Below is the Ability Alliance of West Alabama's Strategic plan. I am a part of the Americorps VISTA addition to the over all strategic plan in which there was a federal grant given to AAWA from Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services. The Ability Alliance of West Alabama has been working to help people with intellectual disabilities integrate into communities in Bibb, Pickens, and Tuscaloosa Counties since 1994. Yet as of September 2009 the AAWA has received their federal grant for supported employment in which I concentrate my efforts in currently. Below you will see the original press release by the Executive Director Vicki Turnage and also our strategic plan for reference on what our main goals are for the next two years of operation. It is an exciting time yet currently according to the US Department of Labor that the employment rate for people with intellectual disabilities is only 22% as compared to 79% for typical Americans. My goal is to help the supported employment case manager Felicia Roberts at the Ability Alliance of West Alabama to gain 50 new jobs for our clients served with intellectual disabilities from Bibb, Pickens, and Tuscaloosa Counties of West Alabama. Although our efforts will largely be focused on Bibb and Tuscaloosa Counties and contacts will continue to be made within those counties as well.
Vista Project Release Stronger Together
Strategic Planning 2009-2011 for Services to Individuals With Intellectual Updated 91509
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