Goals and Objectives of Our Veterans with Disabilities Advocacy Project

Thank you for visiting the Veterans with Disabilities Blog of the Center for Independent Living of South Florida. I thought it would be helpful to set forth some of the goals and objectives of our project. We welcome your participation. Please feel free to contact us at mdubin@pobox.com.

Goals and Objectives:

1. To educate veterans with disabilities about their rights under the ADA and other federal civil rights laws;

2. To advocate for improvements to delivery of services to veterans with disabilities;

3. To identify issues of concern to veterans with disabilities;

4. To identify resources and allies in the community serving veterans, and to increase collaboration among those individuals and organizations and the Center for Independent Living of South Florida;

5. To create a Blog,Listerv, Newsletter and Speakers Bureau;

6. To train veterans with disabilities about their rights under title I of the ADA (employment), and help them address employment discrimination on the basis of disability;

7. To communicate with the Obama Administration about ways to improve services to veterans with disabilities;

8. To identify those organizations and individuals engaging in advocacy on behalf of veterans, and enhance their work on behalf of veterans with disabilities;

9. To work with homeless organizations serving veterans;

10. To work with veterans with disabilities to address voting issues;

11. To work with spouses and children of veterans with disabilities;

12. To improve ADA compliance of organizations and agencies serving veterans with disabilities;

13. To identify funding sources to help veterans with disabilities;

14. To work with faith-based organizations serving veterans, to enhance their services to veterans with disabilities.

Please join us.

Marc
mdubin@pobox.com
305-896-3000