THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release October 25, 2000
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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AMENDMENT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 13078, TO EXPAND THE ROLE
OF THE NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON EMPLOYMENT OF ADULTS
WITH DISABILITIES TO INCLUDE A FOCUS ON YOUTH
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States, and in order to provide for improved access to
employment and training for youth with disabilities, it is hereby ordered
that Executive Order 13078 of March 13, 1998, is amended by adding to
section 2 of that order the following new subsection to read as follows:
"(h) To improve employment outcomes for persons with disabilities by
addressing, among other things, the education, transition, employment,
health and rehabilitation, and independent living issues affecting young
people with disabilities, executive departments and agencies shall
coordinate and cooperate with the Task Force to: (1) strengthen
interagency research, demonstration, and training activities relating to
young people with disabilities; (2) create a public awareness campaign
focused on access to equal opportunity for young people with disabilities;
(3) promote the views of young people with disabilities through
collaboration with the Youth Councils authorized under the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998; (4) increase access to and utilization of health
insurance and health care for young people with disabilities through the
formalization of the Federal Healthy and Ready to Work Interagency Council;
(5) increase participation by young people with disabilities in
postsecondary education and training programs; and (6) create a nationally
representative Youth Advisory Council, to be funded and chaired by the
Department of Labor, to advise the Task Force in conducting these and other
appropriate activities."
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 25, 2000.
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