Colonia, New Jersey, Resident, Inroads To Opportunities Leader, Advocates In Washington, DC, For Employment Opportunities For Individuals With Disabilities
Colonia, New Jersey, Resident, Inroads To Opportunities Leader, Advocates In Washington, DC, For Employment Opportunities For Individuals With Disabilities
- Newark, NJ (1888PressRelease) August 11, 2022 - Daniel Bagnato, Inroads to Opportunities, Director of Vocational Services, recently joined colleagues in Washington, D.C. to meet with the staffs of Congressman Donald Payne Jr. and US Senator Corey Booker to advocate for employment choice for all individuals with disabilities.
The purpose of the trip to D.C. was to attend a national conference for continuing education and networking, in addition to meeting with legislative staff to educate our public servants on the current events in regard to employment choice for all individuals with disabilities. It is our intent to ensure that adults with disabilities who want to work have ample opportunities and options to do so.
The ability to advocate for employment choice for all individuals with disabilities is both a responsibility and a privilege.
ABOUT DAN BAGNATO:
Dan Bagnato serves as the Director of Vocational Services for Inroads to Opportunities. A Kean University graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Health & Physical Education K-12, Dan began his career as a teacher in Middlesex County, New Jersey. For over a decade, Dan has been preparing high school students to transition from school to work first as a teacher then as an Inroads Transition Counselor, Vocational Counselor, and Assistant Vocational Director. Now as Director of Vocational Services, Dan oversees several counselors and more than 200 students and trainees annually in Inroads Transition and Extended Employment programs.
ABOUT ACCSES NJ:
ACCSES NJ, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing leadership and support to members who advocate for and serve persons with disabilities through community-based programs located throughout New Jersey.
ACCSES NJ advocates for more employment opportunities and choices for people with disabilities. We believe in a more inclusive workforce—where barriers to employment are a thing of the past.
ABOUT INROADS TO OPPORTUNITIES:
Since 1959, Inroads to Opportunities, formerly the Occupational Center of Union County, has provided programs and services to over 400 individuals each year with all types of disabilities and ranging in age from 16 through retirement. Programs and services include vocational preparation, transition from school to work, job placement and mental health services.
Inroads to Opportunities is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), an approved provider of the NJ Department of Labor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services and Commission of the Blind and Visually Impaired. Inroads is licensed by the State of New Jersey Department of Human Resources, NJ Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services to provide partial care and Division of Developmental Disabilities to provide Day Habilitation Services. Inroads is an approved Medicaid provider and an approved Employment Network under the Ticket to Work Social Security initiative.
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