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Disability Employment Initiative

The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is jointly funded and administered by the United States Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration and the Office of Disability Employment Policy.

This federally-funded disability employment service is available in the ten Career Centers listed below. The DOL provides seamless Workforce Investment Act (WIA) services and accessibility for everyone served in all NYS Career Centers, including individuals with disabilities.

The DEI’s purposes include the following:

Improve educational, training, and employment opportunities and outcomes for adults with disabilities who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving Social Security disability benefits, by refining and expanding already identified successful public workforce strategies;
Help these individuals with disabilities find a path into the middle class through exemplary and model service delivery by the public workforce system;
Improve coordination and collaboration among employment, training and asset development programs implemented at state and local levels, including the expansion of the public workforce investment system's capacity to serve as Employment Networks under the Social Security Administration’s Ticket to Work Program; and
Build effective community partnerships that leverage public and private resources to better serve individuals with disabilities and improve employment outcomes.

The Disability Resource Coordinator, among other responsibilities, will:

Help expand the workforce development system to serve as Employment Networks under the Ticket to Work program;
Provide services to Ticket Holders, as credentialed Benefits and Work Incentives Advisors;
Develop and maintain partnerships and collaborative activities;
Help ensure that job seekers with disabilities access all of the different programs and services they need to meet their employment and asset development goals;
Assist with Career Center staff and partner training; and
Assist in maintaining and ensuring the accessibility of the Career Centers.

For more information about the DEI, visit https://dei.workforcegps.org/.

DEI Staff Contact Information

Alan Gallagher
DEI State Lead - Round 4
Workforce Programs Specialist
State Office Campus
Building 12, Room 440
Albany, New York 12240
alan.gallagher@labor.ny.gov
P: (518) 457-2381

Sara Harms
DEI State Lead - Round 6
Workforce Programs Specialist
State Office Campus
Building 12, Room 440
Albany, New York 12240
sara.harms@labor.ny.gov
P: (518) 457-2369

County	Disability Resource Coordinator	Employment Network
Albany	Geri Walsh albanydrc@capreg.org P: (518) 242-8248	Career Central 175 Central Avenue Albany, New York 12206
Broome	Randall Cook rcook@co.broome.ny.us P: (607) 778-6478	Broome-Tioga Workforce New York 171 Front Street Binghamton, New York 13905
Cayuga	Emily Tortorici etortorici@cscaa.com P: (315) 253-1013	Cayuga Works Career Center 199 Franklin Street, Suite 204 Auburn, New York 13021
Chautauqua	Karen Colaiacovo kcolaiacovo@chautauquaworks.com P: (716) 487-5127	Chautauqua Works 407 Central Avenue Dunkirk, New York 14048 Chautauqua Works 23 East 3rd Street Jamestown, New York 14701
Chenango	Kathy DeAngelo deangelok@otsegocounty.com P: (607) 432-4800 ext. 113	CDO Workforce 1 Ohara Drive Norwich, New York 13815
Cortland	Emily Tortorici etortorici@cscaa.com P: (315) 253-1013	Cayuga Works Career Center 199 Franklin Street, Suite 204 Auburn, New York 13021
Delaware	Kathy DeAngelo deangelok@otsegocounty.com P: (607) 432-4800 ext. 113	CDO Workforce 1 Gallant Avenue Delhi, New York 13753 CDO Workforce 21 Liberty Street Sidney, New York 13838
Herkimer	Charlene Levonski clevonski@working-solutions.org P: (315) 867-1353 Tanisha Taylor ttaylor@working-solutions.org P: (315) 793-6357	Herkimer Working Solutions 320 N Prospect Street Herkimer, NY 13350
Madison	Charlene Levonski clevonski@working-solutions.org P: (315) 867-1353 Tanisha Taylor ttaylor@working-solutions.org P: (315) 793-6367	Madison Working Solutions 133 N. Court Street Wampsville, NY 13163
Nassau	Maria Lombardi mlombardi@hempsteadworks.com P: (516) 485-5000 ext. 1113	Hempstead Works Career Center Hempstead Executive Plaza 50 Clinton Street, Suite 400 Hempstead, New York 11550
Niagara	Marilyn Patterson marilyn.patterson@niagaracounty.com P: (716) 278-1695	Niagara's WorkSourceOne 1001 11th Street Niagara Falls, New York 14301
Oneida	Charlene Levonski clevonski@working-solutions.org P: (315) 867-1353 Tanisha Taylor ttaylor@working-solutions.org P: (315) 793-6367	Utica Working Solutions 207 Genesee Street #201 Utica, NY 13501 Rome Working Solutions 300 W Dominick Street Rome, NY 13440
Orange	Veronica Jones vjones@orangecountygov.com P: (845) 346-1321	Orange Works Career Center Fulton Plaza 33 Fulton Street, 2nd Floor Middletown, New York 10940 Orange Works Career Center The Maple Building 3 Washington Center, 4th Floor Newburgh, New York 12550
Otsego	Kathy DeAngelo deangelok@otsegocounty.com P: (607) 432-4800 ext. 113	CDO Workforce 12 Dietz Street Oneonta, New York 13820
Rensselaer	John Banas rensselaerdrc@capreg.org P: (518) 270-2611	Rensselaer County Career Center 1600 7th Ave. 4th Floor Troy, New York 12180
Saratoga	Rachel Brugeman rbrugeman@saratogacountyny.gov P: (518) 884-4907	Saratoga County Employment & Training 152 West High Street Ballston Spa, New York 12020
Schenectady	John Banas john.banas@dfa.state.ny.us P: (518) 344-2722	Schenectady Job Training Agency 797 Broadway Schenectady, New York 12305
Suffolk	Timothy Carew timothy.carew@suffolkcountyny.gov P: (631) 853-6634	Suffolk County Department of Labor, Licensing & Consumer Affairs 725 Veterans Memorial Highway Hauppauge, New York 11788
Suffolk	James Eddings james.eddings@suffolkcountyny.gov P: (631) 853-2025	Suffolk Works Employment Program 395 Oser Avenue Hauppauge, New York 11788
Suffolk	Kenneth Klassert ken.klassert@suffolkcountyny.gov P: (631) 687-4860	Workforce New York Career Center 160 South Ocean Avenue Patchogue, New York 11772 Suffolk County Department of Labor, Licensing & Consumer Affairs 300 Center Drive, Room S-12 Riverhead, New York 11901
Tioga	Randall Cook rcook@co.broome.ny.us P: (607) 778-6478	Tioga Employment Center 1062 State Route 38 Owego, New York 13827
Tompkins	Jason Harriott jason.harriott@aboutchallenge.org P: (607) 793-8339	Tompkins Workforce New York Center Ithaca, Suite #241 171 East State Street Ithaca, NY 14850
Warren	Gail Clark clarkg@warrencountyny.gov P: (518) 743-0925 ext. 8879	Career Center of Warren County 333 Glen Street Glens Falls, NY 12801
Washington	Thomas Pooler tpooler@co.washington.ny.us P: (518) 746-2390 ext. 3183	Career Center of Washington County 383 Broadway Fort Edward, New York 12828

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