Vermont Wins Second International Innovative Public Policy Award for Supported Employment

February 3, 2021

Zero Project Award Winner 2021

The Vermont Transition and Post-Secondary Education Initiative is a collaborative effort between organizations throughout the state including the Developmental Disability Services Division, the Agency of Education, and post-secondary organizations including Think College Vermont, at Vermont's UCEDD, the Center on Disability and Community Inclusion. It promotes college education and industry-based career training for transition-age youth with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities and promotes access to lifelong learning for adults.

The Zero Project supports the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the United Nations and to work for a world without barriers. The approach of the Zero Project is to research and share Innovative Practice and Policies worldwide by engaging with a worldwide cross-sectoral network of innovators, decision-makers, and opinion leaders. This is the third time Vermont Supported Employment has been recognized by the Zero Project, being short-listed in 2019 and winning a 2017 innovative policy award for state-wide, long-term inclusion in the open labor market.