Kessler Foundation Awards $425,000 Grant to University of Alaska Disability Employment Initiative
(firmenpresse) - WEST ORANGE, NJ -- (Marketwire) -- 01/24/12 -- Kessler Foundation awarded a $425,000 to the Center for Human Development (CHD) at University of Alaska-Anchorage to advance employment opportunities for people with disability caused by traumatic brain injury. This Signature Grant is part of the more than $2.7 million in awarded by the Foundation in 2011. This is the first year that eligibility for the Foundation's Signature grants expanded from New Jersey to organizations across the U.S.
The grant funds a self-employment initiative for working age adults with brain injury and the development of an integrated support system for the self employed within Alaska's statewide employment services. Individuals with brain injury will be introduced to self employment as an option, learn about entrepreneurship, and be guided by mentors in the development of business plans. The University will collaborate with the Alaska Brain Injury Network, the State of Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and the Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education.
"At Kessler Foundation, we support programs that provide alternatives for traditional employment for individuals with disabilities," said , president and CEO of Kessler Foundation. "People with the drive and commitment to launch their own businesses can find success. These opportunities define the American dream and should be available to Americans with disabilities." To monitor the program's effectiveness, the University will conduct research to determine the success of self-employment as a viable alternative to traditional employment, and whether adaptations are needed to improve outcomes.
Kessler Foundation's two-year fund pilot initiatives, demonstration projects and social ventures that generate new ideas to solve the high unemployment of individuals with disabilities. The next deadline for applications is Feb. 3, 2012. View all of the Foundation's .
Kessler Foundation is the largest public charity in the field of disability. Kessler Foundation Research Center advances care through rehabilitation research to improve quality of life for persons with spinal cord and brain injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and other neurological conditions. Kessler Foundation Program Center fosters new approaches to the persistently high rates of unemployment among people with disabilities across the nation.
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