Improving Vocational Rehabilitation Outcomes for Justice-and/or Foster-Involved Youth with Disabilities: A Toolkit for Practitioners
This Toolkit provides recommendations for practitioners working with youth with disabilities who are involved with the justice and/or foster care systems ("systems-involved youth") as they transition to employment. This includes youth (ages 14-24) who are currently involved with one or both systems, or who have previous involvement. Our findings and recommendations come from four research activities:
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A scoping review of promising practices for systems-involved youth with disabilities who are transitioning to employment
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An analysis of Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) data
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Focus groups and surveys with service provider professionals and people with lived experience in these systems
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A scan of state policies aiming to improve service coordination between agencies serving youth involved in multiple systems
