California A 857: Vocational Services- Formerly Incarcerated Persons (2023)
“This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide each inmate, upon release, informational materials about vocational rehabilitation services and independent living programs offered by the Department of Rehabilitation, as specified, and an enrollment form for vocational rehabilitation services. The bill would also expand the scope of vocational rehabilitation services offered by the Department of Rehabilitation to include service provided to former inmates with disabilities.”
California A 447: Public Postsecondary Education- Disabled Students (2023)
“Authorizes and requests the University of California, to establish and maintain inclusive college programs for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities at four-year public postsecondary educational institutions. Requests inclusive college programs operated by the California State University, and inclusive college programs operated by the University of California, to do certain things, including, among other things, provide students with a person-centered planning process.”
“The Pathways to Success Project (PSP) is a Disability Innovation grant awarded to DOR by the U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration. PSP will identify and demonstrate practices, which are supported by evidence, in improving Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) outcomes for eligible individuals with disabilities, including previously served VR participants to advance in high-demand, high-quality careers. PSP participants are served by sector-specific specialist teams that are experts in the industry and translate that knowledge to increased opportunities for consumers, served in-person or remotely, to enter career pathways for those occupations. The PSP sector-specific teams effectively engage with businesses, utilize work-based learning experiences, internships, apprenticeships, and career-level employment for DOR consumers.
PSP Career Pathways
PSP is a demonstration project which focuses on six high-wage, high-skill and high demand career pathways: Advanced Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Construction & Transportation, Green Energy, Health Care, and Information Technology & Communications. PSP includes a unique service delivery design by assigning, building, and serving statewide caseloads based on the consumer’s identified goal rather than geography.”
California Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment Project (CSP)
“What is CSP
The California Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment Project (CSP) is a Disability Innovation grant awarded to DOR by the U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration. CSP is a pilot research project, providing a comprehensive set of interventions and support to increase competitive integrated employment outcomes, economic self-sufficiency, independence, and inclusion for individuals with the most significant disabilities currently in, or contemplating entering, subminimum wage employment.
CSP Purpose
The CSP will test new service delivery practices and establish evidence-based approaches to vocational service delivery that address future needs with the transition from subminimum wage into competitive integrated employment for individuals traditionally excluded from competitive integrated employment, in particular individuals with ID/DD.”
