<div class="ExternalClass97A9CFF59FE6421FB219245751A5FD73"><p>​The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) highlighted disabilityworks in their September/October 2014 Newsletter! See excerpt below and download the newsletter for the whole article.</p><p>&quot;In September, the U.S. Department of Labor announced $14.8 million in grants to six states, including $2.5 million to Illinois, to improve employment opportunities for adults and youth with disabilities.<br></p><p>Grants are being awarded as part of the
<a target="_blank" href="https&#58;//www.dol.gov/agencies/odep/initiatives/disability-employment-initiative" title="Disability Employment Initiative">Disability Employment Initiative</a> (DEI), funded by the Department of Labor's
<a target="_blank" href="https&#58;//www.dol.gov/agencies/eta" title="Employment and Training Administration">Employment and Training Administration</a> and
<a target="_blank" href="https&#58;//www.dol.gov/agencies/odep" title="Office of Disability Employment Policy">Office of Disability Employment Policy</a>. This is the fifth round of funding through the Disability Employment Initiative, which now supports 37 projects in 26 states...&quot;</p><p>Download it <a href="/News/Documents/September-October%202014%20DCEO%20Newsletter.pdf" title="DCEO Newsletter PDF" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><a href="/News/Documents/September-October%202014%20DCEO%20Newsletter.pdf" title="DCEO Newsletter PDF" target="_blank"><img src="/News/PublishingImages/September-October2014DCEONewsletter_400.jpg" alt="" style="margin&#58;5px;" /></a><br></p></div>