And the picture is not fully painted unless you look at, what it is called, the Labor Force Participation, rate and i think that a lot of folks probably know what this is, this is, this is the number of, it is calculated as the number of people that are either employed, or unemployed but actively looking for a job. And in 2015, the rate of people without disabilities that were actively par participating in the workforce, was 68. 9 percent and that is compared to the rate of people with disabilities in 2013. Was 20. 3 percent. And i think that it is really important to point out here, and as the table, on this slide, and tries to show, is that while we have seen a slight decrease in the Unemployment Rate of the Disability Community, there is also a very similar decrease in the Labor Force Participation rate of our community. And so really what that, and to me, what that illustrates is that it is not necessarily the Unemployment Rate is falling, because, people are getting jobs, it is be
Moving on for to item number 7, information item,san Francisco Public Library and its successful implementation of Civil Service rule 115. Presentation by marti goddard, Access Services manager, san Francisco Public Library. The staff hired the rule, reflect the local communities of the users who are deaf and blind and those who have learning disabilities and the works are one or two part time positions for people with the Developmental Disability and presentation by marti, goddard, Access Services manager, san Francisco Public Library. That i think this meeting is a celebration and i am so happy to be able to be a part of it, thank you very much. Being a lie braeer an, as i was thinking of what to say today, i spent the time looking at and thinking about definitions of diversity and inclusion and mostly i found when related to humans Something Like the state of having people who are different races, or who have different culture and a group or an organization, and or references to peo
Human resources advices us that she is running a few minutes late and so if you have flexibility you might want to go to the next item if that is possible. Thank you. Moving on for to item number 7, information item,san Francisco Public Library and its successful implementation of Civil Service rule 115. Presentation by marti goddard, Access Services manager, san Francisco Public Library. The staff hired the rule, reflect the local communities of the users who are deaf and blind and those who have learning disabilities and the works are one or two part time positions for people with the Developmental Disability and presentation by marti, goddard, Access Services manager, san Francisco Public Library. That i think this meeting is a celebration and i am so happy to be able to be a part of it, thank you very much. Being a lie braeer an, as i was thinking of what to say today, i spent the time looking at and thinking about definitions of diversity and inclusion and mostly i found when rela
Honestly a lot of it is exposure, and the more that we are able to get the people with disabilities integrated into the workforce, i think that a lot of those concerns will fall away. Thank you very much. Any questions for the staff . Okay. Seeing none, we will go ahead and break, shortly, for a tenminutes and, we will be back here for the presentations thank you, again for all of those who attended. [break] 6. Information item a review of Civil Service rule 115 and its implementation for hiring people with disabilities. Presentation by donna kotake, department of Human Resources, Workforce Development director, city and county of san francisc student Human Resources advices us that she is running a few minutes late and so if you have flexibility you might want to go to the next item if that is possible. Thank you. Moving on for to item number 7, information item,san Francisco Public Library and its successful implementation of Civil Service rule 115. Presentation by marti goddard, Acc
Disability. I had a very, unique role i work in the mayors Budget Office for four years and was able to interact with almost all of the Department Heads in the city and each and every one of them to their credit recognized me as a valuable, colleague. And many of them indeed turned to me for issues and concerns that they were having i think that a lot of is rooted in lack of education and the abilities of people with disabilities i remember, that i speak fondly and i have a great memories of my work in the mayors office. But i can tell you that i recalled, distinctly, when i lost the issue of my blindness in my interview and offered them an opportunity, and offer them an opportunity to pose a question about how i will go about doing the job as an employee with a disability. The first question that they asked me is that i send a lot of text messages, how are you going to be able to text . You know, it is a very obvious and it was folks it is an obvious question, if you dont know, you do