QUICKNEWS #14

1.   Held several meetings of the ACSED 2010 Advancing Inclusion Training Symposium Workgroup. The Governor's Comm has joined SPB, DOR, CHIIP, APSEA, EDD, SDAC and FTB [who will host the event at their facilities] as co-sponsors.  Five workgroups are now working on key areas, e.g., budget accommodations, program, etc. 

2.   ACSED made a presentation to the State Recruiters Roundtable on current activities and becoming a Symposium co-sponsor [the Roundtable indicated it should reach a decision on this next week].

3.   Paperwork has been submitted to CHIIP to initiate funding of one part time ACSED consultant to assist with AB 1643 Long Term Care study. 

4.   Gov's Comm was to consider recommendation to include bona fide State employee organization [i.e., ACSED] in the membership provisions of their Operating Procedures document [Gov's Comm requested suggested changes] at Jan 14 quarterly meeting.  Action postponed at present time.

5.   Suzie Ambrose, SPB, & Tony Sauer, DOR, agreed to meet with ACSED on 2-01 to discuss six missing items from the State as a Model Employer Action Plan. [Mtg went well, details next Quicknews]

6.   Attended meeting of the ADA 20^th Anniversary Celebration Committee. ADA Committee requested ACSED to post event information on its website. ACSED awaiting receipt of ADA material to make determination. Committee also asked ACSED to set up PayPal Account to receive donations.  ACSED is looking into it.  

7.   Presented ACEs Employer Awards [for 2009] to the Directors of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development [OSHPD], the number one employer of persons with disabilities for 2009, and the Department of Pesticide Regulation.

8.   Held an afterwork social gathering of ACSED Board Members and liaisons from agencies and other organizations at Original Pete's.

Next ACSED Mtg: Feb 11, Noon - 1:30 pm, @ State Independent Living Council, 1600 K St., Ste 100/105, Members & Guests Welcome [limited phone participation available].Comments?  Contact Les Treece-Sinclair, 916-686-1632 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Association of California State Employees with Disabilities

Spring 2010 Training Symposium

Event Coordinator/Administrative Support

January 23, 2010

Job Description: The Association of California State Employees with Disabilities (ACSED) is recruiting for an independent contractor to coordinate and provide organizational support for its 2010 training symposium. Under general supervision by the ACSED project manager or designee, the contractor performs the duties of an event coordinator, and provides administrative support for the event, as follows:

·       With input from the project team, identify and capture all necessary tasks for project success in the following project areas: Budget, event registration, event program and speakers, reasonable accommodations, entertainment, and refreshments.

·       In collaboration with the project team develop a project timeline with start and end dates for all required project tasks. Working with the ACSED project manager and project team, ensure that all tasks are assigned and completed on time.

·       Coordinate relevant tasks with entertainment and refreshment vendors, venue facilities management, and any other outside parties providing service to the event. Capture and provide all contact information for vendors and outside parties to the ACSED project manager.

·       Ensure that all event publication material (flyers, programs, etc.) is reviewed for grammar, style, consistency, format, and tone, suggesting changes where appropriate.

·       Ensure that all event publication material is printed and distributed in a timely manner. This will include coordinating printing, and performing all tasks necessary for distribution.

·       Participate in, and provide status updates to the weekly project planning meetings.

·       Be available by phone and email, providing a response to communications from the project team within 24 hours.

·       Coordinate tasks on the day of the training symposium, between the hours of 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM.

·       Perform miscellaneous tasks for the project team, as required. These tasks are not anticipated to comprise more than 10 percent of the total time spent working on the project. If it appears that more work will be required, such work will be negotiated at that time.

·       Coordinate the work of volunteer project team members, ensuring tasks are assigned and tracked.

·       With assistance from the ACSED project team, ensure that adequate staffing is organized and available for day of the event, including paid and volunteer staff.

·       All planning documentation is to be submitted to the ACSED project manager upon completion.

Event Description: The ACSED Spring 2010 training symposium will be an all-day event, held on May 26, 2010, at the California Franchise Tax Board headquarters campus, located at 9645 Butterfield Way, Sacramento, CA, 95827. The event will feature two general sessions and two sets of three breakout sessions, a catered luncheon, and a networking reception. It is anticipated that approximately 150 state employees will attend.

Compensation will be for successful project milestone delivery, to be negotiated. Please submit quotes/proposals to Danielle Anderson by Friday, February 12, 2010:

Danielle Anderson

721 Capitol Mall

Sacramento, CA 95814

Voice: (916) 558-5407

FAX: (916) 558-5402

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QUICKNEWS

1.   Held one meeting of the ACSED 2010 Training Symposium Workgroup. SPB, DOR, CHIIP, APSEA, EDD, SDAC and FTB [who will host event at their facilities] have agreed to be co-sponsors. Gov's Comm will consider recommendation to co-sponsor 1-14. The Recruiters Roundtable has also been invited to co-sponsor.

2.   CHIIP approved ACSED proposal to fund two part time consultants to be employed by ACSED to assist with AB 1643 Long Term Care study. Key documents [consultant agreement and statement of work] developed and submitted to CHIIP.

3.   Gov's Comm will consider recommendation to include bona fide State employee organization [i.e., ACSED] in the membership provisions of their Operating Procedures document [Gov's Comm requested suggested changes] at Jan 14 quarterly meeting.

4.   Reviewed Action Plan of the State as a Model Employer which was released by SPB and DOR 11-24.  Review showed more than a dozen recommendations which were to be included have been left out.  Wrote to Suzie Ambrose, SPB, and Tony Sauer, DOR, to request a meeting to discuss importance of missing items [6 in particular] and how to get them back in Action Plan.

5.   Attended one meeting of the ADA 20^th Anniversary Celebration Committee. Provided IRS non-profit information [on ACSED which is serving as event banker]. ADA Committee requested ACSED to post event information on its website. ACSED awaiting receipt of ADA material to make determination.  ACSED conveyed name of Kevin Horn, Mgr, Ability Cntr [formerly Deluxe Trucking], to ADA Comm as possible event supporter.

6.   Received letter from Governor acknowledging ACSED letter re 15 State departments being named ACES Employers for 2009. He indicated his continued support for disability employment efforts.

Next ACSED Mtg: Jan 21, 12 noon - 1:30 pm, @ State Council on D.D., 1507 21^st St., corner of 21^st & O., Ste 210, 2^nd Fl, Members & Guests Welcome [limited phone participation available]. Questions?  Comments?  Contact Les Treece-Sinclair, 916-686-1632 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Program Managers:

The Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) is excited to announce that we are recruiting 60 Graduate Student Assistants (GSA) as Interns!  This opportunity is a result of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), available only through September 30, 2011.  Please act quickly and alert eligible students to take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn about DOR’s vocational rehabilitation counseling.

The GSAs will participate in the delivery of a wide range of vocational rehabilitation services and gain practical experience from observing and assisting the DOR counseling staff.  GSAs will work in a DOR district or branch office throughout the State; students at the following CORE Universities will have first priority for the internships:

·      California State University at Sacramento,

·      San Francisco State University,

·      California State University at Fresno,

·      California State University at Los Angeles,

·      California State University at San Bernardino, and

·      San Diego State University.

Internship opportunities exist in the following areas:

·      Sacramento,

·      San Francisco Bay Area,

·      San Jose/Silicon Valley,

·      Fresno,

·      Van Nuys,

·      Los Angeles,

·      Long Beach,

·      Anaheim,

·      Riverside/San Bernardino, and

·      San Diego

Students can access the job information and complete an online application through Sacramento State University’s (Sac State) University Enterprises Inc. website: http://www.enterprises.csus.edu/.  For questions or reasonable accommodation, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , or call Nancy Blanton, Sac State University Enterprises Inc. Human Resources office at (916) 278-7006.

The Association of California State Employees with Disabilities [ACSED] is pleased to name the fifteen top employers of persons with disabilities [PWDs] in State service and to designate them as Employment "ACES" for 2009.

"ACES" is ACSED's designation for those State agencies that have demonstrated  exemplary support for the employment and equitable treatment of persons with disabilities [PWDs] and that they value PWDs as employees.

For the 2009 "ACES" program, State departments were evaluated on their disability representation and promotion rates as of June 30, 2009 [using SPB Reports 5102 and 5112].  This identified fifteen departments with the highest disability representation AND a promotion rate for PWDs of at least 80 percent [a] of their proportion of the department's work force.  These two elements were then ranked, combined, and averaged to determine the department's final standing in the top 15.  The agencies and departments recognized below are ranked in order of their level of success in hiring and promoting PWDs.

ACSED now presents the "cream of the crop", the 2009 Employment "ACES":

Agency or Department

 1.  Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development

 2.  State Personnel Board

 3.  Department of Managed Health Care

 4.  Department of Fair Employment & Housing              

 5.  Fair Political Practices Commission

 6.  Department of Public Health              

 7.  Commission on Teacher Credentialing

 8.  Department of Community Services & Development

 9.  Department of Motor Vehicles

10. Peace Officer Standards & Training

11. Department of Pesticide Regulation

12. California State Library   

13. Department of Conservation

14. Department of Transportation

15. Office of the State Controller

Honorable Mention

The following four departments have earned ACSED Employment "Honorable Mentions" for 2009 as they have very good disability representation rates. Their disability promotion rates are below the 80 percent threshold requirement for 2009 "ACES" consideration.

1.  Department of Health Care Services

2.  Department of Rehabilitation

3.  Department of Education

4.  Department of Toxic Substances Control

ACSED congratulates the 2009 "ACES" and "Honorable Mentions"!

(Note:  The above is a quick announcement of ACSED's 2009 ACES Award Winners designed for easier posting and reading on our website.  A more informative detailed version in PDF format can be viewed and downloaded by clicking on this link: 2009 ACES Award Announcement.)