{"id":4245,"date":"2025-02-27T15:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeworks.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4245"},"modified":"2025-02-28T09:15:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:15:05","slug":"the-latest-at-lifeworks","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeworks.org\/news\/the-latest-at-lifeworks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest at Lifeworks &#8211; February 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<section class=\"page-hero left gutenberg-block style-text-and-image\" id=\"\" >\n\t<div class=\"outer page-hero__outer pad-top-default pad-bottom-default\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inner page-hero__inner\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page-hero__copy-wrapper \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-hero__copy-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"page-hero__preheader\">GERTRUDE&#8217;S BLOG<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-hero__header\">The Latest at Lifeworks &#8211; February 2025<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"buttons-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-hero__image-wrapper \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"page-hero__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Page-Hero-Image-_-gmm.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg left gutenberg-block\" id=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"outer wysiwyg__outer pad-top-default pad-bottom-default\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inner wysiwyg__inner\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__text-wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lifeworks Community,<\/p>\n<p>At Lifeworks, disability inclusion isn\u2019t just what we do \u2013 it\u2019s who we are. And we know that real inclusion doesn\u2019t happen with a single training or policy update. It takes a collective effort and ongoing commitment from businesses, organizations, and communities to ensure people with disabilities are truly included.<\/p>\n<p>This is why we launched our Disability Inclusion Training and Consulting services \u2013 designed for companies and organizations that want to move beyond good intentions and take meaningful, sustained action toward advancing disability inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, more than 1,600 people attended a disability inclusion training with Lifeworks. That\u2019s 1,600 more people informed on disability and willing to be a part of advancing inclusion! Disability inclusion means so much to us at Lifeworks, and we want to partner with businesses and communities that believe it is important, too.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning this year, we are offering annual subscriptions to our training and consulting services giving businesses the tools, training, and expert guidance they need to embed disability inclusion into their culture and operations. Annual members benefit from monthly webinars, one-to-one consultation hours, private disability inclusion trainings, and access to our employee match program helping people with disabilities find jobs at their companies.<\/p>\n<p>Disability Inclusion Training and Consulting services benefit everyone \u2013 not just employees and community members with disabilities. Advancing disability inclusion creates spaces where <strong>all people thrive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Lifeworks partnered with a regional bank in the Midwest to assess the accessibility of their new office in Chicago. While their floor plan was already ADA compliant, we made recommendations to enhance accessibility to create an environment where current and future employees with disabilities could feel truly included.<\/p>\n<p>We know that creating a world where disability inclusion is the standard is a team effort. We have seen the challenges, but we have also seen what\u2019s possible when our community makes disability inclusion a priority.<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to join us in advancing disability inclusion? Does your business want to do more than check a box and really make a commitment to disability inclusion? Contact Keeri Tramm, Director of Disability Initiatives, at <a href=\"mailto:ktramm@lifeworks.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ktramm@lifeworks.org<\/a> or 612-598-2104 to get started.<\/p>\n<p>Warmly,<\/p>\n<p>Gertrude<\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__button-wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <a \n    href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/5023fa53f23b\/december-lifeworks-newsletter-16729803\" \n    class=\"btn wysiwyg__button blue-primary\" \n    target=\"_blank\" \n    aria-label=\"Read the Full Newsletter. 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