RESOURCES

Supporting Youth who are Experiencing Homelessness: Achieving Employment through Vocational Rehabilitation and Other Partners April 2, 2020

This webinar provided an overview of the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program and the national partners serving…

Purpose: Build capacity to find and engage youth with disabilities who are no longer in school…

Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 The 2014 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) is landmark…

Driving Innovation through Diversity and Inclusion at NASA: STEM Internships and Vocational Rehabilitation Partnerships February 18, 2020

As a Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) counselor, with funding support from the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity…

Webinar – Ethical Intersections of Culture, Disability and Supporting Youth in the Vocational Rehabilitation Process – Part 2 February 12, 2020

PART 2 – Take the conversation to the next level… As the vocational rehabilitation field…

Webinar – Ethical Intersections of Culture, Disability and Supporting Youth in the Vocational Rehabilitation Process December 18, 2019

Y-TAC Webinar: Ethical Intersections of Culture, Disability and Supporting Youth in the Vocational Rehabilitation Process…

Webinar – 1 in 5: Providing Support and Building Resiliency October 22, 2019

This webinar provided participants with information about mental health issues youth may experience and how…

Webinar – An Introduction to the SSDI and Medicare Youth Toolkit September 19, 2019

As VRCs prepare youth to join the workforce of tomorrow, access to reliable and accessible…

Webinar – An Introduction to the SSI Youth Toolkit September 19, 2019

As VRCs prepare youth to join the workforce of tomorrow, access to reliable and accessible…

Webinar – Motivational Interviewing with Youth in the VR Setting August 8, 2019

This webinar provided an overview of adolescent development and the match between adolescent needs and…

Webinar – Applying Trauma-Informed Practices to Work with Youth in the VR Setting August 6, 2019

This webinar provided an overview of the various types of trauma that individuals accessing VR…

Report: Behind the Asterisk* April 15, 2019

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is excited to release Behind the Asterisk*:…

Webinar – Establishing Interagency Partnerships: Framework & Examples April 1, 2019

This webinar was designed to help vocational rehabilitation (VR) professionals, whatever their role, begin to…

Webinar – Serving Out-of-School Youth for VR Professionals: Outreach, Engagement, and Support February 28, 2019

This webinar was designed to help vocational rehabilitation (VR) professionals better understand the composition of…

Webinar – WIOA Title I for VR Professionals: Shared Goals and Potentials for Partnership February 27, 2019

This webinar was designed to help vocational rehabilitation (VR) professionals gain a full understanding of…

Friday, December 14, 2018 2:00:00 PM EST – 3:30:00 PM EST In 2013, the U.S.…

This policy brief describes how State VR agencies are using and can use benefits planning…

This was the second webinar to Y-TAC’s “Improving the Employment Outcomes of Youth Who Receive…

This was the first webinar to Y-TAC’s “Improving the Employment Outcomes of Youth Who Receive…

WIOA Advisory Committee Report – Summary & Implications for VR Systems October 30, 2018

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Advisory Committee Report Summary and implications for Vocational Rehabilitation systems…

Webinar: Supporting and Serving Youth in the Foster Care System October 29, 2018

This webinar was a part of the Y-TAC Fall 2018 Webinar Series – Engaging & Supporting Youth:…

Webinar: Supporting and Serving Youth with Significant Disabilities October 29, 2018

Youth with significant disabilities often require supports from multiple service systems and agencies. It takes…

Webinar: Supporting and Serving Youth who are Homeless September 13, 2018

Students and youth who are homeless face many challenges, including possibly having a disability. Additionally,…

Webinar: Supporting and Serving Youth in the Juvenile Justice System September 13, 2018

This webinar was a part of the Y-TAC Fall 2018 Webinar Series – Engaging & Supporting Youth:…

Oklahoma Now is the Time (ONIT) March 26, 2018

The ONIT Initiative In 2013, President Obama announced the goal of a national conversation on…

YouthBuild – Rebuilding Communities March 26, 2018

The mission of YouthBuild USA and YouthBuild International is to unleash the intelligence and positive…

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention March 26, 2018

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act established OJJDP to support local and state…

The Fortune Society – Building People, Not Prisons March 22, 2018

Services That Build Lives To address the complex and overlapping needs of our clients, The…

Department of Labor – Subminimum Wage March 22, 2018

Subminimum Wages  The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides for the employment of certain individuals…

Brain Injury Association of America March 21, 2018

  Vision Everyone in the U.S. who sustains a brain injury is diagnosed, treated, and…

The WIOA History March 20, 2018

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA; P.L. 113-128), which succeeded the Workforce Investment Act…