This Executive Order establishes the Children's System State Board to serve as the single point of responsibility in the development and implementation of a Children's Mental Health System. It authorizes the Governor to appoint a representative from the Department of Workforce Development, as well as the Iowa Mental Health and Disability Services Commission.
Topic(s): Systems Coordination
This bill increases funding for a program for farmers with disabilities, which helps them gainfully engage in farming through agricultural worksite and home modification consultations, peer support services, services to families, information and referral and equipment loan services.
This bill:
1. Adds additional members to the Iowa Workforce Development Board, including a representative from the Department for the Blind;
2. Creates a standing committee on the Board to provide information and assist with issues relating to the provision of services to individuals with disabilities;
3. Requires the Board to ensure that technology for accessing workforce development services is accessible to individuals with disabilities; and
4. Requires the Department of Workforce Development to consult with the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services for co-locating state and federal employment and training programs in centers providing services at the local level.
This program enables individuals with disabilities, service providers and others to learn about, access, and acquire assistive technology needed for education, employment, and community living. Services include device demonstrations, reutilization, loans, and financing.
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Entity Type: Multi-Stakeholder Project
Topic(s): Connecting Activities
The Business Enterprise Program helps people who are blind become food service or vending operators.
Operating Entity: Iowa Department for the Blind
Entity Type: State Agency / Office
Topic(s): Career Prep & Work-Based Learning
CAP helps individuals who experience problems when applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation or independent living services. This includes advising and informing individuals of their rights and providing advocacy services.
Operating Entity: Iowa Department of Human Rights
Entity Type: State Agency / Office
Topic(s): Connecting Activities
This program provides a range of independent living services to people with disabilities at Centers for Independent Living across the state. Services include help connecting to local services, assistance with job searches, local transit skills training, assistive technology help, peer mentoring support, assistance with school-to-career transitions, self-advocacy help, and more.
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Entity Type: Multi-Stakeholder Project
This program expands vocational rehabilitation and Pre-Employment Transition services by enabling community college team members to collaborate with Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services and provide career readiness and career exploration services to school districts where gaps are identified.
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Entity Type: Multi-Stakeholder Project
This program supports Parent Training and Information Centers and Community Parent Resource Centers in 16 midwestern and western states. Services include one-to-one consultations, trainings and webinars, peer-to-peer mentoring, site visits, non-profit management tools, and more.
Operating Entity: WI FACETS
Entity Type: Non-Profit / Community Organization
These programs offer students with intellectual disabilities an opportunity to take college classes, engage in career development and independent living activities, and participate in the social life of a college campus.
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Entity Type: Multi-Stakeholder Project
Project SEARCH is a one-year transition-to-work program for students with significant disabilities that includes classroom instruction, career exploration, and internship rotations. It is a collaboration between local businesses, state agencies, local school systems, and other entities, and is offered at several locations.
Operating Entity: --
Entity Type: Multi-Stakeholder Project
Topic(s): Career Prep & Work-Based Learning
This program provides technical and financial assistance to help individuals with disabilities achieve self-sufficiency by starting, expanding, or purchasing a business. It is available to clients of Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services (IVRS) and Iowa Department for the Blind (IDB).
Operating Entity: Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services (IVRS)
Entity Type: State Agency / Office
Topic(s): Career Prep & Work-Based Learning
This program provides assistance to young adults in the areas of vocational training, independent living, and post-secondary education to help them develop the skills needed to obtain and maintain competitive integrated employment. Services include job exploration; counseling; work-based learning experiences; workplace readiness training; post-secondary training; self-advocacy instruction; job placement; independent living skills; and follow-up and monitoring. TAP is a partnership between the Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services (IVRS) and Community School Districts.
Operating Entity: --
Entity Type: Multi-Stakeholder Project
Topic(s): Career Prep & Work-Based Learning
This program provides direct support to young adults with disabilities to help them develop the skills to get, learn and keep a job. It also helps clients develop the linkages to community providers, and supports the businesses who host them and the paraprofessionals who support them so they can become independent and successful in their jobs. It is a collaboration between the Iowa University Center for Excellence on Developmental Disabilities at the Center for Disabilities and Development (UCEDD/CDD) and the Iowa City Community School District (ICCSD).
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Entity Type: Multi-Stakeholder Project
YLA is an introduction to leadership skills for youth with disabilities consisting of five two-hour sessions focused on leadership, goal-setting, self-determination, civic engagement, and social networking and mentoring. It is a collaboration between the Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council, Iowa Department of Human Rights, Access 2 Independence and UI Health Care Center for Disabilities and Development.
Operating Entity: --
Entity Type: Multi-Stakeholder Project
Topic(s): Youth Development & Leadership
Iowa provides a general FAQ document discussing distance learning. It includes links for parents with more specific questions regarding special education distance learning, describes the methods by which schools provide equitable opportunities for students, policy regarding virtual IEP meetings, and additional services that schools must provide for students with disabilities.
Operating Entity: Iowa Department of Education
Topic(s): Distance Learning
The Iowa Department of Education addressed frequently asked questions regarding COVID-19 Recovery Services for Learners
.Receiving IDEA Services including funding and how IEP teams should address these services.
Operating Entity: Iowa Department of Education
Topic(s): Distance Learning, IEP
This document is intended to help IEP teams clarify
the factors to be considered when determining placement during continuous learning/virtual and hybrid delivery
of general and special education.
Operating Entity: Iowa Department of Education
Topic(s): Distance Learning, IEP