RSA Funded & Other Resources
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American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Training and Technical Assistance Center (AIVRTTAC)
Operating on tribal lands in 25 states, the purpose of the American Indian VR Services (AIVRS) Projects is to help tribal members with disabilities prepare for and obtain gainful employment. To assist AIVRS Projects in achieving that goal, in October 2015 the Northern Arizona University’s Institute for Human Development was awarded a five-year grant and entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Rehabilitation Services Administration. Its purpose was to develop the American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Training and Technical Assistance Center (AIVRTTAC) in order to provide education, guidance, and technical assistance (TA) to AIVRS Projects.
Status: ActiveType: RSA TA Centers – Active
Disability Focus: General
National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative (NTACT:C)
National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative (NTACT:C) is jointly funded by RSA and the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). NTACT:C provides universal, targeted, and intensive supports to State VR and Education agencies and their partners to build and sustain their capacity to deliver transition services intended to improve outcomes for students and youth with disabilities.
Status: ActiveType: RSA TA Centers – Active
Disability Focus: General
Older Individuals who are Blind Technical Assistance Center (OIB-TAC)
The purpose of OIB-TAC is to provide training and TA to designated State agencies (DSAs) (the State agencies that provide VR services to individuals who are blind) that receive grant funding under the Independent Living Services for Older Individuals who are Blind (OIB) program and to other service providers that receive OIB program funding from DSAs to provide services to consumers.
Status: ActiveType: RSA TA Centers – Active
Disability Focus: Blindness/Vision
Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Employment (VRTAC-QE)
The VRTAC-QE project upgrades and increases the competencies, skills, and knowledge of state VR agencies thereby allowing them to enhance their capacity to implement and sustain employment strategies and supporting practices to enable individuals with disabilities to achieve quality employment and career advancement.
Status: ActiveType: RSA TA Centers – Active
Disability Focus: General
Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Management (VRTAC-QM)
VRTAC-QM provides TA and training on quality management strategies that enable State VR agency personnel to improve resource management and effective service delivery, and increase the number and quality of employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities.
Status: ActiveType: RSA TA Centers – Active
Disability Focus: General
E3TC Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Targeted Communities (VRTAC-TC) (E3TC)
The E3TC project period ended on 6/30/2021. The site will not be maintained but is viewable for reference purposes. The purpose of E3TC was to provide technical assistance (TA) to State VR agencies and their partners to address barriers to VR participation and competitive integrated employment of historically underrepresented groups of individuals with disabilities.
Status: InactiveType: RSA TA Centers – Inactive
Disability Focus: General
Job-Driven Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center (JD-VRTAC)
Though the project period for this TA Center ended, ExploreVR will continue to update this site. JD-VRTAC was jointly funded by RSA and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) to identify, adapt, embed, and sustain job-driven practices that lead to improved employment outcomes for people with disabilities. Outcomes and strategies from the JD-VRTAC were designed around four topic areas: labor market information, services to employers, building and maintaining employer relations, and services to training providers.
Status: InactiveType: RSA TA Centers – Inactive
Disability Focus: General
National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT)
The NTACT project period ended on 12/31/2020. Key resources will continue to be archived or updated on the NTACT website. The purpose of NTACT was to assist state education agencies, local education agencies, State VR agencies and other VR service providers to implement evidence-based and promising practices to ensure students with disabilities, stay in school, progress in school, and graduate with knowledge, skills, and supports needed to succeed in postsecondary education and employment.
Status: InactiveType: RSA TA Centers – Inactive
Disability Focus: General
Technical Assistance Center for Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance (PEQA)
The PEQA project period ended on 6/30/2021. Key resources from this project are available in the NCRTM. The purpose of PEQA was to assist State VR agencies to improve performance management by building their capacity to carry out high-quality program evaluations and quality assurance practices that promote continuous program improvement.
Status: InactiveType: RSA TA Centers – Inactive
Disability Focus: Not Applicable
Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Youth with Disabilities (VR Y-TAC)
The VR Y-TAC project period ended on 12/31/2020. The site will not be maintained and is viewable for reference purposes. The purpose of the VR Y-TAC was to provide TA to State VR agencies to improve services to and outcomes of: (1) students with disabilities, as defined in section 7(37) of the Rehabilitation Act, who are in school and who are not receiving services under the IDEA; and (2) youth with disabilities, as defined in section 7(42) of the Rehabilitation Act, who are no longer in school and who are not employed, including dropouts.
Status: InactiveType: RSA TA Centers – Inactive
Disability Focus: General