Access AmeriCorps

Targeting Recruits With Disabilities

POSSIBLE METHODS OF OUTREACH

• Articles in newsletters
• Brochures in program mailings
• Outreach at resource fairs
• Presentations to program participants
• Staff referrals, placing posters in offices
• Posting messages on e-mail
• Open houses
• Internet listservs

WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS SHOULD BE CONTACTED?

High Schools, Colleges, Universities, and Technical Schools

• Services for Students with Disabilities
• University Affiliated Programs or Organizations
• Special Education Personnel
• Private Schools

Vocational Rehabilitation Programs

• State and Local branches of the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) system
  
• Private employment programs

Disability Organizations (Public and Private)

• Parent Resource Centers
  
• Self-Advocacy Groups
  
• Local agencies serving people in the areas of:
  • Developmental Disabilities
    
  • Deafness/Hard of Hearing
    
  • Blindness/Vision Disabilities
    
  • Psychiatric Disabilities
    
  • Physical Disabilities
• Therapeutic Recreation Programs
  
• Residential Programs
  
• Local Disabilities Information and Referral Programs
  
• Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities

Local Equipment/Technology Vendors

• Mobility Device Vendors
  
• Communication Device Vendors

Support Groups

• Parent Groups
  
• Teen Groups
  
• Adult Groups

Youth Organizations that have Programs for Youth with Disabilities

• Boy Scouts
  
• Girl Scouts
  
• 4-H
  
• Campfire
  
• YMCA/YWCA
  
• Boys & Girls Clubs

Civic Groups that Support Disability Issues

• Lions
  
• Civitans
  
• Kiwanis

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