ACSED has announced the names of its Employment "ACES" for 2008. They are the sixteen State Departments [see below] that on June 30, 2008 exceeded the State's target representation rate of 16.6 percent for persons with disabilities [PWDs]. The actual overall State government rate achieved on that date was 8.7 percent.

The ACSED 2008 Employment "ACES" are:

    PWD Represent Rate

Department                                                        Size                      June 30, 2008

1.  Fair Political Practices Com                         S                                24.6

2.  Business, Trans & Housing Agen                 S                                24.0

3.  Off of Statewide Health Plan/Dev                  S                               22.6

4.  Fair Employment & Housing                          S                               22.1

5.  Comm on Teacher Credentialing                  S                               21.5

6.  Managed Health Care                                    S                               21.4

7.  Community Services & Develop                   S                               20.5

8.  Motor Vehicles                                                 L                               20.2

9.  Health Care Services                                     M                              18.7

10. Peace Officer Standards & Trng                 S                               18.3

11. State Public Defender                                  S                               18.2

12. Public Health                                                 M                               17.5

13. Rehabilitation                                                M                               17.4

14. Pesticide Regulation                                   S                                17.3

15. CAL EPA  [tie]                                              S                                17.0

15. Conservation  [tie]                                        M                                17.0

ACSED President Les Treece-Sinclair noted "This year has been especially difficult for State government in terms of budget and staff reductions.  But on June 30, these 16 departments led the way, showing that disability employment works.  There are other departments that could learn from their example." 

Honorable Mention Goes to the Following:

1. Office of State Controller                                M                              16.9

2. Toxic Substances Control                              M                              16.8

3. Education                                                         M                              16.6

4. CAL FIRE                                                         L                               16.3

5. State Air Resources Board                            M                              15.9

6. St Energy Resource Cons & Dev                  S                               15.8

7. Emergency Med Services Auth                      S                               15.7

8. Corporations                                                     S                               15.6

9. Housing & Commun Develop                         M                               15.4

10. CA State Library  [tie]                                    S                               15.3

10. Social Services  [tie]                                      L                               15.3

Congratulations from ACSED to the 2008 Employment "ACES" and the Honorable Mentions.

Small: 21-499 employees, Medium: 500-3,499, Large: 3,500+

Source: Report No. 5: Disability Parity, SPB, September 29, 2008.  ACSED would like to thank SPB for running off this updated report to correct erroneous data discovered in a previous report.

[ACSED recognizes that the PWD representation rates listed above may have changed since June 30 due to staff reductions/layoffs.]