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Membership
We look forward to your support
and welcome you to membership.
Please take some time to review
our current efforts, benefits of
membership, and a list of
committees in which you might
like to participate.
Join us in our efforts to:
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Promote supported employees/family member awareness, and
development of integrated
employment opportunities.
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Advocate for legislation, funding, and government
decisions that promote
integrated employment at the
federal, state, and local
levels to ensure adequate
resources to support
integrated employment.
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Disseminate information through meetings, conferences,
training sessions, and the
media to increase awareness
regarding the benefits of
integrated employment.
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Build network and linkages with other organizations
(schools, service providers,
governmental agencies,
businesses, etc.), advocacy
groups, and the individuals
throughout the state to
promote integrated
employment.
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Provide support to organizations that are in the process
of, or considering
converting segregated
programs to integrated
service options.
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Create our newsletter, the New York State APSE
Update. The Update
is a regular publication of
New York State APSE , that
provides members with
updates on state and federal
integrated employment
legislation, initiatives,
best practices, and
transportation
opportunities.
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Provide job search assistance: list of integrated
employment programs in
specific geographic areas to
assist New York State APSE
members in relocating.
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Provide assistance in locating information on integrated
employment.
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Develop strategies to become a leading state chapter of
APSE: New York State APSE is
the recognized New York
State Chapter if the
International Association
for Persons in Supported
Employment.
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Provide statewide and national legislative action and
policy change;
representation of integrated
employment
interests in Washington D.C.
Joint Membership:
This joint membership
application represents a
partnership between New York State
APSE and national APSE to work
together to meet SE goals from
the grassroots of local and
state communities to the federal
level. With a growing and
strengthening APSE membership,
we can offer the following
benefits:
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Quarterly copies of The Advance.
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Periodic copies of The New York State APSE Update.
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National and State action alerts.
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Job search assistance when you move or change positions.
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Assistance in locating service providers in your current
or future locality.
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Access an international network of partners in SE
through APSE network with
the European Union.
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Help find information and technical assistance on issues
you need to resolve.
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Vote on APSE issues that will shape the future of SE.
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Receive updates and information by accessing the Web
page
www.apse.org
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Learn how to influence change through Public Policy
Leadership Training.
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Discounted rates to attend both the National and State
Conferences.
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Network with SE providers, leaders, and supported
employees locally and
nationally.
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A proud chapter
of the
Association
for Persons in
Supported Employment
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