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Telework Opportunities for Workers with Disabilities

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1. Telework Opportunities for Workers with Disabilities
2. Panel Presentation
3. What is the RRTC?
4. Grant Source
5. Grant Structure
6. Models of Telework
7. Leveraging Existing Resources
8. Expediter

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Telework Opportunities for Workers with Disabilities

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Panel Presentation

• Amy Dye, MS, Research Administrator, Virginia Commonwealth University, Rehabilitation Research & Training Center (www.worksupport.com)
• Richard Salnick, Expediter Corporation, Pittsburgh (www.expeditercorp.com)
• Roseanna Runsa, Expediter Corporation, Pittsburgh (www.expeditercorp.com)

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What is the RRTC?

The Rehabilitation Research & Training Center is at part of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.

As an entity of the research community, we participate in a plethora of grants involving persons with disabilities, two of which encompass telecommuting and telework.

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Grant Source

• DOL: Department of Labor
• ODEP: Office of Disability Employment Policy
• The RRTC proposed: "Telework & Disability: Implications for Workers Compensation Clients and Veterans with Disabilities"

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Grant Structure

• Focus Groups
• EmployER Questionnaire
• Database Construction
• Website Design
• EmployEE Questionnaire
• Data Collection & Analysis
• Job Placement!

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Models of Telework

• Home-Based Telework
• Satellite Sites
• Combination of Both

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Leveraging Existing Resources

• Dana Rosenelli, SunTrust Bank, Virginia Business Leadership Network (VABLN),
• United States Business Leadership Network (USBLN) (www.vabln.org)
Phillip Selleh, President, EAdvantage Inc., Bethesda, MD (www.eadvantage.com)
• Richard Salnick & Roseanna Runsa, Expediter, Pittsburgh, PA (www.expeditercorp.com)

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Expediter

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