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Career Planning
Planning about employment that is facilitated by an experienced employment support provider, in which individuals and family and/or community members chosen by the individual actively participate
On the Job Supports
Innovative approaches to job coaching including supports provided by co-workers rather than by a paid job coach
Job Matching
Helping an individual to find a job that fits well with his or her interests and skills
Job Negotiation
Working directly with an employer to find a solution that meets both an employer and job seeker's needs
Funding Strategies
Use of various sources of funding for services, supports, supplies or other job-related expenses including Social Security's Work Incentives
Job Creation
Changing existing staff responsibilities to create a new job, or to bring together a combination of new job tasks that didn't exist before
Networking
Using contacts within the individual's or the job developer's personal network to find and obtain employment
Interagency Collaboration
Use of coordinated supports from more than one agency to help an individual to obtain and maintain a job
Career Advancement
Activities that promote job growth or expansion of job roles or responsibilities
Self-Employment
Developing a business ownership opportunity
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In one or two sentences, please tell us what the nominee does at his or her job.
In one or two sentences, please explain the innovative practice that helped the nominee obtain and/or maintain his or her job.
Please select the categories that best describe the innovative practice that helped the nominee obtain and/or maintain his or her job (select up to 3):
Career Planning
Career Exploration
On the Job Supports
Job Matching
Job Negotiation
Funding Strategies
Job Creation
Networking
Interagency Collaboration
Family Engagement/Involvement
Career Advancement
Self-Employment
In one or two sentences, please describe the innovative practice.
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