Live.WORK.Achieve
A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment
for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Including Intellectual Disabilities Project
September 2016
Welcome to Live.WORK.Achieve, a monthly e-newsletter targeting anyone interested in and supportive of employment for youth and young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Live.WORK.Achieve is offered through the Institute for Disability Studies in collaboration with the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities and Disability Rights Mississippi and includes resources and information on employment and career development.
Inside this edition:
1) Comparing State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Support of Higher Education Access for People with Intellectual and Other Disabilities
2) Guide on Personal Competencies for College and Career Success
3) SSI Tip Sheet for Youth with Disabilities
4) College-Ready Programs and Students with Disabilities
5) Voter ID Info Cards
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1) Comparing State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Support of Higher Education Access for People with Intellectual and Other Disabilities
This new Think College Fast Fact explains the critical role of vocational rehabilitation (VR) in postsecondary education programs. Author Meg Grigal's analysis reveals that the more involved VR is in inclusive postsecondary programs, the better the outcomes are for students with intellectual disabilities. For a copy of the fact sheet, visit http://www.thinkcollege.net/images/stories/FF6_D2.pdf.
2) Guide on Personal Competencies for College and Career Success
Many students, including students with disabilities, enter college without the personal skills, knowledge, and attributes needed to achieve their education and career goals. To increase student retention, completion, and career readiness, postsecondary institutions need to incorporate youth development and leadership opportunities that help students build personal competencies. The new guide by the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth), Personal Competencies for College and Career Success, describes strategies postsecondary professionals can use to assist all students, including those with disabilities, to develop personal competencies that will increase their chances of success. For a free copy of the guide, visit http://www.ncwd-youth.info/PersonalCompetencies.
3) SSI Tip Sheet for Youth with Disabilities
Supplemental Security Income: What Happens to My SSI When I Turn 18? is a new 2016 tip sheet that includes up-to-date resources and information for young people with disabilities to fully understand what happens to their Social Security Income when they turn 18. The tip sheet, developed by Transitions RTC at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, includes information about how to maintain benefits while working. For a copy of the one-page tip sheet, visit http://bit.ly/2abLLnD.
4) College-Ready Programs and Students with Disabilities
This report, College-Ready Programs and Students with Disabilities, highlights the findings from an evaluation of 15 college-ready programs to determine if the programs served students with disabilities, what program evaluation data indicated for students in these programs, and where such data was disaggregated. Published by the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT), the report includes the major findings and information about implications for practitioners in college programming. For a copy of the report, visit http://bit.ly/2akwovp.
5) Voter ID Info Cards
Be prepared for upcoming elections. Download and print a convenient wallet-sized card with voter ID information for each state, including Mississippi. There are 33 states that currently request some sort of identification at the polls. The other 17 states plus Washington D.C. follow federal guidelines in requiring ID only for first-time voters who did not provide ID when registering to vote. To print a card, visit http://www.voteriders.org/voter-id-info-cards.
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Live.WORK.Achieve is sponsored by the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment (MSPE) for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Including Intellectual Disabilities project. MSPE is funded by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is managed by the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities (MS CDD), Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) and The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies (IDS).
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