The Bridges to Employment Summit Report Toolkit provides sample content that service providers can use to develop newsletters, employer outreach messaging and social media posts. We encourage you to share the report with your partners to build upon one of the summit’s key themes: Relationship development. The report is also a useful tool to raise employer awareness about the Ticket to Work (Ticket) Program.
Newsletter/Article/Email for use by service provider summit participants
If you participated in the summit, we encourage you to share the report in your newsletter, on your website and/or blog. You can use this language as a starting point.
Social Security recently released its Bridges to Employment Summit Report. <Insert your organization name> participated in the two-day virtual event in November 2021. More than 200 representatives from Employment Networks (EN), State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies, employers, job placement and technical assistance organizations, and federal and state government agencies participated in the summit. The purpose of the summit was to identify linkages between employers and Ticket to Work service providers working with job-ready individuals with disabilities.
The report summarizes discussions from the event and presents recommendations to further linkages between employers and Ticket to Work Program service providers to increase the number of individuals with disabilities entering the workforce.
Our organization will continue to work with Social Security to further the employment of individuals with disabilities.
Newsletter/Article/Email for use by other service providers
If you’re interested in spreading the word about the report but didn’t participate in the summit, use this sample newsletter, article, email, etc. We encourage you to use the report as a starting point for conversations among organizations interested in employment for people with disabilities.
Social Security recently released its Bridges to Employment Summit Report. More than 200 representatives from Employment Networks (EN), State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies, employers, job placement and technical assistance organizations, and federal and state government agencies participated in the summit. The purpose of the summit was to identify linkages between employers and Ticket to Work service providers working with job-ready individuals with disabilities.
This report summarizes discussions from the event and presents recommendations to further linkages between employers and Ticket to Work Program service providers to increase the number of individuals with disabilities entering the workforce.
Our organization will continue to work with Social Security to further the employment of individuals with disabilities.
Employer outreach sample for use by service providers
One of the summit’s findings was the importance of raising awareness about the Ticket Program and service providers, especially among employers. The summit report can be a tool to introduce employers to the Ticket Program and build connections, thereby furthering the mission of the program.
Social Security recently released its Bridges to Employment Summit Report. In November, <Insert your organization name> and more than 200 representatives from Employment Networks (EN), State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies, employers, job placement and technical assistance organizations, and federal and state government agencies participated in the summit. The purpose of the summit was to identify linkages between employers and Ticket to Work service providers working with job-ready individuals with disabilities.
This report summarizes discussions from the event and presents recommendations to further linkages between employers and Ticket to Work Program service providers to increase the number of individuals with disabilities entering the workforce.
Summit participants noted the critical importance of building relationships with employers to better understand their talent needs. As a Ticket to Work EN, we can connect you with job-ready individuals with disabilities to help fill vacancies and support your diversity, equity and inclusion employment objectives.
I would like to set up a 30-minute meeting to discuss how we can help you fill vacant positions and answer any questions you may have. Please let me know a time that works for you.
I look forward to hearing from you.
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Social Media
We encourage you to share the report using your social media channels. Don’t forget to tag @ChooseWork on Facebook (you must be following us to tag us) and @ChooseWorkSSA on Twitter.
Facebook/LinkedIn
Social Security releases Bridges to Employment Summit Report
Following a 2-day virtual event, the report summarizes summit discussions, along with recommendations for furthering linkages between employers and Ticket to Work employment support service providers to increase the number of individuals with disabilities entering the workforce.
Summit participants noted the importance of building relationships with employers. We invite you to learn more about @ChooseWork and connect with a service provider for access to job-ready individuals with disabilities to meet your hiring needs.
Bridges to Employment Summit Report (ssa.gov)
We recommend a Tweet thread, with the below posts.
Post 1: Do you have open positions to fill? Did you know there’s a pool of talented, job ready individuals ready for work? #TicketToWork (1 of 3) @ChooseWorkSSA
Post 2: Social Security is pleased to announce the release of the #TicketToWork Bridges to Employment Summit Report. Participants noted the importance of building relationships w/ employers. @ChooseWorkSSA (2 of 3)
Link: Bridges to Employment Summit Report (ssa.gov)
Post 3: Learn about Social Security’s #TicketToWork Program and connect with a service provider for access to job-ready individuals with disabilities to meet your hiring needs. @ChooseWorkSSA (3 of 3)
Link: https://choosework.ssa.gov
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To download the Ticket to Work logo or other Ticket program graphic files, please visit our Marketing Materials page and access our Branding Guidelines and file downloads. We recommend including the Ticket to Work logo.
