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Project

AdvoCats

Center:

AZ-Sonoran UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2025

Contact Information:

Celina Urquidez
[email protected]
520-261-3795

Project Description:

The AdvoCats program gives students the opportunity to inspire change by empowering Arizona's communities to embrace diversity and inclusivity in our workplaces. Through experiential learning, students build skills to provide meaningful support and feedback to youth with disabilities as they gain workplace skills needed to gain competitive integrated employment. 

Keyword(s):

Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Special Health Care Needs, student training, diversity, internship, employment

Core Function(s):

Training Trainees, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information

Area of Emphasis

Quality Assurance, Education & Early Intervention, Health-Related Activities, Employment-Related Activities, Housing-Related Activities, Quality of Life, Other - Cultural Diversity

Target Audience:

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Community Trainees / Short term trainees

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Racial or Ethnic Minorities

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Single-County, Mulit-County

Funding Source:

COVID-19 Related Data:

N/A

1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 1000 Silver Spring, MD 20910

Mailing address:
PO Box 8787
Silver Spring, MD 20907-8787