Chapter 515 Annual Report On Integrated Employment For Individuals With Disabilities SFY 2006/07
Letter from Rebecca Cort
December 2007
Dear Colleague:
Enclosed is the annual progress report on the Integrated Employment Implementation Plan as required by Chapter 515 of the Laws of 1992. This report details the accomplishments achieved through interagency collaboration in the delivery of community-based employment services for people with the most significant disabilities. Working in partnership with individuals with disabilities, their families, employers, service providers and local education agencies, we have assisted over 24,700 people with disabilities to work in integrated employment during the State Fiscal Year 2006/07.
The State Education Department remains committed to employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. Our continued collaboration with the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, the Office of Mental Health and the Office of Children and Family Services – Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped, will ensure that the promise of employment opportunity will be available, in equal measure, to all the citizens of New York State.
Sincerely,
Rebecca H. Cort
Enclosure
c: The Honorable the Members of the Board of Regents
Commissioner Gladys Carrión
Commissioner Michael F. Hogan
Commissioner Diana Jones Ritter
