On October 15, the Job Driven Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center (JD-VRTAC) identified 11 state vocational rehabilitation agencies (SVRAs) to receive intensive technical assistance (TA) on four JD-VRTAC topic areas: business engagement, employer supports, customized training, and labor market information.
The goal of the JD-VRTAC is to improve skills of SVRA staff and other rehabilitation professionals and providers of VR services who provide “job-driven” VR services and supports to people with disabilities, employers, and customized training providers. Job-driven services use an approach in which employers and job-seekers are seen as equally important customers in VR service provision.
TA will be based on research-supported and emerging promising practices that have been shown to improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities.
The 11 Intensive TA SVRAs are:
- Delaware Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Illinois Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Massachusetts Commission of the Blind
- Nebraska Vocational Rehabilitation
- New Hampshire Vocational Rehabilitation
- New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
- North Dakota Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services
- Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Washington State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
The JD-VRTAC is funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration, grant #H264A140002.