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ASPIRE. Achieving Success by Promoting Readiness in Education and Employment. A PROMISE Initiative of the US Department of Education (#H418P130009). PROMISE Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income. PROMISE Initiative. The PROMISE Initiative: Five-year federal project

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  1. ASPIRE Achieving Success by Promoting Readiness in Education and Employment A PROMISE Initiative of the US Department of Education (#H418P130009)

  2. PROMISEPromoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income

  3. PROMISE Initiative • The PROMISE Initiative: • Five-year federal project • Develop and implement model demonstration projects (MDPs) to promote positive outcomes for youth who receive SSI, and their families • Six projects throughout the country

  4. Federal Partners Federal Agencies • U.S. Department of Education (ED) • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) • U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) • Social Security Administration (SSA) --------------------------------------------------------------- • ED administering funding for the PROMISE Initiatives • SSA administering a national evaluation of the PROMISE programs

  5. State Level Partners • Vocational Rehabilitation services under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act; • Special Education and related services under Part B of the IDEA; • Medicaid services under Title XIX of the Social Security Act • Workforce development services; • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act; • Developmental/intellectual disabilities services; and • Mental health services

  6. PROMISE award requirements PROMISEStudy • Minimum sample size of 2,000 eligible youth • Youth will have a disability and receive SSI benefits • Youth will be between the ages of 14 and 16 at the time services are initiated • Randomly assigned to treatment or control groups, 1000 each • Limited enrollment period

  7. PROMISE Awards PROMISE Awards • Grant funding of $211 million from ED was awarded to six projects throughout the U.S., to implement the PROMISE initiative over a 5-year period • Projects awarded to: California Arkansas Wisconsin Maryland New York ASPIRE (six-state consortium)

  8. Interventions ASPIRE Financial education and capability training Self determination training Community conversations PROMISE Benefits planning Parent education and training Paid employment prior to leaving high school Case management

  9. Goals of the PROMISE Initiative • Improve service provision and coordination • Improve education attainment, employment outcomes • Improve self-sufficiency and financial independence

  10. Collaboration Challenges • A consortium of Arizona, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Utah • Urban, rural, frontier and tribal • 42 allied agencies • 49 tribes • Thousands of school districts • Innumerable community organizations • Fidelity across six states

  11. Collaboration Communication Communication – internal and external • Develop a communication plan and be flexible • Build informal relationships first and identify process for formal relationships • Engage partners • Recognize individuality and the strengths each person brings • Utilize web-based strategies • Newsletters, listserv, shared drives (wiggio.com)

  12. Collaboration Fidelity across six states • Strong communication • No dumb questions • Common training - tracking • Engagement at all levels of implementation development • Formative evaluation team • Contracting – common scopes of work

  13. Strategies to Collaborate • Coordinate Collaborate Partner • Identify partners • Make time, seek to understand, respect • Build and nurture relationships • Focus on the shared mission • Define common goals • Communicate

  14. Carol RuddellASPIRE Project DirectorUtah State Office of Rehabilitation(801) 571-2160cruddell@utah.govwww.aspirewest.org

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