DVR’s Picture of DVR’s Picture of TransitionTransition

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What does successful transition What does successful transition look like?look like?

What does successful transition What does successful transition look like?look like?

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Learning TargetsLearning Targets

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• Give a brief update on transition impacts of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 2014

• Discuss DVR’s transition services• Paint a picture of what transition “looks like” for

students• Learn about some of DVR’s innovative

services/programs/processes• Sharing of tools and best practices to use• Address your questions about DVR transition

service

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DVR?DVR?Not This But This

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What is DVR?What is DVR?(not the cable box that records your shows)(not the cable box that records your shows)

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

A state agency within the Department of Workforce Development

Funding is 80% Federal, 20% State

Mission: To assist individuals with disabilities obtain, maintain or improve employment

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Location, Location, Location, Location, LocationLocation

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How are we doing?How are we doing? Federal Fiscal Year 2014 (Oct 2013-Sept 2014):

13,000 New DVR Applicants 8.600 New Employment plans developed (IPEs) 4415 successfully closed cases (goal was 3850) Average wage $11.51 Return on Investment : 222%

Act 58 – captured full federal funds and gained 9 new counselor positions

Waiting List Information 4400 to 1500 to 372, No Waiting for people with 1 or more limitations

Project SEARCH sites from 7-28 over 3 years Promise Grant – 5 year, 32.5 million

demonstration project (youth ages 14-16 on SSI)

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Who is DVR?Who is DVR?

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21-1015.00 - Rehabilitation 21-1015.00 - Rehabilitation

CounselorsCounselors Counsel individuals to maximize the independence

and employability of persons coping with personal, social, and vocational difficulties that result from birth defects, illness, disease, accidents, or the stress of daily life. Coordinate activities for residents of care and treatment facilities. Assess client needs and design and implement rehabilitation programs that may include personal and vocational counseling, training, and job placement (O*Net OnLine)

WI DVR counselors must hold a Master’s degree and be Licensed Professional Counselor

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Q: What is DVR’s End Q: What is DVR’s End Game?Game?

• A: EMPLOYMENToCareer Research, Labor Market

Information, and a DVR counselor’s expertise in how disability factors affect employment are integral parts of planning for employment success

oDVR helps students with disabilities make informed choices about career paths

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Referral and Referral and Application ProcessApplication Process

High School Students should refer self at least two years prior to ending school services

Under 18 or over 18 but not own guardian, the legal guardian must sign all documents

On Line Referral process – started 10/1/2013

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WHO IS ELIGIBILE FOR WHO IS ELIGIBILE FOR DVR?DVR?

To be eligible you must have a documented medical or psychological disability that presents a barrier to employment and require DVR services.

DVR staff and the applicant will work together to gather needed information Meeting to discuss disability Releases of Information to get written documentation Will use existing information to the greatest extent possible DVR may refer applicant for additional assessment if

needed Will request IEP and most recent IEP with testing

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What the heck is Order of What the heck is Order of

Selection (OOS)?Selection (OOS)? OOS takes a look at how a person’s disability

affects 7 different areas that relate to work Mobility, Communication, Self-Care, Self-Direction, Interpersonal

Skills/Acceptance, Work Tolerance, Work Skills

DVR serves the people with the most serious limitations due to disability first. This is required by Federal Law

When we can’t serve everyone immediately, we need to have a WAIT LIST, DVR calls is Order of Selection Restaurant example

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What’s an IPE?What’s an IPE? Individualized Plan for Employment, not to be

confused with an IEP! DVR helps students to develop a plan to get a job,

keep a job, or get a better job.

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DVR is about PlanningDVR is about Planning

“If you don't know where you are going,

you'll end up someplace else.”

Yogi Berra

People don’t plan to fail. People don’t plan to fail.

People fail to plan.People fail to plan. Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin

Job Ready SkillsDress the partWorking phoneGood hygieneValid AddressE-mail accountInterpersonal skillsTransportationResumeSocial Media

Be on timeWork historyVoice mail greetingStress management skills

ReferencesChild care arrangements

Paperwork: photo ID, SS Card, Birth certificate

You and your counselor will work together to help you develop and improve these skills throughout the process.

NursingNursing

• Nursing Assistants - CNA Nursing Assistants - CNA

• $10 - $14/hour$10 - $14/hour

• Registered Nurse – college Registered Nurse – college & licensing required& licensing required

• Wage varies based on Wage varies based on setting and responsibilities:setting and responsibilities:

• $20/hour to $37/hour$20/hour to $37/hour

Network and Computer Systems Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsAdministrators

Bachelor’s degreeBachelor’s degree

Milwaukee:Milwaukee:

Entry wage: Entry wage: $23.60/hour$23.60/hour

Average:Average: $33.39/hour$33.39/hour

Experienced:Experienced: $38.28/hour$38.28/hour

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Signed into law by President Obama on July 22,

2014 What programs does WIOA cover?

Employment and Training Programs: Adult, Youth, Dislocated Worker, Wagner Peyser

Adult and Technical Education Vocational Rehabilitation

Title IV of WIOA reauthorizes the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 – governs the VR program

WIOA includes a strong emphasis on transition services to students with disabilities

DVR, in collaboration with the LEA, shall provide or arrange to provide Pre-employment Transition Services (PETS) to high school students with disabilities.

What are PETS? 1) Job exploration counseling 2) Work-based learning experiences 3) Counseling on opportunities for transition or

post-secondary educational or higher education programs

4) Workplace readiness training to develop social skills and Independent Living

5) Instruction in self-advocacy, which may include peer mentoring

DVR must annually expend 15% of its federal grant amount on PETS – effective NOW

DVR counselor time spent on this activities, i.e. counseling can be counted

Collaboration with DVR and schools to provide these types of services, continue to use the Transition Action Guide as a tool, cost share needed services, building on to existing services the schools already provide

DVR and schools continuing to outreach to parents and students – referring students at least 2 years prior to graduation

This section limits the use of paying sub-minimum wage

Requires that in 2016 a series of steps be taken before an individual under the age of 24 can be placed in a job paying less than minimum wage, i.e. pre-vocational services at rehabilitation facilities

Also prohibits schools from contracting with sub-minimum wage providers

What is the intent? To stop the flow of youth going from high school to sub minimum wage work

Individuals age 24 or younger may not begin work paying subminimum wage (less than Federal minimum wage) unless the person has completed the following actions: Received pre-employment transition services

or transition services under IDEA, and Applied for DVR services and has been found

ineligible for services or has been determined eligible for DVR services but has not been successful and has been provided career counseling and information/referral to other resources designed to assist the person in attaining competitive/integrated employment

Students who may have opted to go directly from high school to a sheltered type of work situation paying subminimum wage will no longer be able to do so unless the requirements described on the previous slide have been met. They will need to work with DVR first

Student and families should be educated about these changes

This is not a WI DVR policy change it is a Federal Law requirement.

What can DVR do? What can DVR do? Lots!Lots!

Career Guidance and CounselingWork Experiences/Employer work incentives

Job Search and Placement Assistance Information and Referral Services

Transition to work services for students with disabilities in high school Supported Employment services for persons with severe disabilities; includes

time-limited on-the job supports Rehabilitation Technology

Vocational and other Training Disability and Employment Assessment

Transportation Occupational licenses, tools and other equipment Assistance in small-business plan development

Interpreter services Rehabilitation teaching services

Diagnosis and treatment Post-employment services

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DVR’s Employment DVR’s Employment Planning and Planning and

Consultation Services Consultation Services for Transition Studentsfor Transition Students

What are those?

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tran·si·tiontran·si·tionnoun 1. movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood. 2. Music.

a. a passing from one key to another; modulation. b. a brief modulation; a modulation used in passing. c. a sudden, unprepared modulation.

3. a passage from one scene to another by sound effects, music, etc., as in a television program, theatrical production, or the like. verb 4. to make a transition: He had difficulty transitioning from enlisted man to officer

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Transition TeamworkTransition Teamwork It’s a collaborative process and teaming and

working together is important

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9j3-ghRjBs The Power of Teamwork

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8MJUox3Llg Minions Teamwork

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Who are the transition Who are the transition team members?team members?

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Do we have challenges Do we have challenges with transition?with transition?

What are they?

How do we address them?

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What does Transition What does Transition Look Like?Look Like?

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The Tale of Transition The Tale of Transition TomTom

Tom is a high school student going on to Post-Secondary training at the Technical College

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Suzie’s Supportive Suzie’s Supportive StoryStory

Suzie is a high school student going into supported employment

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Workforce WillWorkforce Will Will is a high school student heading straight into

the labor force

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Helpful Tools and Innovative Helpful Tools and Innovative

ServicesServices Youth OJTs – Youth and Adult Work Experiences set up by high schools, DVR, Job

Center programs (Summer Youth Work Experience) Job Coaching Solid Career Research/Labor Market Information Permanent jobs while in high school DVR’s Business Services Consultants Specialized/Unique Training programs with business,

i.e. REDI, Project SEARCH Soft Skill programs (Skills to Pay the Bills) DVR’s PROMISE Grant Services

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Creative Training Creative Training Programs? YES!Programs? YES!

Walgreen’s REDI Training program

Walgreens SC Distribution Center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2BCAIfQzh0 walgreens what works on nbc nightly news

Project SEARCH programs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSfGDsjOTFk

Other Place and Train models

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Highlighting Highlighting CollaborationCollaboration

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Interagency Agreement: Interagency Agreement: TTransition ransition AAction ction GGuideuide

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Aging and Disability Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRCs)Resource Center (ADRCs)

Gateway to Long Term Care ServicesStudents should apply at 17 years, 9 months/or

older

ADRC Specialist provides:Info and assistance to link people to community

resourcesLong term care options counselingLong Term Care Functional Screen (LTC-FS) to

assist with future planning and eligibility for programs

http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/LTCare/Generalinfo/RCs.htm

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UW System: Technical UW System: Technical Colleges and Colleges and UniversitiesUniversities

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WIOA Employment WIOA Employment Programs/Job Center Programs/Job Center

PartnersPartners

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DVR’s Network of DVR’s Network of Service ProvidersService Providers

DVR’s START TeamDVR’s START Team

Statewide Transition Action and Resource Team

http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dvr/tran.htm

Transition Liaison List: https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dvr/pdf_files/school_liaisons.pdf

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