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Evaluation
Power point
Tom Gloss will cover material in this power point, but will NOT be going through it slide by slide.
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Handouts
- National Youth/GRADS Beneficiary Map and Table as of June 10, 2009
Ages 18-30 by state on SSI or SSDI (doc)
Tom's SSA Fact Sheets:
- Ticket to Work Basics (pdf)
- SSA63024 Overview Ticket to Work (pdf)
- Ticket to Work Resources (May 2009) (doc)
- Ticket to Work Statistics July 2009 for ages 18-22 (doc)
- Employment Network Handbook for Service Providers: Grow Your Bottom Line by Putting Social Security Beneficiaries to Work 2009 (pdf)
Health at Work
- Health and Workplace (doc)
- Youth Health Transition Planning Exercise (doc)
- Successful Health Care Transition (doc)
- Transition Collaboration Agencies (doc)
- Work Incentives for SSI Recipients with Intellectual Disabilities (pdf)
- Employer Perspectives on Employment of People with Disabilities (pdf)
Resources
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Work Incentive Planning and Assistance National Training Center
http://www.vcu-ntc.org/
The Work Incentive Planning and Assistance National Training Center provides initial certification training to CWICs to enable them to provide services to SSA beneficiaries, and also provides supplemental trainings to WIPA personnel on a variety of topics.
The CWIC Initial Training Program is based on a comprehensive set of competencies that CWICs must acquire in order to be "certified" to provide work incentives planning and assistance services to SSA beneficiaries. The interactive training session is designed to provide CWICs with the basic skills and knowledge they need to perform their jobs effectively. Additional, supplemental trainings on specific topics are also periodically offered to WIPA personnel. See http://www.vcu-ntc.org/training/index.cfm for current and planned programs and archived trainings.
- VCU WIPA National Training Center Contact Information (doc)
- CWIC Initial Training – Community Partner Guidelines 2009 (doc)
- CWIC Initial Training Program Description- Registration Information (doc)
National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability
Navigating the Road to Work: Making the Connection between Youth with Disabilities & Employment
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/
NCWD/Youth is your source for information about employment and youth with disabilities. Our partners — experts in disability, education, employment, and workforce development — strive to ensure you will be provided with the highest quality, most relevant information available.
Project SEARCH
http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/svc/alpha/p/search/
Project SEARCH at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center provides employment and education opportunities for individuals with significant disabilities. The program is dedicated to workforce development that benefits the individual, community and workplace.
Project SEARCH has 140 programs in 31 states and 3 countries. If you are interested in sites in your state, please contact Michael Behrman at Michael.Behrman@cchmc.org
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Transition Resources
http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/svc/alpha/c/special-needs/resources/transitions.htm
Going to Work: A Guide to Social Security Benefits and Employment for Young People with Disabilities
2009 Social Security Administration
http://www.communityinclusion.org/pdf/GTW2009.pdf
Ticket to Work Recruitment and Outreach information and materials
http://www.cessi.net/ttw
Social Security Administration’s Work Site
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/work
Many resources including the Red Book, a general reference source about the employment-related provisions of Social Security Disability Insurance and the Supplemental Security Income Programs for educators, advocates, rehabilitation professionals, and counselors who serve people with disabilities
Transforming Disability Policy for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities
Policy brief from Mathematica Policy Research
http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/pdfs/disability/transformdisabilitybr09-01.pdf
Bonnie O’Day and David Stapleton, March 2009. The transition to adulthood can be difficult for young people with disabilities, and changes in public policy are needed to give them the support they need to find meaningful work, stay employed, and reduce their dependency on federal and state disability benefits. This brief highlights the importance of improving transition policy for youth with disabilities, reviews lessons from recent research, and considers transformative policy changes and why and how such changes might be tested. It also discusses an example of a transformative policy with potential to improve transitions for youth with disabilities—the Transition to Economic Self-Sufficiency (TESS) program.
The Rehabilitation Act: Outcomes for Transition-Age Youth.
The complete report is available on the National Council on Disability web site at http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/news/2008/r08-574.htm
On October 28, 2008 the National Council on Disability (NCD) released a report titled The report is a comprehensive assessment of the impact of the Rehabilitation Act on the employment and postsecondary education outcomes of eligible transition-age youth. According to NCD Chairperson John R. Vaughn, “While many current service delivery approaches hold promise, little empirical information is available that will allow VR agencies to accurately predict the amount and type of services required to assist transition-age youth to meet their employment goals, or the outcomes that should be anticipated for individuals served through the program." The report includes 11 recommendations directed to the U.S. Congress and to the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), the Office of Special Education Programs, and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) within the U.S. Department of Education.
June 2009 - Department of Labor (DOL) has released a new brochure:
"Employer Perspectives on Employment of People with Disabilities." The brochure includes information on the cost of accommodations and tools & resources to hire, retain, and advance employees with disabilities. For the PDF format of the brochure, please visit:
www.dol.gov/odep/documents/EmployerPerspectives.pdf |
