FEDERAL - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR - OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY (ODEP)
www.dol.gov/odep/about/about.htm
In the FY 2001 Department of Labor appropriation, Congress approved an Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) to be headed by an Assistant Secretary. ODEP's mission is to provide leadership to increase employment opportunities for adults and youth with disabilities. ODEP is a federal agency in the Department of Labor. This marked the first time that youth with disabilities were recognized as part of the workforce.

FEDERAL - Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration www.doleta.gov/youth_services/
Includes a monthly on-line newsletter “Youth Resource Connections”.

FEDERAL - SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION: OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT (OESP)
www.ssa.gov/work
The Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) SSI program experienced tremendous growth of children with disabilities under the age of 18, swelling to around 1 million in 1996. Changes to the law enacted during 1996 have reduced that number somewhat by removing about 100,000 children with less disabling conditions from the SSI roles. All those remaining on SSI, however, and those first qualifying at age 18 or later as adults with disabilities, face a potential lifetime of poverty.

In response, SSA established the Office of Employment Support Programs (OESP) in 1999, to provide a focus within the Social Security Administration on matters affecting the employment of Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities. OESP is pledged to ensure that SSA delivers "world class" service to beneficiaries who want to work. This work site provides web-based information about cash benefit programs, accurate information about employment support programs and where to find services needed to make a successful entry into the workforce. A major activity of OESP is managing the implementation of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentive Improvement Act (P.L. 106-170). www.yourtickettowork.com/

FEDERAL - OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
www.osec.doc.gov/ocr/NDEAMonth.html
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) works to ensure
equal opportunity and accessibility for users of programs and services operated or funded by the Department and equal employment opportunity for Commerce employees and job applicants; and information on laws, work rights and responsibilities.

CAREER VOYAGES
www.careervoyages.gov/
The US Departments of Labor and Education collaborated to design this website to provide information on high-growth, high-demand occupations along with the skills and education needed to attain those jobs.

JOB ACCOMMODATION NETWORK (JAN)
www.jan.wvu.edu/
JAN is a free consulting service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy of the US Department of Labor that provides information about job accommodations, the ADA, and the employability of people with disabilities.

NATIONAL CENTER ON WORKFORCE AND DISABILITY/ADULT
www.onestops.info
Located at the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, this National Center is funded through the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). Website contains information on national policy related to work and resources.

NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE ON WORKFORCE AND DISABILITY FOR YOUTH
www.ncwd-youth.info
NCWD/Youth - Information about employment and youth with disabilities. Our partners — experts in disability, education, employment, and workforce development — strive to ensure you will be provided with the highest quality, most relevant information available

NEC Foundation of America
www.necfoundation.org/
NEC Foundation of America’s funding interests focus on advancing society through technology and helping people to realize their full potential. Grants have national reach and impact related to assistive technology for people with disabilities. The site helps nonprofit groups readily assess the likelihood of funding and it is offered as a resource to those interested in technology for people with disabilities and science and technology education.

OSEP also has created a website targeted to youth with disabilities that provides information on employment support, work incentives and related materials. www.ssa.gov/work/Youth/youth.html