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Job-Driven/Demand Side Strategies “Business don’t want to hear the phrase ‘vocational rehabilitation’ -- they want to hear about talent and how to connect talent to their job-driven, demand-driven needs”. – Bill Robinson, Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
In June 2018, Job-Driven VR Technical Assistance Center (JD-VRTAC), Workforce Innovation TA Center (WINTAC), and Mississippi State University NRTC on Blindness & Low Vision hosted an in-person forum for VR agencies serving individuals who are blind and visually impaired. Presenters discussed topics on five panels about collaborative WIOA implementation, youth-focused initiatives, career pathways, LMI, and collaborative business engagement.
Download our factsheets about each panel:
- Collaborative WIOA implementation
- Youth-focused job-driven initiatives
- Access to job training and career pathways
- Labor market information
- Collaborative business engagement
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Dorothy Young, Director of Mississippi VR for the Blind and Jonathan Richmond, Employment Consultant from Connecticut Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind at the forum.
Forum Materials and Resources:
- Agenda: Job-Driven Strategies for Serving Individuals who are Blind/Visually Impaired: A Forum for VR Agencies (Doc)
- Attendees/Presenter List: Job-Driven Strateiges for Serving Individuals who are Blind/Visually Impaired: A Forum for VR Agencies (Doc)
- Forum Attendees Full Contact List (Doc)
- Photo Release Form (Doc)
- Sample: Business Engagement Tracking Worksheet (Xls)
- Sample: Transition Seminar Invoice - National Federation of the Blind of Georgia (Doc)
- Sample: Transition Seminar Summary of Services - National Federation of the Blind of Georgia (Doc)
- Sample: Proposed Services for Spring Toward Success Training - Georgia (Doc)
- Sample: Spring Towards Success Transition Training Agenda - Georgia (Doc)
- The Georgia Academy for the Blind Partners with Project Search (Doc)
- Working with Consumer Groups and Professional Associations to Expand Pre-ET Services (Doc)
- Pre-ETS Codes and Services - Georgia (Xls)
- Iowa Dept. for the Blind Training Videos
- Connecticut BESB Webinar and Materials on LMI - Survey and TCI+ Letter
- Oregon Commission for the Blind - Partnership for Training Preparation (PPT)
- Oregon Commission for the Blind - Partnerships with Washington and Oregon General Agencies and WorkSource (PPT)
- Oregon Commission for the Blind Job Development Referral Form (Doc)
- Sample: Oregon Commission for the Blind Business Relations Coordinator Update (Doc)
- Sample: Oregon Commission for the Blind Progressive Employment Preparation Services Form (Doc)
- Virginia DBVI: Business-Driven Partnerships to Change Perceptions and Build a Pipeline (Doc)
- Virginia DBVI: Job Readiness Guide (Doc)
- Washington Department of Services for the Blind Handout (Doc)
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