Promise Family Advocacy Network

2020

Scope of Work/Rationale: The Promoting the Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE) grant put out by the US Department of Education is a model demonstration project that will improve the provision and coordination of services and supports for child SSI recipients and their families to enable them to achieve improved outcomes such as, graduating from high school ready for college and a career, completing post-secondary education and job training, and obtaining competitive employment in an integrated setting and, as a result, achieving long-term reductions in the child recipients reliance on SSI. The Waisman Center will a) develop a network of Family Advocates across the state who will meet with families to share information about the possibilities for employment and strategies for transition and b) coordinate a variety of strategies to more effectively engage families in the project including the Family Advocate Network and targeted trainings in key under-represented communities.

employment, social security, post-secondary education

Developing & Disseminating Information, Continuing Education/Community Training

Employment-Related Activities

Family Members/Caregivers, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English

State

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