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Details for Service Pre-Employment Transition Services
Service Name Pre-Employment Transition Services Program Name Families with Identified Needs - Employment Services
Goal Provide services and supports to individuals and families experiencing health and safety needs to assist them in living successfully in the community.
Objective Assure that families who are experiencing economic jeopardy receive employment services to mitigate health and safety risks.
Division Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Service Description

 

The Rehabilitation Act, as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) created pre-employment transition services as a new category of vocational rehabilitation services specifically for students with disabilities. The activities charged to this service include "Required Activities" (34 CFR 361.48(a)(2)), "Authorized Activities" (34 CFR 361.48(a)(3)), and "Coordination Activities" (34 CFR 361.48(a)(4)). 

Required activities include five categories of direct services provided to students with disabilities:  
1. Work-based Learning Experiences;
2. Job Exploration;
3. Workplace Readiness Training;
4. Instruction in Self-Advocacy; and
5. Counseling on Opportunities for Enrollment in Comprehensive Transition or Postsecondary Education Programs.

Expenditures for authorized activities include costs associated with:
  1. Implementing effective strategies to increase the likelihood of independent living and inclusion in communities and competitive integrated workplaces;
  2. Developing and improving strategies for individuals with intellectual disabilities and individuals with significant disabilities to live independently, participate in postsecondary education experiences, and obtain and retain competitive integrated employment;
  3. Providing instruction to vocational rehabilitation counselors, school transition personnel, and other persons supporting students with disabilities;
  4. Disseminating information about innovative, effective, and efficient approaches to achieve the goals of this section;
  5. Coordinating activities with transition services provided by local education agencies under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.);
  6. Applying evidence-based findings to improve policy, procedure, practice, and the preparation of personnel, in order to better achieve the goals of pre-employment transition services;
  7. Developing model transition demonstration projects;
  8. Establishing or supporting multistate or regional partnerships involving States, local education agencies, designated State units, developmental disability agencies, private businesses, or other participants to achieve the goals of pre-employment transition services; and
  9. Disseminating information and strategies to improve the transition to postsecondary activities of individuals who are members of traditionally unserved populations.
 Expenditures for coordination activities include agency costs for:
  1. Attending individualized education program meetings for students with disabilities, when invited;
  2. Working with the local workforce development boards, one-stop centers, and employers to develop work opportunities for students with disabilities;
  3. Working with schools, including those carrying out activities under section 614(d) of the IDEA, to coordinate and ensure the provision of pre-employment transition services; and
  4. When invited, attending person-center planning meetings for individuals receiving services under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.)

 

 

 
Web Site https://www.ncdhhs.gov/divisions/dvrs Year First Initiated 2017
Available State Wide Yes Geographic Area Served
Grants Provided No Competitive Bidding No
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Waiting List No Waiting List Start Date
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Income Eligibility
Income Eligibility No
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Whose Income Eligibility
Income Disregard No
Income Disregard Desc
Income Verified No
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Income Eligibility Other

Target Population
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Budget Information
State Fiscal Year (SFY)
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Authorized Budget Fiscal Year 2024 SFY 2023-2024 Year To Date Expenditures Balance
Salary and Fringes (1X) 0 0 0
Salary Other (1X) 0 0 0
Operating (2X-5X) 0 0 0
Contracts/Allocations (6X) 0 0 0
Reserves (7X) 0 0 0
Transfers (8X) 0 0 0
Total Requirements 0 0 0
Receipts-Federal 0 0 0
Receipts- Local receipts 0 0 0
Receipts- Other receipts 0 0 0
Total Receipts 0 0 0
General Fund Appropriations 0 0 0
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