Employees with Disabilities: Ready and Willing

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Martha Younger-White, The Chicago Lighthouse

Posted

May 31, 2019

National statistics show that approximately 70% of individuals with disabilities are unemployed. Statistics of our Veterans indicates that nearly 30% of ex-military men and women are jobless. The Chicago Lighthouse is trying to change those numbers.

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