Northeast ADA Center

Project Activities

Outreach: Our outreach efforts create awareness of Center services and build trust with stakeholders, so as to increase the use of Center services. We conduct general outreach to ADA stakeholders in our region with our social media, website, and newsletter. We also plan to reach out to a few specific audiences this grant cycle. These include employment service professionals, youth with disabilities, and physical access professionals.

Information dissemination: We work to educate ADA stakeholders about their rights and responsibilities under the ADA. The Center has a wealth of information about the ADA and related disability-rights laws at northeastada.org. We will be expanding the smallbusinessatwork.org site to include Title III issues and building regional data dashboards to inform policy makers in our region of relevant disability statistics

Technical Assistance (TA) on the ADA: Our TA service provides customized answers and information to ADA stakeholders when they call us at 800-949-4232. TA specialists with expertise in various facets of the ADA (and other disability regulations) respond to direct, on-demand requests from stakeholders, connecting them with individually tailored information, referrals, and resources.

Training: Our training efforts aim to increase stakeholder understanding of specific topics relevant to specific stakeholder groups. We will continue our efforts to build capacity, enhancing our ability to change intent and behavior around ADA implementation.

Capacity building: The purpose of capacity building is to aid in ADA implementation and to facilitate change in policy, practice, and behavior within communities. We use the ADA Trainer Leadership Network (TLN) and Customized Service Agreement with targeted stakeholders to empower advocates with information that they can share to support local community change initiatives.

Research: The Center’s research seeks to identify region-specific barriers, facilitators, and best practices for implementing the ADA. Our first project will examine the experiences of employers and employees with disabilities related to workplace flexibility policies and practices and implementation of Title I of the ADA. The second research project will demonstrate the impact of our largest capacity building project, the ADA Trainer Leadership Network (TLN), by mapping changes in policy, practice, and behavior that result from the efforts of TLN members.