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Project Type/Research Category: Field Initiated Projects (FIPs).
Funding Priority: Employment Outcomes.
For more information on NIDRR's funding priorities, read about NIDRR's Core Areas of Research at http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/core-area.html.
Understanding and Responding to the Needs of People with Disabilities and the Ticket-To-Work Program.
No longer funded by NIDRR or funded under a new grant number. Check REHABDATA data for documents.
DePaul University.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Psychology Department.
2219 North Kenmore Avenue.
Chicago, IL 60614.
E-mail: bhernan4@depaul.edu.
Principal Investigator: Brigida Hernandez, PhD.
Public Contact Phone: 773/325-4840.
Fax: 773/325-7888.
Project Number: H133G030165.
Start Date: October 1, 2003.
Length: 36 months.
NIDRR Officer: Delores Watkins.
NIDRR Funding: FY 03 $150,000; FY 04 $150,000; FY 05 $150,000; FY 06 $0.
Abstract:
The objectives of this project are threefold. First, the project examines the needs of people with disabilities as they pertain to the Ticket to Work (TTW) program and more generally employment and vocational rehabilitation services. Second, there is emphasis on examining the diversity of needs based on racial/ethnic background and type of disability. Lastly, the project aims to understand the capacity of Employment Networks (ENs) and offices of rehabilitation services in terms of outreach and delivery of services.
Descriptors: Employment, Vocational rehabilitation, Policy.
Documents in REHABDATA:
Breaking down barriers: Employment and the disability community.
Perspectives of people with disabilities on employment, vocational rehabilitation, and the ticket to work program.
Policy brief: Employment, the ticket to work program, and vocational rehabilitation: Perspectives of people with disabilities.
Policy brief: The ticket to work program: Perspective of employment networks.
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