Project CORE - Mailing List Archives - Vol. 3 Iss. 1 (Text Only)

Welcome to The Connecting Point Mailing List Archives - Volume 3

Volume 3 Issue 1 May 10th, 2005
In This ISSUE:

1) Mapping Your Future Website
2) Transition from School to Work NCSET E-News: May 2005
3) It's My Life: Employment
4) ETA Video on Services for People with Disabilities—“Navigator Version
5) Department of Labor expands GovBenefits.gov into Spanish

1) Mapping Your Future Website - is a one stop site for students and parents and school counselors with information on financial strategies, career options and college planning. In the Selecting A Career section, you can find out how to choose a career and how to reach your career goal. You can also pick up useful tips on job hunting, resume writing, and job interviewing techniques. In the Selecting A School, you can find find out what characteristics to look for when choosing a college or training program and how to find the best school for you. In the Paying for School, you will find the steps needed to consider or complete when planning to pay for education. Each section contains the information needed by the users, either student, parent, or student counselor.

2) Transition from School to Work NCSET E-News: May 2005
The Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education has just released a new document on Secondary Transition in IDEA 2004. You can read it online at: www.ncset.org/docs/osers/idea04_sec_transition.html

We have three new publications:
An NLTS2 Data Brief entitled ³The Transition Planning Process.² You can read it online at:
www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=2130
A Research to Practice Brief entitled ³Transition Planning: Community Mapping as a Tool for Teachers and Students.² You can read it online at: www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=2128
A Parent Brief entitled "Universal Design for Learning and the Transition to a More Challenging Academic Curriculum: Making it in Middle School and Beyond." You can read it online at: www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=2165

3) It's My Life: Employment - Casey Family Programs is pleased to present you with this recently-published electronic copy of It's My Life: Employment. This guide is the first in a planned series of seven guides to supplement Casey Family Programs' It's My Life integrated transition practice framework. Each guide will focus on one of the seven interconnected life domains discussed in It's My Life - Cultural and Personal Identity Formation, Supportive Relationships and Community Connections, Physical and Mental Health, Life Skills, Education, Employment, and Housing - and will provide specific recommendations, strategies and resources for working with young people transitioning from foster care. The guides will be an easy to use reference and resource for child welfare workers, but will also be useful for all those concerned with successful transition for young people in foster care.

4) One-Stop Toolkit Resources of the Week Technical Assistance Project
ETA Video on Services for People with Disabilities—“Navigator Version”

The Employment & Training Administration of the Department of Labor worked with a few projects to produce a short video which portrays success stories showcasing how the One-Stop Centers are serving customers with disabilities (i.e., getting them jobs). Some of the footage highlighted Navigators and showed how the One-Stop system works successfully with customers, including both persons with disabilities and employers. This video, which is accessible over the Web can serve as another training tool and strategy to share with front line staff and other collaborators. Access the URL and scroll down to “ETA Video on Services for People with Disabilities - Navigator Version." -649R, May 6. –

5) Department of Labor expands GovBenefits.gov into Spanish - DOL News Release 4-29-05
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/OPA20050597.htm (News Release) - During a celebration of the websites third anniversary, US Deputy Secretary of Labor Steven Law announced the launch of GovLoans.gov en Español and the expansion of the www.govbenefits.gov/ DOL News Release 4-29- www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/OPA20050597.htm (News Release)During a celebration of the websites third anniversary, US Deputy Secretary of Labor Steven Law announced the launch of GovLoans.gov en Español and the expansion of the http://www.govbenefits.gov/ Web site to more than 1,000 federal and state benefit programs.

GovLoans.gov En Español offers Spanish-speaking communities greater access to available federal and state loan program information. GovBenefits.gov was among the Top 25 finalists for the 2005 Excellence.gov Award from the Industry Advisory Council. The Web site is one of the key initiatives that comprise the President's E-Government Strategy which focuses on making government programs and information more accessible to the public. “GovBenefits.gov offers diverse and extensive benefit program information for veterans, seniors, students, teachers, children, people with disabilities, dependents, disaster victims, farmers, caregivers, job seekers, prospective homeowners and more,” said Deputy Secretary Law. “The Web site has attracted more than 17 million visitors since it went online in April 2002, increasing citizens' access to benefit programs and information they may not have known existed.”

GovBenefits.gov is a collaborative effort of 10 federal agencies, including the Departments of Labor, Agriculture, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, State, Veterans Affairs, and the Social Security Administration. www.govbenefits.gov/es/govbenefits/index.jhtml?locale=es

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Readers are invited to send information about new resources on secondary education, transition from school, services and supports for adults with disabilities to connectingpoint@projectcore.org . Approved information will then be posted. Additional questions or comments can be sent to the Project Coordinator at coordinator@projectcore.org .
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