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The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) of the US Department of Labor (DOL), recognizing the need for more effective linkages between the supply and demand sides of workforce development, is testing a new organizational strategy - intermediary organizations - that is designed to align and broker multiple services across institutional and funding sources in order to improve employment outcomes for youth with disabilities. ODEP defines an intermediary as an entity that “convenes leadership and brokers relationships with multiple partners across multiple funding streams; brings together workforce development systems, vocational rehabilitation providers, businesses, labor unions, educational institutions, social service organizations, faith based organizations, transportation entities, health providers, and other Federal, State, and community resources which youth with disabilities need to transition to employment successfully." All three of the newly funded ODEP youth grant programs are organized around the principle of the use of intermediaries. The twenty-one organizations awarded these grants all focus on the needs of youth with disabilities.
The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth) provides technical assistance and support to all of the ODEP youth grantees. This includes monthly conference calls, meeting support, and specialized technical assistance for the grantees.
This grant initiative assists states to conduct resource mapping to assess their youth service delivery infrastructure in light of evidence-based transition operating principles. The grants are also intended to help states in: 1) developing, implementing, and evaluating a cross-agency multi-year state plan to improve transition outcomes for youth with disabilities through blending and/or braiding of federal, state, and community resources and the use of local intermediary organizations; and 2) conducting local pilot demonstrations to determine how, through community partnerships, intermediary organizations can best be used to ensure that youth with disabilities obtain transition services consistent with evidence-based operating principles. Click on the organization name below to view the information for that grantee. Or click here to view information for all the Innovative State Alignment grantees on one page.
These grants assist states, working in partnership with the State Workforce Investment Board, in implementing a statewide HS/HT program, in integrating the HS/HT program into youth services funded under the Workforce Investment Act, and in ensuring sustainability of the HS/HT program through state-level management and coordination. HS/HT is a career development program designed to provide high school aged youth with disabilities with an opportunity to explore careers or gain further education that may lead to technology-related careers. These programs provide both in-school and out-of-school youth with disabilities with year-round work-based learning activities, including corporate site visits, mentoring, job shadowing, guest speakers, after school activities and summer internships. Click on the organization name below to view the information for that grantee. Or click here to view information for all the HS/HT State grantees on one page.
The purpose of these grants, representing a collaborative effort between ODEP, DOL's Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, and the Rehabilitation Services Administration of the Department of Education, is to build the capacity and knowledge of faith-based and community organizations to provide mentoring services to young people with disabilities through the funding of intermediary organizations. A substantial portion of the award will be sub-awarded by the intermediary to eligible local faith-based and community organizations to conduct mentoring activities including, but not limited to, adult and peer mentoring, e-mentoring, tutoring, job-shadowing, service learning, leadership development, and youth development. Grant funds may be used for activities that establish, implement, or support a mentoring program for youth with disabilities. Click on the organization name below to view the information for that grantee. Or click here to view information for all the Intermediary Mentoring grantees on one page.
DOL awarded these grants to develop model demonstration programs to enhance the capacity of the their youth programs to serve youth with disabilities. The grants require that youth with disabilities and relevant experts work jointly to develop and implement innovative programs. Grants were awarded for a two-year performance period.
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