Department of Human Services

Partnering with Chambers of Commerce and business organizations across the state, the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Disability Services (DDS) will hold “People with Disabilities, the Untapped Resource – a Morning Seminar for Employers” at three regional forums this fall. The first will be at the Atlantic City Convention Center on Friday, October 17. The Central Region forum will be Friday, October 31 at the Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, and the Northern Region forum will be Friday, November 14 at the Sheraton Hotel Newark Airport.

These forums are designed to educate employers about the valuable resource of people with disabilities. Panel members from federal and state agencies and private corporations will discuss legal issues, financial benefits, and their personal experiences in hiring people with disabilities.

Seating is limited to the first 150 registrants in each region. Priority will be given to employers in the public and private sector. REGISTRATION is FREE for these forums.

	DHS Commissioner Gwendolyn L. Harris		J. Frank Vespa-Papaleo, Esq. director, Division on Civil Rights, NJ Department of Law & Public Safety
	Sheridan Lorraine, coordinator The One Community Integration Project of Jewish Family & Vocational Service		Fritz Rumpel, Ticket to Hire
			Marlene Perkins, senior associate director – Advocacy, Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association (EPVA) (10/17 only)
	William Ditto, director of DDS
	Susan Daniels, Ph.D., Daniels & Associates		National Business & Disability Council, Employer and Employee Representatives
	Katherine McCary, vice president SunTrust, Accessing Community Talent (10/31 & 11/14 only)
	Doug Kruse, professor of Human Resource Management, Rutgers University

	Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey
	DHS Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CBVI)
	DHS Division of Mental Health Services
	Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce of Essex county
	Liz Claiborne, Inc.
	National Business and Disability Council
	New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
	New Jersey Department of Labor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
	PSEG
	Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
	Southern New Jersey Development Council
	The One Community Integration Project of Jewish Family and Vocational Service.

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing New Jersey with a Medicaid Infrastructure Grant to support these forums. For additional information, contact DDS at 609-292-7800, 609-292-1210 (TTY), 1-888-285-3036 (toll free), or 609-292-1233 (fax). Registration forms are available online http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dds/index.html, which is the DDS home page.

DIRECTIONS to “People with Disabilities, the Untapped Resource – a Morning Seminar for Employers”:

From the NJ Turnpike: Take exit 14. Take the second right marked, “Frontage Road” after the toll booth.

From the Garden State Parkway: When traveling southbound, take exit 140 to Route 22 East to Routes 1 & 9. Follow Directions below. When traveling northbound, take exit 142 to Routes 24/I-78 to exit 58B (marked “Frontage Road”)

From Routes 1 & 9: When traveling southbound, watch for airport sign. Take Frontage Road on immediate right. When traveling northbound, follow signs marked “Frontage Road South.”
There is a $3 parking fee for the day.
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From the NJ Turnpike: Take Exit 9. Proceed on Route 18 North 3 miles to Route 27 South. Travel 2 blocks to Nielson Street. Turn Left. Hotel is on left.

From Route 1 South or North: Take Route 18 North 3 miles to Route 27 South. Travel 2 blocks to Nielson Street. Turn Left. Hotel is on left.
There will be a $3.00 parking fee.
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Take Route 206/54, Route 73, Route 42 or the Garden State Parkway to the Atlantic City Expressway. Follow the
Expressway to the end. At the second traffic light, make a left onto Arctic Avenue. Go two more traffic lights and turn left onto Michigan Avenue. The Convention Center is straight in front of you. The parking garage is underneath the building, and hourly parking rates apply.
Vans higher than seven feet must use the adjacent parking lot.