Kansas Self-Determined Transition Taskforce: Moving Forward to Enhance Transition Outcomes
Project Description:
The Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities, in partnership with the Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Self-Advocate Coalition of Kansas, and self-advocates, families, and other stakeholders, proposes this three-year project to implement the plan developed by the Kansas Self-Determined Transition Task force (KSDTT). The goal of this project is to implement community-based projects that empower youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) throughout Kansas to achieve positive adult outcomes including post-secondary education, employment, and independent living. Project objectives include continuing to engage the KS DDT partnership to: (1) conduct a landscape analysis to identify needs in unserved and/or underserved communities and ensure resources are responsive to community needs; (2) implement the KS DTT pilot project in Saline County, an underserved and rural community; (3) expand the pilot project to three additional unserved and/or underserved Kansas communities each year; (4) create accessible resources to disseminate information and findings from the pilot; (5) create materials in multiple languages to educate families on ways to engage in the transition process; and (6) develop a sustainable infrastructure for further expanding the pilot.
Core Function(s):
Performing Direct and/or Demonstration Services, Performing Research or Evaluation, Continuing Education/Community Training
Area of Emphasis
Education & Early Intervention, Employment-Related Activities
Target Audience:
Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities, General Public
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Specific Groups
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
State
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
