Training and Technical Assistance for Partnerships in Employment Systems Change Grants
University of Massachusetts Boston, Institute for Community Inclusion
Abstract
The Administration on Developmental Disabilities has provided funding to the Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston to establish a Training and Technical Assistance Center for the six Partnerships for Employment Systems Change projects. This project will facilitate a comprehensive assessment of policy and practice in each participating state at the start of the project to support work plan development and to identify existing expertise and common needs for state-to-state collaboration. Permanent products will include longitudinal cross state analysis of data on factors that support and impede systems change efforts, a High Performing Transition Model state self-assessment toolkit, a performance benchmarking toolkit, community of practice reports and recommendations, topical webinars for demand use, and resource library of model documents and tools including MOUs, policies, and service tools.
Organization
University of Massachusetts Boston
Institute for Community Inclusion
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 01501
Contact
John Butterworth, Ph.D.
Director
Phone: (617) 287-4357
Fax: (617) 287-4352
E-mail: John.butterworth@umb.edu
Web: www.communityinclusion.org
Grant Number
90DN0290
Award Amount
$200,000 per year
Project Period
9/30/11 – 9/29/16
Project Officer
Larissa R. Crossen
Phone: (202) 690-5999
E-mail: Larissa.crossen@acl.hhs.gov