Various entities, including Vocational Rehabilitation and higher education programs, provide postsecondary education programs for students/youth with intellectual and developmental disability (ID/D). Coordinating different services goes a long way toward a student’s employment outcome, but it can be daunting to know where to start. In this 1.5 hour recorded webinar from Think College, NTACT:C and Think College personnel share an overview of …
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ABLE – Savings Plans for the Future
ABLE—Achieving a Better Life Experience—Accounts are tax-advantaged savings accounts for people with disabilities and their families. ABLE Accounts do not replace other forms of financial assistance, such as SSI, insurance, or programs like SNAP. Rather, ABLE Accounts allow an individual to save post-tax income and use it for disability-related services. NTACT:C and ABLE National Resource Center partnered to create the …
Collaborative Assessment Guide for Transition Planning Services
Designed for practitioners, this toolkit provides comprehensive view of transition assessment as well as multiple resources to use.
Federal Reporting Guidance for VR
The resources below are assembled here to provide guidance to State VR agencies for tracking and reporting requirements pre-employment transition services. The resources are directly from RSA or developed by federally-funded TA centers with oversight and guidance from RSA. DCL-24-1: Reporting Students and Pre-ETS DCL 23 03: RSA revised VR Financial Report (RSA-17) Guidance on Reporting of Services Under the …
Policy Guide for VR Transition Services for Students with Disabilities
The following guide is offered for State VR agencies as a resource to assist in the development of policies and procedures for the provision of transition services for students and youth with disabilities. Download the Policy Guide for VR Transition Services Don’t miss the companion policy guide specifically for pre-employment transition services for students and youth with disabilities.
VR Transition Services to Groups for Students and Youth with Disabilities
This webinar provides an overview of the VR Transition Services to Groups authority and when an agency may want to use the Services to Groups authority.
VR Continuum of Services
Since the amendments to the Rehabilitation Act made by title IV of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the vocational rehabilitation (VR) program can be characterized as providing a continuum of services beginning with pre-employment transition services (Pre-ETS) for students with disabilities in the early stages of career and employment exploration. We created this simple continuum to provide a …
Fiscal and Reporting Resources
The links and resources below pertain to the tracking and reporting of pre-employment transition services and requirements for the reservation of the funds reserved. Time Allocation Guide for Pre-Employment Transition Services Pre-Employment Transition Services: Set Aside Determination Guide RSA-911 Case Service Reporting RSA-17 Instructions for Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report
Side By Side View: Transition Services
NTACT:C partners have developed this document to help compare and contrast the transition services requirements for Education, Vocational Rehabilitation (VR), including Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) and the Rehabilitation Act as amended by WIOA. Organized by major parts of these laws, this document outlines how each entity addresses: Definitions of transition services Target …
NTACT:C Levels of Technical Assistance
NTACT:C builds state agency capacity to: use data-based decision making processes strengthen interagency partnerships provide quality professional development and implement technical assistance (TA) supports. This technical assistance is in the form of universal, targeted, and intensive levels so that all students and youth with disabilities experience increased enrollment in: postsecondary education graduation credential attainment competitive integrated employment and community engagement. …