Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for State Service Systems
        
     
    
        
    
    
        Project Description:
        This program will develop an extensive research program for investigating strategies which will enhance the capacity of state systems (public Vocational Rehabilitation, Departments of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Mental Health and Divisions of Employment Security--One Stop Career Centers) in identifying effective and promising practices in increasing the employment of person with disabilities.  The collaborating partners in this application include the Center on Disability Policy at George Washington University, the Institute for Community Integration at the University of Minnesota, the Washington Business Group on Health and the New England Council.    
     
    
        Keyword(s):
        state systems,  promising practices,  employment for people with disabilities
     
    
        Core Function(s):
        Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information
     
    
        Area of Emphasis
        Employment-Related Activities
     
    
        Target Audience:
        Professionals and Para-Professionals
     
    
        Unserved or Under-served Populations:
        Other
     
    
        Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
        National
     
    
    
        COVID-19 Related Data:
        
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