Good!! Here is to a great 2009! I am sending you healing, happy thoughts as you have surgery and a respite from work! Jane
On 1/3/09 5:34 AM, "Nancy Reder" <nancy.re...@nasdse.org> wrote: > Jane no one was home on the East Coast at 4:15 on January 2nd!! > N > > > > From: owner-npsos...@lists.uoregon.edu > [mailto:owner-npsos...@lists.uoregon.edu] On Behalf Of Jane Falls > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 4:14 PM > To: PSO CofP > Subject: [NPSO]: FW: REFERENCE POINTS: Vocational Rehabilitation Resources > > I know many of you receive the excellent PACER Center Reference Points but > thought the VR resources message worth repeating. > > And as a reminder, let me know if you would like us to review your Indicator > 14 APR as you finalize it for Feb. 2, 2009 submission. > > Blessings for joy and peace this new year! Jane > Jane Falls, Coordinator > National Post-School Outcomes Center > 1268 University of Oregon > Eugene, OR 97403-1268 > 541-346-0354 > jafa...@uoregon.edu > http://www.psocenter.org > > Learn about NPSO products, services and events plus connect other state > experts! > Subscribe to our NPSO list at http://www.psocenter.org/cofp.html#email > > > > > > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: <referencepoi...@pacer.org> > Reply-To: <ta...@pacer.org> > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 14:20:22 -0600 > To: <ta...@pacer.org> > Conversation: REFERENCE POINTS: Vocational Rehabilitation Resources > Subject: REFERENCE POINTS: Vocational Rehabilitation Resources > > REFERENCE POINTS is an activity of TATRA, a project of PACER Center > > > REFERENCE POINTS: Vocational Rehabilitation Resources > > NEW REPORT ANALYZES FEDERAL AND STATE ORDER OF SELECTION POLICIES UNDER > REHABILITATION ACT > A report prepared by Robert Silverstein for the Institute for Community > Inclusion analyzes federal and state policy frameworks regarding the order of > selection under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act. The purpose of this > analysis is to help inform policymakers and other stakeholders about the > federal policy framework and state policies currently used by selected states > for addressing order of selection policy when a state VR agency anticipates > that it will not have sufficient fiscal and/or personnel resources to fully > serve all individuals eligible for vocational rehabilitation services The > report includes descriptions of state policy frameworks concerning the > establishment, implementation, and administration of the "order of selection." > For more information, please see the report online at > http://www.communityinclusion.org/article.php?article_id=252&type=project&id=5 > 0 > <http://www.communityinclusion.org/article.php?article_id=252&type=project > &id=50> > > EMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE GENERAL POPULATION AND VR REHABILITATION RATES > The Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program plays a critical role in assisting > people with disabilities gaining integrated employment. In 2006, for instance, > 48,876 people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (ID/DD) exited > the VR program after receiving services, with 56% of those who received > services finding jobs in integrated employment. The findings presented in this > report show that a state's employment rate for the general population is a > significant but not a strong predictor of how well a state VR agency does in > assisting people with ID/DD finding integrated employment. This conclusion is > important because it shows that an adverse labor market, within the limits > described above, is not necessarily a barrier limiting the employment > opportunities of people with ID/DD. > http://www.communityinclusion.org/article.php?article_id=247 > > RSA'S "QUICK TABLES" > The Rehabilitation Services Administration is pleased to announce the > availability of Quick Tables on RSA's Management Information System (MIS). The > Quick Tables provide information generated from grantee-submitted RSA forms > and are available to all users. Passwords or user IDs are not necessary in > order to access the information. The Quick Tables present data on national > totals and averages, totals and averages by type of agency, and other data. To > access this information, go to http://rsamis.ed.gov and click on "Quick > Tables", For more detailed information about how to run Quick Tables, please > see the MIS Help file at > http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/rehab/rsamis/rsamis_help_pg7.html > > 2007 ANNUAL REVIEW REPORTS FOR STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCIES > The FY 2007 Annual Review Reports (ARRs) for all state vocational > rehabilitation agencies have been published on RSA's MIS. To review the report > go to http://rsamis.ed.gov and select "Annual Review Reports FY 2007" from the > menu. > > 2008 SECTION 107 RSA MONITORING REPORTS > In September 2008, RSA published the FY 2008 Section 107 monitoring review > reports on the vocational rehabilitation and independent living programs for > twelve of the fourteen states monitored during FY 2008 (note that the reports > for Oregon and Illinois will be published soon). The reports can be accessed > at http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/rehab/107-reports/2008/index.html > > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > REFERENCE POINTS is administered by PACER Center http://www.PACER.org as a > technical assistance activity of the TATRA Project. The TATRA Project is > funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration. > > To SUBSCRIBE to REFERENCE POINTS go to > http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/index.asp > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please go directly to > http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/maildel.asp > > Readers are invited to send information about new resources on secondary > education, transition and vocational rehabilitation topics to ta...@pacer.org. > > Reference Points received initial support from the National Center on > Secondary Education and Transition http://www.ncset.org/. > <http://www.ncset.org/> Visit their web site for a wealth of information > related to secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities. > > Note: There are no copyright restrictions on this document. However, please > credit the source and support of federal funds when copying all or part of > this material. > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message >
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