Innovative Public-Private Partnerships: Promoting the Hiring of Workers with Disabilities

This publication documents corporate participation in many federal, state, and local programs designed to promote meaningful employment for persons with disabilities.

Document Highlights 

Statistics reveal that much more must be done before persons with disabilities attain a level of employment that remotely approaches the percentage of the population it represents. This publication, the sixth in The Conference Board’s Innovative Public-Private Partnerships series, documents corporate participation in many federal, state, and local programs designed to promote meaningful employment for this often-overlooked segment of the population.

Topics covered:

• Evolving Attitudes
• Partnership Programs
• Success at the State Level: Connecticut’s Experience
• Business: Partners on Many Fronts

Special features:

• report highlights
• perspective from the Secretary of Labor