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DURHAM, N.H.— The New Hampshire Executive Council has approved a $4.3 million contract over three years to the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (IOD) to develop a new Children’s Behavioral Health Resource Center (CBHRC). Working in collaboration with other institutions, family groups, providers and youth and families, the CBHRC will strengthen the network of behavioral health supports for children across the state.  Read More: UNH to Lead Development of New Children’s Behavioral Health Resource Center

National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) – issued semi-monthly by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire  Read More: nTIDE October 2021 Jobs Report: Employment for people with disabilities reaches historic levels

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What more is there to say, this later in October, about National Disability Employment Awareness Month, or NDEAM for short? It’s hard to come up with anything new to say about disability and employment.   Millions of disabled Americans are looking for a good job, but can’t find one, no matter how good the economy might be. Lots of them have gone far out of their way to earn career credentials. Many have ensured physical, mental, and financial hardships along the way that most people would never put up with themselves. Meanwhile, millions of other disabled people work hard every day, in low-wage jobs and work programs. They and the work they do has value, but they aren’t treated or paid that way. Most people know this, at least vaguely, unless they are decades rather than years behind current understanding of disability issues. It’s hard to  On the other hand, it’s relatively easy to exhort employers for the thousandth time to “hire the disabled,” extolling the supposed benefits of having disabled employees. So that’s what a lot of NDEAM seems to amount to. It’s a true and necessary message, but it feels insubstantial and inadequate. People with disabilities who are looking for work may find things like NDEAM superficially encouraging, but is it really much help? Does yet another annual round of corporate resolutions and seminars really amount to much in the way of better access and opportunity?  Read More: 10 Things Everyone Should Know About People With Disabilities And Employment

 Read More: Free virtual screening of the award-winning documentary “Hearts of Glass” accompanied by a virtual panel discussion

People with and without disabilities experienced modest declines in unemployment in August, according to today’s National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) COVID Update, as pandemic restrictions eased, and businesses and schools moved ahead with plans for reopening.  Read More: nTIDE August 2021 COVID Update: Unemployment declines as economic activity increases

Durham, NH – The UNH Institute on Disability has been awarded a $2.8 million grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to continue the NH Disability and Health Program (DHP) for five more years. DHP is 1 of 10 states using evidence-based strategies to improve the health and quality of life of adults with intellectual, developmental or mobility disabilities.  Read More: IOD Receives 5-year Grant from CDC to Improve Health of NH Adults with Disabilities

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A new program is in place to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities prevent certain crisis situations, and stay safe – as well as receive the proper care – if a mental crisis occurs.  Read More: New state program helps those with intellectual and developmental disabilities in crisis situations

DURHAM, NH – Dr. Joan B. Beasley and a research team from the Center for START Services at the Institute on Disability (IOD) at UNH has been approved for a $4.86 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) for their study: Evaluation of Telehealth Services on Mental Health Outcomes for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.  Read More: UNH Approved for $4.86 Million in Research Funding for Study of Telehealth Services on Mental Health Outcomes for People with IDD

Durham, NH – Dan Habib, Project Director and Filmmaker at the UNH Institute on Disability (IOD), has accepted the position of Inclusive Communities Project Director at the Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD) in Valhalla, NY. Habib will assume his new role on July 26.  Read More: Dan Habib Accepts New Role at the Westchester Institute for Human Development