Career-Focused Services in Community Colleges Released

NCWD/Youth and Workforce Strategy Center release Career-Focused Services for Students with Disabilities at Community Colleges

Career-Focused Services for Students with Disabilities at Community Colleges
Our nation’s changing economy requires workers to attain increasingly higher job skills. Leaders in education, workforce development, and economic development recognize the need to help workers meet this challenge and to help employers find qualified employees. This case study report examines the efforts of community colleges to function as intermediaries in meeting the local workforce development needs of employers. Moreover, it identifies promising practice models of collaboration between career services and disability student services to promote career opportunities and job attainment for students with disabilities.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Funds
One of the requirements of the ARRA is that every department must create a webpage describing how their department’s dollars will be spent and that provides guidance to grantees/contractors. Below you will find the links to the Department of Labor and Education’s pages.
Department of Labor Information Related to the ARRA
This page includes information on the initial plans for the implementation o the Workforce Investment Act and state-by-state breakouts.
Department of Education Information Related to the ARRA
This page includes information on the Title I, Part A Recovery Funds for Grants to Local Educational Agencies, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants, and Independent Living Services.