NEW Ticket to Work Training

DARS, Texas Workforce Commission, DADS, the Austin Resource Center for Independent Living, and the Texas Medicaid Infrastructure Grant invite you to learn about the excitingopportunities offered by the NEW Ticket to Work program and about how Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities can use Work Incentives to keep their benefit checks while exploring work.

October 16, 2009 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Capital Area Workforce Center
6505 Airport Boulevard, Suite 101E
Austin, TX 78752

To register:
• Beneficiaries register online for the WISE event at http://www.cessi.net/wise, or call 1-877-743-8237 (V/TTY)

• Service providers and other entities interested in attending the Austin Ticket Express Event, register online at http://www.cessi.net/ttw by clicking on the Austin Ticket Express icon.

Wear Red on Thursday!

This week, we celebrate the landmark legislation known as the Americans with Disabilities Act, which some regard as a “second Independence Day” for people with disabilities.

Since most DARS employees aren’t working on the actual anniversary day of the ADA, Sunday July 26, we decided we would commemorate the spirit of the ADA on Thursday, July 23.

Wear something red on Thursday to show your support of independence for people with disabilities, a tenet that this agency is dedicated to ensuring in Texas.
Many others around the state are joining DARS to commemorate this spirit, including Governor Rick Perry, who issued a proclamation honoring the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

DARS Improves Stakeholder Relations Website

The Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services has improved its Stakeholder Relations website with the addition of "Stakeholder News". For details and to subscribe, visit: http://www.dars.state.tx.us/stakeholders/index.shtml