SNAPSHOT: National Training and Technical Assistance Centers focused on Youth, Disability, and Transition Purpose To assist State Education The Promoting the The purpose of the The purpose of the The National Collaborative Agencies, Local Education Readiness of Minors in Workforce Innovation Institute for Educational on Workforce and Agencies, State VR Supplemental Security Technical Assistance Leadership’s (IEL) Disability for Youth agencies, and VR service Income (PROMISE) Center (WINTAC) is to Vocational Rehabilitation (NCWD/Youth) assists providers to implement program is an interagency provide training and (VR) Training and state and local workforce evidence-based and collaboration of the U.S. technical assistance (TA) in Technical Assistance (TA) development systems to promising practices Departments of Education, five topic areas related to Center for Youth (Y-TAC) is better serve all youth, ensuring students with Health and Human WIOA that includes to provide State VR including youth with disabilities, including Services, Labor, and the employment transition Agencies with TA and disabilities and other those with significant Social Security services to State training to help more disconnected youth. disabilities, graduate Administration. Under this Vocational Rehabilitation effectively serve all youth prepared for success in grant program, state Agencies, related with disabilities, including postsecondary education agencies have partnered agencies, rehabilitation students with disabilities and employment. to develop and implement professionals and service who are not receiving six model demonstration providers. The goal is to comprehensive special projects (MDPs) that assist VR agencies and education services, such as provide coordinated partners to achieve full students with 504 plans services and supports to implementation of the and other “potentially youth with disabilities requirements of (WIOA). eligible” young people; receiving supplemental youth connected to other security income (SSI) systems, such as youth in benefits and to their and out of foster care and families in order to court-involved, homeless, improve the education and runaway youth; and and career outcomes, six other disconnected, model demonstration and at-risk youth projects have been populations. established serving a total of eleven states.
SNAPSHOT: National Training and Technical Assistance Centers focused on Youth, Disability, and Transition Purpose To assist State Education Agencies, Local Education Agencies, State VR agencies, and VR service providers to implement evidence-based and promising practices ensuring students with disabilities, including those with significant disabilities, graduate prepared for success in postsecondary education and employment. The Promoting the Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE) program is an interagency collaboration of the U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Social Security Administration. Under this grant program, state agencies have partnered to develop and implement six model demonstration projects (MDPs) that provide coordinated services and supports to youth with disabilities receiving supplemental security income (SSI) benefits and to their families in order to improve the education and career outcomes, six model demonstration projects have been established serving a total of eleven states. The purpose of the Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center (WINTAC) is to provide training and technical assistance (TA) in five topic areas related to WIOA that includes transition services to State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies, related agencies, rehabilitation professionals and service providers. The goal is to assist VR agencies and partners to achieve full implementation of the requirements of (WIOA). The purpose of the Institute for Educational Leadership’s (IEL) Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Training and Technical Assistance (TA) Center for Youth (Y-TAC) is to provide State VR Agencies with TA and training to help more effectively serve all youth with disabilities, including students with disabilities who are not receiving comprehensive special education services, such as students with 504 plans and other “potentially eligible” young people; youth connected to other systems, such as youth in and out of foster care and court-involved, homeless, and runaway youth; and other disconnected, and at-risk youth populations. The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth) assists state and local workforce development systems to better serve all youth, including youth with disabilities and other disconnected youth. employment