Pathways to Employment (PTE)
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The mission of Pathways to Employment is to increase competitive employment of people with disabilities and meet Minnesota’s workforce needs by bringing together people with disabilities, employers, businesses, government and providers.
Three Minnesota state agencies (Minnesota Department of Human Services, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, and the Minnesota State Council on Disability) have partnered to develop and implement Pathways to Employment, a comprehensive employment Medicaid infrastructure grant funded through the Ticket to Work and Work Incentive Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-170).
This site will keep you updated on progress, share information and provide links to materials and reports.
Pathways to Employment Overview
The purpose of Minnesota’s Pathways to Employment (PTE) is to increase the employment rate and earnings of people with disabilities, and meet the needs of Minnesota employers through full use of the state’s workforce.
Some of the desired outcomes for Pathways to Employment are:
- An increased rate of competitive employment of people with disabilities
- Increased numbers of employers who recruit and hire people with disabilities and thereby better meet their workforce needs
- Improved quality of life of competitively employed people with disabilities
- Greater earnings by people with disabilities
- Well-coordinated services and supports that prepare people with disabilities to enter and succeed in the competitive workforce
Since 2001, PTE has worked to further develop the state’s infrastructure to better support the employment efforts of Minnesotans with disabilities. PTE has provided policy and program support to the Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities program (MA-EPD), developed policies that focus on employment in community integration and consumer-directed initiatives, and worked within the Minnesota Department of Human Services and with partner agencies to generate ongoing support of employment of people with disabilities.
A four-year Medicaid infrastructure grant (2005-2008) gives Minnesota additional resources for improving the systems that support people with disabilities and Minnesota employers. With support from this grant PTE will:
- Create partnerships to meet workforce needs and expand job opportunities
- Develop public policies that support competitive employment for people with disabilities
- Coordinate employment services and supports
- Coordinate information and communications
- Strengthen transition services and work experiences for youth and young adults
- Improve and coordinate data collection and analysis
Stay tuned to this Web site for information about PTE activities, downloadable plans and reports, and links to PTE activities and resources.
Your questions, comments, and feedback are encouraged. Please e-mail to pte.public@state.mn.us.
Updates to this website are announced via the PTE Listserv. If you are interested in receiving this information, enroll by sending an e-mail to: pte.public@state.mn.us