Stakeholder Resources
Below are links to resources and information from technical assistance centers, government entities, research institutions and organizations focused on supporting youth and young adults with disabilities in their transitions to employment and/or post-secondary education.
FAQs, Fact Sheets, and Primers
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fact Sheet: The Mental Health of People with Disabilities
- Topic(s): Mental Health
- Disparities in Vocational Supports for Black Young Adults with Mental Health Conditions
- Topic(s): Mental Health, Target Populations
- Making the Right Turn: A Research Update on Evidence-Based and Promising Post-Exit Supports for Formerly Incarcerated Youth
- Topic(s): Target Populations
- Making the Right Turn: A Research Update on Improving Transition Outcomes Among Youth Involved in the Juvenile Corrections System
- Topic(s): Target Populations
- Making the Right Turn: A Research Update on Prevention and Diversion for Justice Involved Youth
- Topic(s): Target Populations
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition’s Service Coordination: Frequently Asked Questions
- Topic(s): Systems Coordination
- Professional Development Needs Among WIOA Youth Service Professionals Issue Brief
- Topic(s): Professional Development
- Testing Whether Multisystemic Therapy for Emerging Adults Can Reduce Their Justice System Involvement
- Topic(s): Mental Health
- U.S. Department of Education COVID-19 Resources – Program Information: FAQs and Responses
- Topic(s): Career Preparation, COVID-19
- U.S. Department of Education’s Frequently-Asked Questions about Pre-Employment Transition Services
- Topic(s): Career Preparation
- Use of Social Security Work Incentives to Promote Work-Based Learning in Youth Employment and Training Programs
- Topic(s): Career Preparation
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fact Sheet: The Mental Health of People with Disabilities
Websites and Webpages
- Soft Skills to Pay the Bills
- Topic(s): Career Preparation
- Aging and Disability Resource Centers Program/No Wrong Door System Webpage
- Topic(s): Systems Coordination
- Center for Parent Information and Resources’ American Indian and Alaska Native Vocational Rehabilitation Centers Webpage
- Topic(s): Systems Coordination, Target Populations
- Center for Parent Information and Resources’ Transition: Cultural Competency Resources Webpage
- Topic(s): Target Populations
- Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform Webpage
- Topic(s): Professional Development
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition’s Publications Webpage
- Topic(s): Professional Development
- National Resources for Advocacy, Independence, Self-determination and Employment (RAISE) Technical Assistance Center Website
- Topic(s): Career Preparation
- National Technical Assistance Center on Transition’s COVID-19 Related Resources Webpage
- Topic(s): COVID-19
- National Technical Assistance Center on Transition’s Interagency Collaboration Webpage
- Topic(s): Systems Coordination
- Office of Disability Employment Policy’s Disability Mentoring Day Webpage
- Topic(s): Career Preparation
- PACER Center’s Inclusive Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities Webpage
- Topic(s): Career Preparation
- Project SEARCH Website
- Topic(s): Career Preparation
- State Exchange on Employment and Disability’s Interagency Coordination and Collaboration, Including Employment First Webpage
- Topic(s): Systems Coordination
- State Exchange on Employment and Disability’s Private Sector Engagement Webpage
- Topic(s): Systems Coordination
- U.S. Department of Education’s Correctional Education in Juvenile Justice Facilities Webpage
- Topic(s): Career Preparation, Target Populations
- Soft Skills to Pay the Bills
Guides and Toolkits
- Skills to Pay the Bills
- Topic(s): Career Preparation
- Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Workers Throughout and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: State Responses
- Topic(s): Mental Health
- Blueprint for Building Inter-Agency Collaboration through Strategic Planning
- Topic(s): Mental Health, Systems Coordination
- Building a Community of Practice to Support Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions
- Topic(s): Mental Health, Systems Coordination
- Crossing the Divide: Programs that Bridge Child and Adult Mental Health Services
- Topic(s): Mental Health, Systems Coordination
- Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: Implications for Transition Personnel
- Topic(s): Professional Development, Target Populations
- Designing Professional Development for Youth Workforce Development
- Topic(s): Professional Development
- Engaging Employers: A Guide for Disability and Workforce Development Service Providers
- Topic(s): Professional Development, Systems Coordination
- Five Areas of Youth Development with Related Outcomes and Activities
- Topic(s): Professional Development
- Improving the Transition to Adulthood for Youth with Disabilities in Foster Care
- Topic(s): Target Populations
- Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities Professional Development Plan for Practitioners
- Topic(s): Professional Development
- KSA Professional Development Assessment for Organizations and Systems
- Topic(s): Professional Development
- Making it Work: Vocational Peer Mentors for Emerging Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions
- Topic(s): Career Preparation, Mental Health
- Planning Tool and Protocol for Transition Planning for Youth with Disabilities from the Child Welfare System to Adulthood
- Topic(s): Target Populations
- Policies for Increasing Employment Among Opportunity Youth with Disabilities
- Topic(s): Career Preparation, Target Populations
- Promoting Quality Individualized Learning Plans Throughout the Lifespan: A Revised and Updated “ILP How To Guide 2.0”
- Topic(s): Career Preparation
- Providing Quality Career Development within Youth Development & Leadership Programs Intro Brief
- Topic(s): Professional Development
- Quick Guide: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Youth – Secondary Transition
- Topic(s): Target Populations
- Reaching Out to Parents of Youth with Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System
- Topic(s): Professional Development, Systems Coordination
- Supporting Employment for Young Adults Living with Mental Health Conditions
- Topic(s): Career Preparation, Mental Health
- There’s More to Young Adult Unemployment Than Mental Health: What Else to Look For
- Topic(s): Mental Health
- Tips and Tricks to Starting a Young Adult Council Part 1: 10 Steps to Starting a Young Adult Advisory Council
- Topic(s): Systems Coordination
- Tips and Tricks to Starting a Young Adult Council Part 2: The Do’s and Don’ts of Young Adult Councils
- Topic(s): Systems Coordination
- Transition Planning for Youth with Disabilities from the Child Welfare System to Adulthood: A Guide for Professionals in Pennsylvania
- Topic(s): Professional Development, Target Populations
- Understanding Disabilities in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: Toolkit Guide
- Topic(s): Target Populations
- Use of Individualized Learning Plans: A Promising Practice for Driving College and Career Efforts
- Topic(s): Career Preparation
- Working with Families of Children in the Juvenile Justice and Corrections Systems: A Guide for Education Program Leaders, Principals, and Building Administrators
- Topic(s): Professional Development, Systems Coordination
- Youth with Disabilities Entering the Workplace through Apprenticeship Toolkit
- Topic(s): Career Preparation, Professional Development
- Skills to Pay the Bills