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Join Our Partner, The LEAD Center, for WIOA From a Disability Perspective Part 3: Understanding Changes Regarding Youth Services

The LEAD Center, funded by the US Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Policy, is hosting a four-part webinar series titled “WIOA From a Disability Perspective.”

LEAD Center LogoThe Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) places expanded emphasis on funding activities for youth, including out-of-school youth and youth with disabilities. WIOA also amends the Rehabilitation Act requiring VR agencies to collaborate with local education agencies to improve coordination of pre-employment transition services to students with disabilities.

Join this webinar to learn more about cross-system collaboration and WIOA opportunities to support career counseling, skills training, job exploration, leadership development, and financial literacy education for youth with and without disabilities.

This is the third of a four-part webinar series. After registering for this webinar, be sure to view the previous webinar’s archive and register for the remaining webinars in the series – space is limited:

Please note: This webinar will be captioned and a link to download the presentation will be sent to registrants prior to the webinar. To request any other reasonable accommodations, please contact Brittany Taylor at [email protected] within 48 hours of the webinar.

Comments

  1. I attended recent conference and it was awesome! i am interested in joining the Employment Committee because I am an advocate for the “Employment First” movement and believe NCIL needs to push for it at the National level. Please let me know how to join this committee. Thanks Ed Turner.

    • theadvocacymonitor says

      Hi Ed. Great – I’ll follow up with you by email to connect you with the Subcommittee.