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RETAIN to help newly injured, ill workers to remain on the job By Crystal Staley/Sebastian Kitchen Frankfort, KY - Gov. Andy Beshear and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced today the state has received a $21.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to boost efforts to help newly injured and ill employees remain at or return to work. "We know that maintaining work is so important," said Gov. Beshear. "When people leave Kentucky's workforce because they become sick or have an injury, it can be detrimental - not only to them, but to their families, employers and Kentucky's economy." The Retaining Employment and Talent after Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN) Phase 2 funding is the largest federal grant awarded to date to the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet's Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR). Kentucky, Kansas, Minnesota, Ohio and Vermont were awarded a total of $103 million in the Phase 2 program expansion. In 2018, Kentucky received $3.5 million and was one of eight selected for the Phase 1 pilot program. Lt. Gov. Coleman announced the grant funding Thursday afternoon at the University of Kentucky. The federal funding will enable RETAIN Kentucky to:
"We have learned valuable lessons throughout Phase 1 that have put us on a strong path to even more success over the next four years. Ultimately, we intend to embed stay-at-work/return-to-work interventions and strategies across systems that will continue long after the grant ends," said Cora McNabb, executive director of the OVR and lead administrator for the grant. The University of Kentucky, in collaboration with the Office of Research, Human Development Institute, Human Resources, and UK HealthCare, will continue to lead RETAIN implementation. "We will provide early intervention services and create academic opportunities both for undergraduate and graduate students that will build capacity of the professionals of tomorrow," said University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto. "The University of Kentucky is gratified to be a partner in this exciting effort." In the Phase 1 pilot, more than 200 employees received services and 1,100-plus health care providers and stakeholders were trained. "In a state where roughly one-third of adults have a physical or mental impairment, we need to deploy strategies intentionally that will help us build and strengthen a workforce that is inclusive of all Kentuckians," said Kathy Sheppard-Jones, executive director of the Human Development Institute at UK. "We have a unique opportunity to change the trajectory of the lives of people who sustain injury or illness and who might otherwise become disconnected from work. Our emphasis is on non-work injuries which have fewer supports available and are up to eight times more likely to occur than an on-the-job injury." This story was posted on 2021-05-06 15:11:38
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