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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.

http://www.secondarytransition.org/

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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

[email protected]

Ralph Roach 717-787-3940

[email protected]

Vondol Hammond 717-787-5098

[email protected]

Rob Hodapp 412-565-7938

[email protected]

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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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.


Customized Supported Employment is a

service that is individualized and leads to

integrated, paid, community-based

employment based on:

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• 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;


• 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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• 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


• 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 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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• 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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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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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%)


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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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?


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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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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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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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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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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

Patty Vasco

[email protected]

Lynn Zale

[email protected]

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