About EARN
The Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) offers information and resources to help employers recruit, hire, retain and advance people with disabilities; build inclusive workplace cultures; and meet diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) goals.

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EARN Partners
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Who We Are
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User Agreement
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Getting Started
Start here to learn how to recruit, hire, retain and advance people with disabilities; why workplace inclusion of people with disabilities matters; and how EARN’s resources can help.

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Recruit
Build a pipeline of talent that includes people with disabilities.
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Hire
Identify people who have the skills and attributes for the job.
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Retain
Keep talented employees with disabilities, including those who acquire them on the job.
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Advance
Ensure that employees with disabilities have equal opportunities for advancement.
Phases of Employment
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Federal Government Employment
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Resource Library
A listing of EARN resources by topic.
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Additional Resources
Dinah Cohen Learning Center
EARN’s Learning Center offers a wide range of training resources, including self-paced online courses.

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Additional EARN Resources
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Other ODEP Funded Centers
Other Tools
News & Events
EARN makes it easy to stay up-to-date on disability employment news and information. Start by subscribing to our monthly newsletter and eblasts, which will connect you to upcoming events, developing news and promising practices in the world of disability diversity and inclusion. And don’t forget to follow EARN on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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What's New on AskEARN
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Organization-Wide Accessibility: Everyone Plays a Part
February 15, 2023 — 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. EST
Webinar Learn about effective strategies employers can use to develop and sustain a fully accessible workplace. -
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A list of all webinars.
Upcoming Events
Major Components of the Government-wide Strategic Plan to Advance DEIA in the Federal Workplace
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in the Federal Workforce Info Center
In November 2021, the White House released the Government-wide Strategic Plan to Advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workplace (PDF). Select one of the sections below for more information.
- Use data and evidence-based decision-making
- Focus on continuous improvement
- Adopt a collaborative whole-of-agency mandate with partnership engagement
- Prioritize accountability and sustainability
- Understand the perspectives of the workforce and the customers
- Investing in an infrastructure that provides timely and effective accommodations for individuals with disabilities
- Embedding accessibility as a core design component of physical and digital spaces
- Training supervisors and management officials on the requirements and processes for providing reasonable accommodations and increasing accessibility
- Providing training and guidance on processes to make physical and virtual environments, including common and individual environments, equitable spaces
- Training users and operators of virtual environments on conducting accessible meetings, creating accessible documents, and addressing potential physical and attitudinal barriers to equitable opportunities
- Regularly assessing information technology and facilities against benchmarks and industry standards to support equitable access and to remove potential barriers
- Ensuring that all technology, whether developed in-house or externally, is compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, before deployment
- Assessing the average time for resolution of accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities and implementing practices to improve efficiencies
- Evaluating the need to establish a centralized fund to improve accessibility and provide accommodations