The Center for Workforce Development at the Institute for Educational Leadership Receives $1.85 Million from ODEP to Fund a Consortium to Increase Transition and Employment Services for Youth with Disabilities
The consortium, let by the Center for Workforce Development at the Institute for Educational Leadership, in Washington, D.C., will establish a National Technical Assistance Center on Transition and Employment in order to build the capacity of workforce development, economic development and educational service delivery systems to ensure that youth with disabiliites graduate from high school and either enter employment or continue their education. In addition to the Center for Workforce Development, consortium members include the National Youth Employment Coalition, Washington, D.C.; the PACER Center, Minneapolis, Minn.; the Center on Education and Work at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and the University of Minnesota's Institutue for Community Integration in Minneapolis, Minn. The consortium was selected from applications submitted in response to a solicitation by the Labor Department.
