The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has compiled a comprehensive collection of ODEP resources that support workforce mental health and well-being

The National Council for Mental Wellbeing is offering a tool-kit, Four Ways Forward, for Mental Health Awareness Month

Tips and Resources for Mental Health Awareness Month (SAMHSA, 5-1-2024)

Employment

New Resource! Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace (EEOC, 4/29/24)

New from the Dept. of Labor: Youth Employment: A Foundation for Health and Well-Being

Justice Department Finds Nebraska Violates Federal Law by Unnecessarily Institutionalizing People with Serious Mental Illness (5-14-2024)

Updated: The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Other Federal Laws Protecting the Rights of Voters with Disabilities. (4-29-2024)

Improving Election Accessibility for Disabled Voters, Spotlight: National Polling Access Audit Coalition (AAPD, 5-2-2024)

HealthCare

Making Disability Rights History: HHS Announces Powerful Anti-Discrimination Protections (ACL 5-1-2024) Final Section 504 Rule Will be a Critical Tool For Fighting Discrimination

• Fact Sheet for Final Rule: Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities (HHS 4-30-2024)

American Foundation for the Blind Releases Phase 2 Study of Barriers to Digital Inclusion (AFB, May 9, 2024)

• Visit the Report's Executive Summary

Free Online Accessibility Training From Microsoft

Assistive Listening Systems: Where We Are Today and What's on the Horizon Thursday, May 16, 1:00 -2:30 PM Central Sponsor: Great Lakes ADA Center

Opioid Use Disorder and the Americans with Disabilities Act: Enforcement Actions by the Department of Justice

Tuesday, May 21. 1:00 - 2:30 PM Central

Sponsor: Great Lakes ADA Center

Title III of the ADA and Readily Achievable Barrier Removal Tuesday, May 21st. 12:00 -1:00 PM Central Sponsor: Northeast ADA Center

Law Enforcement and the ADA Thursday, May 23rd. 9:00 - 10:00 AM Central Sponsor: Region 4 Southeast ADA Center, ADA National Network, University of Kentucky Human Development Institute (HDI)

Building and Sustaining an Accessible Federal Technology Environment: Section 508 Best Practices Tuesday, May 28th 12:00-1:30 PM Central Sponsor: Great Lakes ADA Center

Self-Evaluation Part 1 Thursday, June 13th. 1:30-3:00 PM

Sponsor: New England ADA Center

Self-Evaluation Part 2 Friday, June 14th. 8:00 - 9:30 AM Sponsor: New England ADA Center

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