{"id":9061,"date":"2021-10-25T16:12:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T23:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hopeservices.org\/?p=9061"},"modified":"2021-10-26T15:59:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T22:59:24","slug":"elise-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hopeservices.org\/news\/elise-story\/","title":{"rendered":"National Disability Employment Awareness Month &#8211; Elise&#8217;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gWFKiTENtZk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0October, Americans observe National Disability Employment Awareness Month by paying tribute to the accomplishments of individuals with disabilities whose work helps keep the nation&#8217;s economy strong<\/p>\n<p>This month, we are proud to spotlight Elise, a member of Hope&#8217;s Community Employment Program, which assists\u00a0participants in achieving their career goals by helping to place them in a job and providing personalized support. Through the program, Elise works at a caf\u00e9 on Microsoft\u2019s campus. During the pandemic, Elise was saddened to find out she was furloughed and could not go back to work.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a0October, Americans observe National Disability Employment Awareness Month by paying tribute to the accomplishments of individuals with disabilities whose work helps keep the nation&#8217;s economy strong This month, we are proud to spotlight Elise, a member of Hope&#8217;s Community Employment Program, which assists\u00a0participants in achieving their career goals by helping to place them in a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1242,303,205,398],"class_list":["post-9061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpautop"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v14.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>National Disability Employment Awareness Month - Elise&#039;s Story | Hope Services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elise works at a caf\u00e9 on Microsoft\u2019s campus. During the pandemic, Elise was saddened to find out she was furloughed and could not go back to work. During this difficult time, Elise was thankful to have the support of Blanca, her Hope Services Job Coach, who would meet with Elise weekly to provide support. Now, Microsoft has lifted the restriction and Elise is able to come back to work. 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