Discover the important family services at Northwoods
In addition to their rehabilitation services, Northwoods operates a number of work sites to provide meaningful jobs for people with disabilities who need employment and an opportunity to learn good job skills and behaviors.
Understand the fair pay practices of Community Rehabilitation Programs
Aspiro has produced a video that explains what the commensurate wage is and its association with prevocational services for people with disabilities.
Proposal to Increase Job Opportunities in the Family Care Program
On Jan. 11, 2012 RFW in Action Executive Director Thomas Cook introduced a proposal to make job opportunities in the Family Care program more accountable at a press event in the State Capitol Senate Parlor. Read more.
Innovation Kitchen
RFWiA member the Hodan Center truly thinks outside the box when it comes to creating employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Find out how Rick Terrien, executive director of the Iowa County Area Economic Development Corporation, connects Hodan to local farmers and schools to create these jobs.
Innovation Kitchen from preventionspeaks on Vimeo.
People with economic disadvantages in Wisconsin
Watch "People with economic disadvantages in Wisconsin" Economic Summit keynote address by Julia Isaacs, UW Madison Institute for Research on Poverty and The Brookings Institute.