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October 17, 2018Workers With Disabilities Honored by New York State Industries for the Disabled, Inc. (NYSID) for Excellence in Job Performance
New York State Industries for the Disabled, Inc. (NYSID) presented eBizDocs with the Corporate Partner of the Year Award during NYSID’s Annual Meeting on October 11 at Albany Capital Center. Pictured l-r: Howard Gross, eBizDocs president; Maureen O’Brien, NYSID president & CEO; Betty Napoli, who works in data imaging at eBizDocs on NYSID Preferred Source contracts; and Kevin Crosley, NYSID board chair.
New York State Industries for the Disabled, Inc. (NYSID) celebrated New Yorkers with disabilities, and organizations that support employment opportunities for these individuals, during its Annual Meeting on October 11 at Albany Capital Center. The Annual Meeting theme was “Your Future. Our Purpose.”
The Annual Meeting is NYSID’s signature event, bringing together NYSID’s membership, corporate partners, legislative and government guests, and other supporters for the 2018 business highlights and honoree awards in recognition of Preferred Source employment excellence.
October is also National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), and in keeping with the U.S. Department of Labor’s commitment to ensuring a workforce for individuals of all abilities, “America’s Workforce: Empowering All” is this year’s official NDEAM theme.
NYSID presented awards to the following recipients:
William B. Joslin Outstanding Performance Award: Steven Collins, Mountain Lake Services (Mineville/Essex County), facility-based employment; and Maxine Nelson, The Arc of Dutchess (Poughkeepsie/Dutchess County), community-based employment
NYSID’s annual Joslin Awards Program celebrates those who have overcome individual challenges to experience meaningful employment on NYSID Preferred Source contracts. In its 15th year, the Joslin Awards have recognized 770 Outstanding Performers, and awarded 19 of those individuals with the final William B. Joslin Outstanding Performance Award.
Member Agency of the Year: Jefferson Rehabilitation Center (Watertown/Jefferson County)
Corporate Partner of the Year: eBizDocs (Menands/Albany County)
State Government Customer of the Year: New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)
Local Customer of the Year: Dutchess County
“Our lives are often shaped by the work we do, the inherent pride that comes from earning a living in our community. This is especially true for the New Yorkers with disabilities who embody Preferred Source employment at NYSID member agencies and corporate partners across our state,” said Maureen O’Brien, NYSID president & CEO. “We salute our Joslin Outstanding Performers and our Member Agency, Corporate Partner and Customers of the Year as ambassadors of the wide-ranging abilities of New York State’s workforce.”
For more information on the Joslin Awards, including previous award recipients, visit: https://www.nysid.org/programs/joslin-awards-program/.
NYSID is a not-for-profit statewide membership organization based in Albany with a mission of “advancing employment and other opportunities for individuals with disabilities.” In 2018, NYSID empowered more than 6,500 people with disabilities who earned $68.7 million in wages on Preferred Source jobs.
The Preferred Source Program was established via Article XI, Section 162 of the New York State Finance Law in order to advance special social and economic goals related to the employment of New Yorkers with disabilities. Under this law, when certain commodity or service offerings meet the purchasing needs of a state or local government agency, public benefit corporation and some public authorities, those purchases must be made through the Preferred Source Program. NYSID is a facilitating agency of the Program.
