden as part of its new Learning Farm Project: $10,000.
City Without Walls, (Newark, NJ) To support at-risk Newark youth with physical disabilities in the production of a large-scale mural while receiving mentorship from a master mural artist: $10,000.
Morris Museum, Inc., (Morristown, NJ) To enable children with disabilities, caregivers, and family members to enjoy, explore, and create in an environment that responds to their individual needs during an Early Access Hours program: $10,000.
National Council on Independent Living, (Washington, DC) To sponsor the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Legacy Project and host a national tour to celebrate the ADA’s 25th anniversary and raise awareness of its impact: $15,000.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society - NJ Metro Chapter, (Oakhurst, NJ) To offer adaptive exercise classes, including Tai Chi, Yoga, and aquatics to improve the quality of life of individuals with multiple sclerosis: $20,000.
New Jersey Theatre Alliance, (West Orange, NJ) To support the Virtual Tour Project so that people with disabilities can familiarize themselves with the New Jersey theatres prior to their visit: $10,000.
Progressive Center for Independent Living, Inc., (Hamilton, NJ) To implement a unique educational course for first responders on alternative methods of rescue for people with disabilities who use adapted and modified vehicles: $15,000.
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, Inc., (LaPlata, MD) To aid the emotional and physical recovery of active duty military personnel and veterans in New Jersey by introducing or rebuilding fly fishing and fly tying skills and enjoying the benefits of these skills on fishing outings: $20,000.
Rutgers University Foundation, (New Brunswick, NJ) To expand the current New Jersey Safe Schools Program and its efforts to document incidents and injuries among high school adolescents during physical education classes and extracurricular sports: $20,000.