Article
State Agency Promising Practice: The Tennessee Employment Consortium (TEC) - A Statewide Collaboration for Change
ThinkWork! Publications
Document Type
Occasional Paper
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Keywords
- Collaboration,
- Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities,
- I/DD,
- Developmental Disabilities,
- Access to Integrated Employment,
- ThinkWork
Disciplines
Abstract
The Tennessee Employment Consortium (TEC) is a statewide organization focused on increasing the number of Tennesseans in integrated employment. The consortium comprises volunteers from the state’s Division of Mental Retardation Services (DMRS) and Division of Rehabilitation Services (DRS), the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities, the ARC of Tennessee, the Center on Disability and Employment at the University of Tennessee, community rehabilitation providers (CRPs), family members, and other stakeholders. TEC’s ability to organize collaborative activities across state agencies, advocacy organizations, and CRPs has played an important role in increasing integrated employment outcomes.
Community Engaged/Serving
No, this is not community-engaged.
Citation Information
Jean Winsor and ThinkWork! at the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston. "State Agency Promising Practice: The Tennessee Employment Consortium (TEC) - A Statewide Collaboration for Change" (2007) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jean-winsor/54/