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Advocacy

Employment advocacy is all about reaching and teaching people with disabilities, families, employers, agencies and others in our lives about creating job opportunities and employment supports for people with disabilities in their communities.

This may include:

1. Understanding your employment rights.
2. Learning about job accommodations.
3. Educating employers about the value of hiring workers with disabilities.
4. Learning self-advocacy and communication skills.
5. Learning about laws that support employment for people with disabilities and how to influence and change policies to encourage working.
6. Making a plan for your employment goals.

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Below is a list of other Employment-Related Advocacy Organizations in Utah:

UT GOV'S COMMITTEE ON EMP. OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Provides a continuous public information and education program aimed at creating greater under-standing for various disabilities and promoting employment opportunities for qualified disabled persons.

UTAH GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES The Council serves to identify unmet service needs of people with disabilities in Utah and to plan and advocate solutions for those unmet needs. The Council prepares a comprehensive three-year state plan for services to people with developmental disabilities, as required by federal law. The Council makes recommendations to the Governor, administrative agencies, and the Legislature regarding disability policy.

ACCESS UTAH NETWORK Provide statewide information and referral; information concerning people with disabilities and disability issues.

ARC OF UTAH To advocate for people with developmental and related disabilities and their families through support, outreach, education and legislation.

UTAH ISSUES CENTER FOR POVERTY RESEARCH AND ACTION Utah Issues is a state-wide nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop long term solutions to the problems of poverty in Utah through research, education, policy advocacy and community development.

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (DAV) Since its founding more than 80 years ago, Disabled American Veterans has been dedicated to a single purpose: building better lives for America's disabled veterans and their families.

DISABLED RIGHTS ACTION COMMITTEE Disabled Rights Action Committee is a nonprofit organization committed to expanding and assuring the rights of people with disabilities so they can boldly go where everyone else has gone before.

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY, NATIONAL - UTAH STATE CHAPTER The mission of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is to end the devastating effects of MS. The Society and its network of chapters nationwide promote research, educate, advocate on critical issues, and organize a wide range of programs—including support for the newly diagnosed and those living with MS over time.

NAMI UTAH (NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL IN UTAH) NAMI Utah is Utah's voice on mental illness. Our mission is to ensure dignity and improve the lives of those who suffer mental illness and their families through education, support, advocacy and research. NAMI Utah is a non-profit organization focused on educating the public about the issues surrounding mental illness. Most of all, we want the
people in Utah to know that Treatment Works!

JEDI WOMEN Justice, Economic Dignity, and Independence for Women (J.E.D.I.) is a grass roots membership organization made up primarily of low-income women from multi-racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Our goal is to improve the lives of women in Utah by improving their economic security through access to affordable quality childcare, healthcare, housing, and jobs that offer a living wage.

Phone (801) 887-9529
Address 1595 W. 500 South, SLC, UT 84104
E-mail ecerna@utah.gov Directions