People with disabilities in Los Angeles will have access to a new toolkit to prepare for and find jobs. The Los Angeles office of RespectAbility has partnered with the City of Los Angeles Department on Disability, UNITE-LA and Fiesta Educativa joining hands to release the toolkit.
According to a statistics there are around 143,000 out-of-work Angelenos with disabilities.
Mayor Eric Garcetti said the tool kit will enable people with disabilities to “grow and build upon their own professional strengths, and put them to work — so that we can create a better city of the future for all of us, together.”
The toolkit, “Finding a Job as a Person with a Disability in Los Angeles,” launched during a keynote address by Stephen David Simon, Executive Director of the City of Los Angeles Department on Disability, who describes the toolkit as a “cornerstone of regional efforts to help people with disabilities to gain, retain, and advance their employment opportunities.”
People with disabilities have been especially hard-hit during the COVID-19 pandemic and current economic crisis and, often, are struggling to find new work. This toolkit, and the changes it will engender, are a significant part of that vision. It offers pathways forward and advice for Angelenos in many different stages of life, says a press release.
