Completed Projects
Mission: The Montana Transition Training, Information and Resource Center (MT-TIRC) provides access to timely, high quality transition information, training and resources for young people with developmental disabilities, their families, teachers, professionals, and other community members. MT-TIRC was originally funded through a three-year grant awarded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities that ended on September 30, 2010. The Youth Advisory Board, Emerging Leader Project portions and technical assistance and training continues with support of several partners: MCDD, The Rural Institute on Disabilities, and the Montana Deaf-Blind Project.
Mission:
The Partnerships for Transition Project is a collaborative effort between
the Rural Institute, PLUK (Parents, Let’s Unite for Kids) and the
Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities to improve transition outcomes
for middle school youth with developmental disabilities. Partnerships
is being developed and piloted in six Montana communities.
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Mission: The Youth Corps Project provides youth with disabilities service opportunities, work experiences, and internships to assist them in developing the skills and habits that will lead to successful, paid employment.
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Mission: To expand the model of transition planning
created through Project WISER to include self-employment as a career exploration
strategy and a post-school employment option for students with ongoing
support needs, and to increase the accessing of Workforce Investment resources
as part of transition planning. Linkages will be developed and piloted
in six Montana communities.
Mission: To develop an innovative model of transition planning in the Bitterroot
and Mission Valleys which promotes individualized customized employment
for students with severe disabilities and ongoing support needs. Consumer-controlled,
alternative resources such as Social Security Work Incentives and natural
supports are incorporated into schools’ individual education planning
processes.
Mission:
To increase access to community employment for students with developmental
disabilities graduating from Montana schools by creating a model transition-to-employment
program in Missoula schools that can be replicated by other locales. The
success of this project will be measured by the lasting systems change
and the development of effective interagency agreements maintained following
the end of grant funding.
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Mission:
The purpose of GTW was to implement a customized model of career planning
in Missoula high schools and to pilot collaborative agreements between
Vocational Rehabilitation, Workforce, Developmental Disabilities agencies,
families and schools to promote transition from school to work. The mission
of Eastern Montana Graduate toWork is to share information about this
model with schools, employment agencies, Developmental Disabilities staff,
case managers, Workforce personnel, Vocational Rehabilitation counselors,
students and families in Eastern Montana.
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These transition projects were a part of the Rural Institute Center for Excellence in Disability Education, Research, And Service at The University of Montana. Projects Linkages and WISER were funded by the Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education. Partnerships for Transition, Graduate to Work and Eastern Montana Graduate to Work were funded by the Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities. Youth Corps was funded through a contract with CTAT, the Region VIII CRP-RCEP, under an award from the Corporation for National and Community Service. (Opinions expressed are those of The Transition and Employment Projects staff and not those of the U.S. Department of Education, CTAT, the Corporation for National and Community Service, or the Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities.)
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