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Calendar of Events
April 22-23, 2010
NCARF Annual Leadership Forum
Wrightsville Beach, NC |
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NCARF Headquarters
Suite 102
Raleigh, NC 27607
Phone
919-863-9486
Email
Nicole Shore
Association Executive
Michelle Eggleston
Membership Coordinator
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NCARF Member Questions |
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Johnston Country Industries would like to know what type of HR software, if any, other CRPs may be using?
JCI would also like CRPs to share their vacation and sick accrual policies.
Please email all responses to Patricia Little at patricia@jcindustries.com. |
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Employer Payroll Incentive Project Update |
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In June 2009, The Institute for Economic Empowerment contracted with Mathematica Policy Research to explore the use of an employer payroll tax credit to provide employers with stronger incentives to hire people with disabilities.
Mathematica developed a preliminary model of a budget-neutral employer payroll tax credit, estimating the potential cost savings to the Federal government of companies employing people with disabilities.
Features of the Employer Payroll Tax Incentive
Based on the findings of the preliminary model, the employer payroll tax incentive specified has the following features:
- Target population: Employed SSI and DI beneficiaries and former beneficiaries with earnings greater than $1000 per month.
- Tax Credit: Employers with at least 1% of their employees meeting these criteria will be eligible for a FICA credit for each employee in the target population. The amount of the credit will vary based on whether or not the employee is covered by a health insurance plan offered by the employer.
- Limit: An employer's total aggregate tax credit may not exceed 7.65% of payroll (the employer's share of the FICA tax).
During Phase 2, Mathematica will conduct field research to further refine the model and develop approaches to policy intervention. In Phase 3, a demonstration and evaluation of the tax incentive will be conducted, with the goal of generating rigorous empirical evidence that a well-designed, budget-neutral policy intervention could increase the employment of people with disabilities.
See the Institute's website for updates on the Employer Payroll Tax Incentive.
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NCARF on LinkedIn |
Are you LinkedIn? Consider setting up a free account and joining the NCARF group. LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. As of October 2009, LinkedIn had more than 50 million registered users, spanning more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. For more information on LinkedIn, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn. I have created a group on LinkedIn for NCARF. This includes discussion areas, job postings, as well as a place to post links to relevant news articles. I think that online networking can be a valuable tool to keep us virtually connected. In addition to the NCARF group, I am setting up sub-groups so that staff in our organizations can connect in their job areas (such as programs, human resources, business development, quality assurance, finance, etc.). The NCARF group can be located at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1779230&trk=anetsrch_name&goback=%2Egdr_1260809135224_1 Consider setting up a LinkedIn account, connecting with me and joining the NCARF group! Alicia Camacho NCARF President 2009-2010 |
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Governance Policies
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NCARF is gathering Board of Directors and Organizational Governance Policies for member reference. We'd love to have your contributions. Please send the policies to Michelle Eggleston, meggleston@firstpointresources.com. We'll post them at www.ncarf.com in the members only area. Please send exactly how you would like them posted. If you have questions, please let us know. |
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