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November 19, 2014
The powerpoint and handouts for today’s webinar can
be downloaded from the www.secondarytransition.org
website: Under hot topics
PaTTAN’s Mission
The mission of the Pennsylvania
Training and Technical Assistance
Network (PaTTAN) is to support the
efforts and initiatives of the Bureau of
Special Education, and to build the
capacity of local educational agencies
to serve students who receive special
education services.
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PDE’s Commitment to Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Our goal for each child is to ensure
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
teams begin with the general
education setting with the use of
Supplementary Aids and Services
before considering a
more restrictive environment.
PA’s Secondary Transition Website
www.secondarytransition.org
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Objectives
• Provide an overview of Transition Initiatives:
– OVR Jobs for All OJT
– Discovery/Customized Employment
– Interagency Agreements
• Greene County ID Transition Project
• Berks County CTC- Work Partners
– ACES Grant- DREAM Partnership
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OVR MISSION
• To assist Pennsylvanians with
disabilities secure and maintain
employment and independence
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Who We Are
• OVR is a federal and state funded program
designed specifically to enable persons with
disabilities to enter the workforce by providing
vocational counseling and guidance, training,
and/or other services to allow that person to enter
the world of work and/or maintain independence.
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Transition- the OVR process
• Usually commences at age 16
• OVR counselor may attend IEPs
• Works with student’s IEP team
• May receive referrals from school nurses,
guidance counselors, SAP coordinators and other
educational personnel
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OVR’s Jobs for All OJT
On The Job Training Option to Promote the Hiring of Young
People with Disabilities
Jobs for All OJT Initiative
•An on-the-job training reimbursement program, as a direct financial incentive for business and industry to promote the hiring of young people with disabilities.
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Jobs for All OJT Initiative
• KEY POINT:
– Jobs for All OJT funding is defined consistent with current OJT policy as follows, “formal or informal training furnished by an employer that leads to the acquisition of specific knowledge and skills inherent to the performance of a specific job”.
Jobs for All OJT
• KEY POINTS:
– OVR Youth Customers are ages 25 to 16 years of age.
– OVR customer with an Individualized Plan of Employment (IPE).
– OVR’s Financial Needs Test (FNT) does not apply to the Jobs for All OJT service.
– The use of Jobs for All Youth OJT funding cannot be used in conjunction with Supported Employment (SE) or Job Coaching.
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2 Employment Options in Jobs for All
• Employment Option 1.
– Any youth hired for Permanent Employment, Full-Time or Part-Time that is consistent with IPE Goal; may offer employer up to a 100% reimbursement for up to 3 Months.
– This OVR youth customer’s case may be closed Status 26, at the successful completion of the On-the-Training contract.
2 Employment Options in Jobs for All
• Employment Option 2.
– Non-Permanent Employment
Any Youth offered a paid internship or a time-limited position (Temporary, Seasonal, or Summer Youth Work); may offer the employer up to a 90% reimbursement for up to 3 Months.
- The Youth’s OVR case will not be closed at the completion of the On-the-Job Training.
- Exception to this may be a Post-Secondary Internship.
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Non-Permanent Employment Option
• OVR youth customer’s case will not be closed at the completion of the OJT contract.
• This option will hopefully build values of employment, assist in developing career skills for future employment and offer youth a sense of employers’ expectations (Soft Skills).
• There is the possibility of multiple OJTs with this employment option.
Other Key Points
• Only OVR Counselors will negotiate with employers the percentage reimbursements of wages and the length of the OJT period.
• The maximum amounts discussed in this presentation are not intended to be “automatic” for employers.
• Employers will need to be set up as providers in the OVR system.
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Questions?
• Contacts: Business Services & Outreach Division - OVR
Dave Baum 717-771-4407, Extension 201
Ralph Roach 717-787-3940
Vondol Hammond 717-787-5098
Rob Hodapp 412-565-7938
Discovery & Customized Employment
• The Arc of PA – Discovery Certification Program Mike
Callahan – Marc Gold Associates
– Support students and adults seeking employment
– First Session – 8 consultants certified
– Second Session- 14 consultants in Training
– OVR Discovery – Customized Employment Pilot Programs
– Arc of PA – supported employment provider for ODP
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Discovery & Customized Employment
The role of Discovery is to determine, in a non-
comparative, non-competitive manner the “strengths,
needs and interests” of the individual.
In discovery we refer to these aspects as conditions for
success, interests towards aspects of the job market and
potential contributions.
Discovery & Customized Employment
Customized Supported Employment is a
service that is individualized and leads to
integrated, paid, community-based
employment based on:
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Discovery & Customized Employment
• A negotiated relationship between job
seekers and employers in ways that meet
the needs of both based on an
individualized determination of job
seekers’ conditions for success, their
interests toward an aspect of the job
market and their specific contributions,
determined by a discovery process and is
also designed to meet specific needs of
the employer;
Discovery & Customized Employment
• For whom competitive employment,
including competitive supported
employment, has not occurred or for
whom competitive employment, including
competitive supported employment (SE),
has been interrupted or intermittent as a
result of significant disability and other life
complexities;
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Discovery & Customized Employment
• Who have either performed poorly or
would be expected to perform poorly on
comparative assessments or evaluation
procedures and who would benefit from a
sequential pre-employment process that
results in a negotiated employment
relationship; and
Discovery & Customized Employment
• Who, because of the nature and severity
of their disability, are not likely to be able
to meet the competitive demands set by
employers in existing job descriptions
even with the provision of supported
employment services.
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Discovery & Customized Employment
• Discovery & Customized Employment Pilot
– Three OVR District Offices
• Washington
• Harrisburg
• Philadelphia
– Partnership with The Arc of PA
– Statewide rates
– Provider Qualifications Required
Greene County ID Transition Project
–Partnership between Washington BVRS, Greene County Human Services and Intermediate Unit #1
–Provide ongoing career assessment/development and community-based work experiences beginning at age 14 for students with ID
–Develop “menu” of services based upon team and community resources
–Potential for Replication
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Greene County ID Transition Project
–Designated Team
• Transition Specific Supports Coordinator
• Early Reach Coordinator and VR
Counselor
• IU School to Work Coordinator – Jointly funded position
» Greene County HS (State Match 10.65 %)
» IU #1 (State Match 10.65 %)
» OVR (Federal Match 78.7%)
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Work Partners
OVR/BCTC Partnership
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Why Work Partners?
• The need to develop each student’s work potential
• Coordination of benefits and services
• Maximize Service Occupations Program availability
Partnership Origin
• March 2013 BCTCC meeting
• Proposal developed and approved
• Brings together Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation, Special Education and
Intellectual Disability initiatives, and Career &
Technical Education
• Innovative collaborative funding structure
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Objective of Interagency Agreement
To provide school-to-work transition services to OVR eligible youth with disabilities who are enrolled in approved training programs at the Berks Career and Technology Center (BCTC) and attend one of 16 public school districts in Berks County that BCTC serves.
Services to be Provided
• Career and Technical Education Instruction
• Work-Based Experiences
• Job Coaching
• Job Development, Placement and Follow-up
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Work Partners Core Team
• School to Work Coordinator
• Job Coach
• Classroom Educators
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
• Educational Facilitators
Collaborative Services
• Benefits coordination
• Waiver funding
• Independent living
• Transportation
• Supported employment
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Goals of Agreement
•To serve 50-65 OVR eligible youth with disabilities during Federal Fiscal Years 2015, 2016 and 2017. •To achieve greater than 50% successful competitive, community-integrated job placements among those served. •To increase number of students served in the Service Occupations Program.
Model Program
- Potential Statewide Replication •67 Counties
•15 OVR District Offices
•85 Career & Technology Centers
- Opportunities to enhance collaboration,
coordination & communication
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Ultimate Goal
Work Partners is designed to result in successful and sustainable, community integrated, competitive
employment.
The DREAM Partnership/ACES Project will work to
develop postsecondary, college-based programs for
young adults with intellectual disabilities that
provide a mix of credit and non-credit course
offerings, and extracurricular activities that provide
accessible, integrated and developmental
opportunities for:
• Community-Integrated, Customized and/or
Competitive Employment
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D.R.E.A.M. Partnership/ACES Project (Access College Employment Success
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D.R.E.A.M. Partnership/ACES Project (Access College Employment Success
• Academic Enrichment
• Campus/Community Membership
• Financial Literacy
• Independent Living
**Which may include community-integrated
housing
• Personal Mobility and Transportation Systems
Training/Awareness
• Socialization
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D.R.E.A.M. Partnership/ACES Project (Access College Employment Success
Why go to college?
• Increased earnings
• More likely to get job benefits
• Personal development
• To prepare for a career
• Networking
• The college experience
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D.R.E.A.M. Partnership/ACES Project (Access College Employment Success
Types of Programs
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Approximately 200 programs across the US
(see Think College Data Base
Programs serve: Adults only (45% of respondents to a 2008 survey) Dually enrolled students only (26%) Both (29%)
Programs located: 4-year college/university (50%) 2-year or community college (40%) Trade/technical school (10%)
D.R.E.A.M. Partnership/ACES Project (Access College Employment Success
Access to college classes
(100% of individualized and 85% of mixed model program
respondents; Papay & Bambara, 2011)
Separate classes/group instruction specifically for
students with ID
(75% of respondents; Hart, et al., 2010)
Separate classes/group instruction specifically for
students with ID
Residential Options-39% of respondent
Range of services provided
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D.R.E.A.M. Partnership/ACES Project (Access College Employment Success
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College classes
Credit classes
Noncredit or audit classes
Informal course participation
Employment
On or off campus
Vocational training
Paid or unpaid jobs
Inclusive college activities
Clubs and organizations
Volunteer opportunities
College events after hours
Instruction
Functional academic skills
Career development
Self-determination skills
Community-based instruction
What do students do on a college
campus?
D.R.E.A.M. Partnership/ACES Project (Access College Employment Success
What do we know about these programs?
Programs may be:
1. Funded by tuition, VR or waiver funds, donations, school districts, federal/state grants or foundations, federal financial aid (if approved as CTP)
2. Staffed by full-time coordinator, paid or volunteer college students, adult agency staff
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D.R.E.A.M. Partnership/ACES Project (Access College Employment Success
Programs in Pennsylvania
Inclusive Programs
1. The Raising Expectations for Academic Learning (REAL) certificate at Arcadia University
2. Fall of 2015 – Career and Life Studies Program at Millersville University-this program will have Pennsylvania’s FIRST dormitory option for students with ID!
School district-operated (for transition-age
1. LifeLink PSU at Penn State University
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D.R.E.A.M. Partnership/ACES Project (Access College Employment Success
Programs in Pennsylvania – continued
College-operated (for young adults)
1. Career Independent Living and Learning Studies at East
Stroudsburg University
2. Academy for Adult Learning at Temple University
3. OASIS (Opportunities and Advancement for Students with Intellectual Disabilities for Self-Determination) at Mercyhurst University
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D.R.E.A.M. Partnership/ACES Project (Access College Employment Success
What’s missing in PA?
• College options in unserved and underserved areas of the state
• On-campus living options
• System of funding to support college attendance
– Some dual enrollment, some use of waiver funds but no reliable source of funding for families and students
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D.R.E.A.M. Partnership/ACES Project (Access College Employment Success
What can you do with this information?
Think about how to include students with IDD in the general K-12 curriculum so they are better prepared for college
Be aware of dual-enrollment options for 18 - to 21- year-old students with IDD
Find ways to support students with IDD, so that they meet with success and complete college
Inform parents to keep college as a goal for their children regardless of disability
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D.R.E.A.M. Partnership/ACES Project (Access College Employment Success)
• For additional Information:
DREAM Partnership-
www.dreampartnership.org
Sherri Landis, Executive Director
717-975-0611
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OVR Contact Information
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Visit OVR on our Webpage:
www.dli.state.pa.us
Click on Disability Services and then on Office of
Vocational Rehabilitation
Call OVR at our Central Office: 1-800-442-6351
TTY: 1-866-830-7327
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OVR on Social Media
Follow us on LinkedIn:
• http://www.linkedin.com/company/pennsylvania's
office-of-vocational-
rehabilitation?trk=top_nav_home.
Like us on Facebook:
• https://www.facebook.com/?sk=welcome#!/pages/
PA-Office-of-Vocational-
Rehabilitation/160898450745020
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It All depends on YOU!
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Questions?
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2014-15 – COP Webinar Series
December 10, 2014 - Transition Tools of Engagement for Families and Caregivers
January 21, 2015 - Effective Practices for Youth with Behavioral Health Needs
January 28, 2015 – CTEs and Special Education: A Partnership for Success
March 4, 2015 – Tools for Engagement for Inclusive Education, Employment, etc.
March 18, 2015 – Transition Tools of Engagement for Youth and Young Adults
April 1, 2015 –Transportation Resources and Strategies
April 15, 2015 – LTCC – Effective Practices and Engagement
Thank you for joining us on today’s
webinar.
Please join us for the remaining webinar
sessions in this series
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Contact Information www.pattan.net
Michael Stoehr
Patty Vasco
Lynn Zale