Alternative Employment Options Benefitting Employers, Employees, and the Students of Miami-Dade

County Public Schools

It’s All About Support ...Giving & Receiving

The School Board

of Miami-Dade County

Ms. Perla Tabares Hantman, Chair Dr. Lawrence S. Feldman, Vice-Chair Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall Mr. Carlos L. Curbello Mr. Renier Diaz de la Portilla Dr. Wilbert “Tee” Holloway Dr. Martin Karp Dr. Marta Pérez Ms. Raquel A. Regalado Mr. Alberto M. Carvalho Superintendent of Schools

Ms. Milagros R. Fornell Associate Superintendent Curriculum and Instruction

Office of Special Education and Educational Services

Ms. Ava Goldman Administrative Director

Mr. Will Gordillo District Director

Ms. Jill Brookner Instructional Supervisor Phone: 305-995-7580 Email: jbrookner@dadeschools.net Miami-Dade County Public Schools Supported Employment 1500 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 409P Miami, FL 33132

“Hiring individuals with disabilities is, in fact, Good for Business. The return on investment to SunTrust can be meas-ured in several ways: One, it helps our diversity initiatives, building a strong workforce; Two, it helps us to develop products and services, expanding our customer base; and Three, it enables us to reach out to our entire community. It’s good for shareholders and it’s Good for Business.

CT Hill, Chairman, President & CEO

SunTrust Banks Mid-Atlantic

Automated voicemail for your Regional Job Coach : (305) 523-0402 Region #_____ Fax: 305-995-3094

Supported Employment is an alternative approach which empowers all individuals, regardless of the nature or extent of their disabilities, to have the opportunity and support to work in the community.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools Supported Employment Services provides employers with skilled and dependable employees. We also offer:

employee support

job coaching and training

services to help ensure productivity

All FREE OF CHARGE to you.

Supported Employment services matches your employment needs with qualified candidates who might benefit from this ADA approved accommodation.

Job coaches provide a thorough job analysis to assess your personnel requirements; motivated and skilled applicants; on-site training to meet your performance standards; alternative strategies to design a flexible workplace; and free consultation and technical assistance on an on-going basis.

It’s a Win-Win!! Helping Others

Helps Your Business

“These students have awakened a greater sense of compassion and kindness in those who have had the opportunity to work directly with them.”

Julio Robaina, Mayor City of Hialeah, Florida

Increase Revenue According to a National Survey of Consumer Attitudes Towards Companies That Hire People With Disabilities, 92% of the American public view companies that hire people with disabilities more favorably than those that do not. And, 87% of the public would prefer to give their business to companies that hire people with disabilities. People with disabilities and their network, as reported by the U.S. Census, represent $1 trillion in discretion-ary spending.

Reduce Costs by expanding your access to talent. by avoiding productivity losses incurred from

unfilled positions. by reducing turnover. People with disabilities tend to stay with an employer longer. by creating more efficient work strategies, as evi-denced by Walgreens and A&F Woods Co., when they implemented accommodations for their workers with disabilities and experienced an over-all increase in productivity; by leveraging tax incentives to realize tax credits; and by creating a tax deduction to remove architec-tural and transportation barriers to people with disabilities and elderly individuals up to $15,000

Employee

Retention Hire Potential found that placements stayed on the job an average of 50% longer than those with-out disabilities. Marriott employees hired through their Pathways to Independence program experi-enced a 6% turnover, versus the 52% turnover rate of their overall workforce. Fortune magazine reported that after Carolina Fine Snacks, a small business in Greensboro, NC, started hiring people with disabilities, employee turnover dropped from 80% every six months to less then 5%, productivity rose from 70% to 95%, absenteeism dropped from 20% to less than 5%, and tardiness dropped from 30% of staff to zero.

“The students have been a tremendous help [..to the Project Search program] delivering excellent customer service to Zoo Miami’s guests. Several of the students have been offered employment opportunities after impress-ing our supervisors with their hard work ethic. We are very proud to have the Project Search students as a part of the Zoo Miami family!!”

Eric Kaminsky, Business Manager Miami-Dade County Park & Recreation Dept.