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Lt. Governor Cox to host media information session
on elections cybersecurity issues

What: Lt. Governor Cox, Director of Elections Justin Lee and Director of Election Systems Mark Mitchell will provide a freeform discussion on the latest information related to state elections cybersecurity efforts, and answer both general and technical questions about elections security in Utah.

When: Oct. 2, 2018 at 10:30 a.m.

Where:

Governor’s Office, Rampton Boardroom

350 N. State Street Suite #200

Salt Lake City, Utah 84111

Notes: While this information session is designed specifically to provide members of the media with an opportunity to ask technical and specific questions related to elections, security issues, etc., the meeting will be on the record and cameras/recording devices are allowed. October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. More information here and here.

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MORE ABOUT THE STATEWIDE COLLEGE ACCESS ADVISOR INITIATIVE

This statewide college access advising program would be an expansion of the Utah College Advising Corps, which has been operated by the University of Utah since 2007. Under the current program, 12 schools in Utah have a full-time advisor. The Utah College Advising Corps model is proven to improve college enrollment and college graduation rates:

• Only 49 percent of Utah high school graduates make it to college immediately after high school. Students in the 12 schools with college access advisors enrolled at a rate of 58 percent.
• For every meeting with a college access advisor, students are 13 percent more likely to enroll in college.
• For every meeting with a college access advisor, students are 5 percent more likely to graduate from college.

This proposal is to scale the program statewide, under the direction of the Board of Regents, into every high school in Utah by the school year 2021-2022. Anticipated costs of the program are approximately $7 million, with $5,995,000 coming from state tax funds and the remainder found in internal reallocations from the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education. The Board will consider prioritizing the $5,995,000 as part of the unified budget request in preparation for the 2019 legislative session

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With October being National Disability Employment Awareness Month and  the average monthly Social Security disability benefit at only $1,065.73, barely enough to keep an individual out of poverty, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst Cities for People with Disabilities as well as accompanying videos.

In order to ease the process of finding the best place to live while managing a disability, WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 31 key indicators of disability-friendliness. The data set ranges from wheelchair-accessible facilities per capita to rate of workers with disabilities to quality of public hospital system.
 

Best Cities for People with Disabilities

Worst Cities for People with Disabilities

1

Overland Park, KS

173

Worcester, MA

2

South Burlington, VT

174

Huntsville, AL

3

Sioux Falls, SD

175

North Las Vegas, NV

4

Scottsdale, AZ

176

San Bernardino, CA

5

Columbia, MD

177

Brownsville, TX

6

San Francisco, CA

178

Gulfport, MS

7

Rapid City, SD

179

Bridgeport, CT

8

St. Louis, MO

180

Winston-Salem, NC

9

Bismarck, ND

181

Providence, RI

10

Grand Rapids, MI

182

New Haven, CT

 
Best vs. Worst

• Huntington, West Virginia, has the highest share of people with disabilities living in the area, 20.7 percent, which is 3.7 times higher than in Irvine, California, the city with the lowest at 5.6 percent.
   
• Pearl, Hawaii, has the lowest share of people with disabilities living in poverty, 8.40 percent, which is 5.2 times lower than in Rochester, New York, the city with the highest at 44.01 percent.
   
• Laredo, Texas, has the lowest median annual cost of in-home services, $33,176, which is 2.3 times lower than in San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont, California, the cities with the highest at $76,648.
   
• South Burlington, Vermont, has the highest median annual earnings for people with disabilities, $34,639, which is 4.5 times higher than in Burlington, Vermont, the city with the lowest at $7,651. 

To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit: 
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-for-people-with-disabilities/7164/