Vocational Rehabilitation Program to help employers become more confident hiring individuals with Disabilities

The Business Center for Diversity & Inclusion!

This week we have representatives from The Business Center for Diversity & Inclusion (BCDI). We will be discussing their new three year Pilot Program to help employers in our community to become more comfortable and confident in hiring and managing individuals with disabilities. The Program covers Hernando, Pinellas, Pasco, and Hillsborough Counties. The focus of this pilot program are individuals with intellectual disabilities and persons with autism.

The Business Center for Diversity & Inclusion (BCDI) was established to help achieve the Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation’s (VR) goal of becoming a top resource to the business community. Funded by the Florida Department of Education Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Business Center intends to partner with and offer employers access to no-fee training presentations, consultations and referrals to better promote, prepare, and support their interest in, or commitment to, becoming more inclusive in their hiring practices.

Pictured: Rina Nathan – BCDI Business Developer, Julie Ames SNFH,
Steven Roberto – BCDI Project Management


TDI‘s mission is to promote diversity and inclusion in the workforce by connecting job seekers with disabilities that we have prepared for employment to businesses in the community that have a need for their unique skills, talents and abilities.

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Vocational Rehabilitation – School to Work Transition Programs with Milton Moss

Vocational Rehabilitation-School To Work Transition!!

Milton Moss, Area Supervisor for Hillsborough, Hernando, and Pasco Counties for the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation – FL Dept. of Education, and Kate Saksefski a Supervisor for Adult and Student Customers explain what Vocational Rehabilitation is; and the new STAR Program for students 15 to 21 years old that helps students train for a job, continue their education and / or work after leaving high school.

Pictured: Milton Moss, Area Supervisor for Hillsborough, Hernando, and Pasco Counties for the
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation – FL Dept. of Education, Kate Saksefski a Supervisor for Adult
and Student Customers, Julie Ames, SNFH,

Vocational Rehabilitation – Transition to Work Program with Milton Moss

Vocational Rehabilitation – Transition to Work Program with Milton Moss

Pictured: Julie Ames, SNFH, and Milton Moss, Supervisor of the School to Work Transition Unit, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Tampa

Pictured: Julie Ames, SNFH, and Milton Moss, Supervisor of the School to Work Transition Unit,
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Tampa

Milton Moss, Supervisor of the School to Work Transition Unit with the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation in Tampa explains what Vocational Rehabilitation is; and the School to Work Transition Program that helps students train for a job, continue their education and / or work after leaving high school.