Education Award


The Janice Chmela Award
This award recognizes the most outstanding school or educational curriculum that generates the most extraordinary possibilities or personal achievements for people who have a disability.

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Presented by: Fran Peek and Kim "the REAL Rainman" Peek

Nominees:
Conover Company (Tools for Life)
Illinois Interagency Committee on Employees with Disabilities
Illinois School for the Deaf
Mrs. Renee Stringfellow, West Virginia State College
National Scholarship Award for Workplace Innovation and Design

Winner: National Scholarship Award for Workplace Innovation and Design

Accepted by: Therese Stein of the Governmental Affairs and Workforce Development Department.

About the National Scholarship Award for Workplace Innovation and Design (NISH)
NISH is a national nonprofit organization, established in 1974 as part of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day (JWOD) Act, whose mission is to create employment opportunities for people with severe disabilities by securing federal contracts for Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRPs) that participate in the JWOD Program.  NISH was established to encourage college students to develop solutions to barriers that prevent people with disabilities from entering or advancing in the workplace.  NISH hopes to enable people with disabilities to use their unique abilities to reach their employment goals.