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Many people with significant disabilities want to work. They have
skills, talents and experience to offer employers, but face barriers to
employment that prevent them from reaching their full potential. They fear
losing their health care coverage and often struggle to understand the complex
and uncoordinated array of benefits and employment services available.
The Pathways office houses a number of initiatives designed to address the
barriers to employment and community living faced by many individuals with
disabilities. Pathways, with input from key stakeholders including
consumers, advocates and policy makers, identifies current systemic barriers and
designs creative pilots to address them. The goal is to test innovative
solutions to existing problems and incorporate them into the overall
consumer-driven, systems change movement in Wisconsin. In addition to
addressing systemic problems in Wisconsin, the Pathways team provides technical
assistance to other states interested in replicating similar initiatives.
For additional information, please contact:
John Reiser, Director
Office of Independence and Employment (Pathways Projects) within the:
Department of Health Services, Division of Long Term Care, Bureau of Aging and
Disability
1 West Wilson Street, Room 434
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 266-3063
Toll Free: 1 (866) 278-6440
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Last Revised: December 21, 2009 |
