Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)

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</div> </div>       <div class="row">  <div class="large-6 columns"> <div class="large-12 columns"> <h2>Policy & Technical Assistance Resources</h2> <p>To develop and influence disability employment-related policies and practices, ODEP sponsors the following five policy and technical assistance resources</p> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns"> <div class="module"> <div class="large-6 columns"> <p><a href="/web/20161221011420/https://www.dol.gov/odep/resources/EARN.htm"><img src="/web/20161221011420im_/https://www.dol.gov/odep/images/AskEARN-LOGO-hp.jpg" alt="AskEARN LOGO"/></a></p> </div> <div class="large-6 columns"> <h4><a href="/web/20161221011420/https://www.dol.gov/odep/resources/EARN.htm">Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion</a></h4> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns"> <div class="module"> <div class="large-6 columns"> <p><a href="/web/20161221011420/https://www.dol.gov/odep/resources/jan.htm"><img src="/web/20161221011420im_/https://www.dol.gov/odep/images/JANlogo_tagHP.jpg"/></a></p> </div> <div class="large-6 columns"> <h4><a href="/web/20161221011420/https://www.dol.gov/odep/resources/jan.htm">Job Accommodation Network</a></h4> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns"> <div class="module"> <div class="large-6 columns"> <p><a href="/web/20161221011420/https://www.dol.gov/odep/resources/lead.htm"><img src="/web/20161221011420im_/https://www.dol.gov/odep/images/LEADCenter_LogoHoriz_ColorHP.jpg"/></a></p> </div> <div class="large-6 columns"> <h4><a href="/web/20161221011420/https://www.dol.gov/odep/resources/lead.htm">LEAD Center</a></h4> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns"> <div class="module"> <div class="large-6 columns"> <p><a href="/web/20161221011420/https://www.dol.gov/odep/resources/NCWD.htm"><img src="/web/20161221011420im_/https://www.dol.gov/odep/images/NCWD_Youth_LargeHP.jpg"/></a></p> </div> <div class="large-6 columns"> <h4><a href="/web/20161221011420/https://www.dol.gov/odep/resources/NCWD.htm">National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth</a></h4> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns"> <div class="module"> <div class="large-6 columns"> <p><a href="/web/20161221011420/https://www.dol.gov/odep/resources/PEAT.htm"><img src="/web/20161221011420im_/https://www.dol.gov/odep/images/20151001-PeatHP.jpg"/></a></p> </div> <div class="large-6 columns"> <h4><a href="/web/20161221011420/https://www.dol.gov/odep/resources/PEAT.htm">Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology</a></h4> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="large-3 columns"> <h2>News and Events</h2> <div id="news"> <p>December 16, 2016</p> <h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161221011420/https://www.doleta.gov/oa/eeo/">DOL Announces Final Rule on EEO in Apprenticeship</a></h4> <p>December 16, 2016</p> <h4><a href="/web/20161221011420/https://www.dol.gov/cgi-bin/leave-dol.asp?exiturl=http://www.leadcenter.org/resources/report-brief/section-188-workforce-innovation-and-opportunity-act-nondiscrimination-and-equal-opportunity-summary-review-dol-final-rule-disability-perspective&exitTitle=www.leadcenter.org&fedpage=no">Summary Review of the DOL Section 188 Final Rule from a Disability Perspective</a></h4> <p>December 16, 2016</p> <h4><a href="/web/20161221011420/https://www.dol.gov/cgi-bin/leave-dol.asp?exiturl=http://webcast.askjan.org/p259vxuwzi9/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal&exitTitle=webcast.askjan.org&fedpage=no">JAN Archives Webcast on Hidden Disabilities, Disclosure, and Accommodations</a></h4> <p>December 16, 2016</p> <h4><a href="/web/20161221011420/https://www.dol.gov/cgi-bin/leave-dol.asp?exiturl=http://www.peatworks.org/enews/2016/december&exitTitle=www.peatworks.org&fedpage=no">PEAT Publishes December eNews</a></h4> <p>December 16, 2016</p> <h4><a 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