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Policy and Planning Subcommittee

Communications and Outreach Subcommittee | Education and Employment Subcommittee
Policy and Planning Subcommittee

Purpose: The Policy and Planning Subcommittee will:

  • Coordinate with other subcommittees, partners and stakeholders to identify barriers to employment.
  • Work collaboratively to develop policy recommendations that propose solutions to build a seamless, cohesive employment service delivery system.
  • Convene all State agency decision-makers to bring about the implementation of recommended disability employment policies.

Goal B1 - Remove the barriers that people with disabilities face when seeking employment, e.g. healthcare, housing, transportation and accessibility.

Goal C1 - Work toward a seamless, cohesive service delivery system across State Agencies by including State and local stakeholders, employers and the disability community in the development of policies and practices.

Goal C2 - The State of California is a model employer for hiring people with disabilities.

Goal C3 - The State Workforce Investment Board and local One-Stop Career Centers promote universal access in order to achieve full compliance with State and federal laws and to increase employment of people with disabilities.

Goal C5 - Integrated management information systems will provide consistent data to inform policy recommendations.

Policy and Planning Subcommittee Members
CO CHAIR
DEAN LAN
Department of Health Care Services 		RITA NORTON
ARC Riverside
CO CHAIR
LES TREECE-SINCLAIR
Appointee of Senate Rules Committee 		DENNIS PETRIE
Employment Development Department
SUZANNE AMBROSE
State Personnel Board 		LIZ PAZDRAL
State Independent Living Council
MICHELLE ALFORD-WILLIAMS
Department of Rehabilitation 		TEDDIE-JOY REMHILD
State Independent Living Council
LANA FRASER
Department of Rehabilitation 		STUART SEABORN
Disability Rights California
MEGAN JURING
California Health and Human Services Agency 		DAVID THORMAN
State Architect
Division of the State Architect
Department of General Services
TOM LEE
Department of Social Services 		F. BURNS VICK, JR., ESQ.
Vick and Associates
BRYON MAC DONALD
World Institute on Disability 		 

For comments and questions or to become more involved, contact:

California Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
P.O. Box 826880, MIC 21
Sacramento, CA 94820-0001

Voice: (916) 654-8055
Toll Free: (800) 695-0350
TTY: (916) 654-9820
Fax: (916) 654-9821