Common use of TRANSITION PLANNING FOR YOUTH Clause in Contracts

TRANSITION PLANNING FOR YOUTH. 1. The State and PPSD shall adopt an Employment First Policy, making work in integrated employment settings the first and priority service option for youth seeking transition work placements and for transition-age youth’s postsecondary vocational planning objectives. The PPSD’s Employment First Policy will set forth values for the school district’s transition planning process that reflect PPSD and the State’s expectations for supporting youth in transition in integrated employment settings through a systemic and collaborative framework. 2. The State and PPSD shall enter into an interagency agreement that includes timelines and specific benchmarks setting forth a school-to-work transition process for transition-age youth (14-21 years of age) with I/DD in Providence Public School District, including Birch students, and providing for students’ access to the services and supports set forth in Sections V(A)(1)-(2). 3. The State and PPSD shall promote the involvement and availability, and use of employment planning teams at Birch. Employment planning teams shall at a minimum include a qualified vocational rehabilitation counselor, qualified school transition specialist, qualified State representative, where applicable, and the eligible youth with I/DD. Family and/or guardian participation in all planning meetings should be required. The eligible youth shall be ensured an active and leading role in all of his/her planning meetings. 4. The transition planning process for students enrolled in Birch shall continue to begin by age 14, shall include an employment planning team, and shall include access to ORS and Medicaid Waiver services, if the individual is eligible for such services. The transition planning process shall be designed to ensure that each youth and his/her family has been informed about, and been given opportunities to experience, Supported Employment Services and Placements. The transition planning process, as set forth by interagency agreement in Section XIII, shall be inclusive of specific and relevant planning milestones for all eligible Birch youth in transition. At minimum, these milestones shall include: a. Assignment, by age 14, to an employment planning team, as defined in this Section; b. No later than during the first year of entry to Birch, and with the assistance of the employment planning team, the formulation of the employment-related recommendations of the IEP to discover and record students’ personal interests and goals for postsecondary employment and/or postsecondary education; c. No later than the year in which a student turns 16 years of age and with the assistance of the employment planning team, a comprehensive introduction to or enrollment in State services, if an individual is eligible or will be eligible, and also with the assistance of the employment planning team, the formulation of the employment- related recommendations of the IPE and ISP, where applicable; d. No later than the year in which a student turns 18 years of age meeting with the employment planning team to facilitate possible post-secondary employment placements, and to ensure that an eligible youth has been introduced to numerous and specific options to receive Supported Employment Services in a community based long-term placement in an integrated employment setting meeting the definitions and standards set forth in Section V(D)-(E), and that the eligible youth has (or will have) experienced the opportunity to be placed in such a setting, and to begin working there, prior to the end of his or her participation at Birch; and e. No later than during the year prior to exit from secondary school, all Birch youth in transition shall receive benefits planning information, according to the standards set forth in Section IV(8). 5. All youth in transition shall have a meaningful opportunity to experience one or more vocational and/or situational assessments in an integrated employment setting prior to exit from Birch, pursuant to the standards set forth in Section II. 6. All youth in transition shall have a meaningful opportunity to experience at least two trial work experiences, where each trial work experience is approximately 60 days duration, prior to exit from Birch in an individualized, integrated employment setting meeting the definitions and standards set forth in Sections V(D)-(E) with supervision and appropriate services and supports. Such trial work experiences may be exempt from the requirement of Section V(D)(1), and may include full-time, part-time, or seasonal work on a paid or unpaid basis, including internships, summer work experiences, or volunteer/ community service experiences. Such trial work experiences cannot be positions of employment that are controlled by an employer that is a provider, school, or school district for the purpose of employing individuals with disabilities; instead, they must be provided in typical work settings meeting the definitions and standards set forth in Sections V(D)(2)-(4) and V(E). 7. A person-centered career development plan shall be developed by the employment planning team for each youth in transition, to inform the employment-related goals and recommendations of the youth’s ISP, IEP, IPE, ILP, and SOP, where applicable, and to provide ongoing coordination of the employment-related recommendations of those plans. 8. The State and PPSD shall prohibit vocational assessments of transition age youth in segregated work settings, and shall issue a directive that no Birch youth in transition will be assessed in segregated settings or in settings that do not meet the definitions and standards set forth in Section V(D)-(E). 9. The State and PPSD shall ensure that the appropriate services and supports are available to Birch transition-age youth who choose to work in the community before their 21st birthday rather than remaining in school. To this end, the State and PPSD will update their policies and administrative rules to facilitate individuals who are eligible to access State services, including Supported Employment Services, beginning at age 18. 10. The State and PPSD shall take affirmative steps to ensure that Birch youth, following their exit from school, are not excluded from the benefits and opportunities of the school district’s “transition academy” at Xxxxxxx & Wales University. 11. The State and PPSD shall issue a directive that Birch youth in transition shall be provided all opportunities to earn credentials based on the RI Secondary Education Regulations 2011 and not be unnecessarily or unjustifiably excluded from the opportunity to receive a high school diploma as a result of their participation in the Birch program.

TRANSITION PLANNING FOR YOUTH. 1. The State and PPSD RIDE shall adopt an Employment First Policy, making work in integrated employment settings the first and priority service option for youth seeking transition work placements and for transition-age youth’s postsecondary vocational planning objectives. The PPSDRIDE’s Employment First Policy will set forth values for the school districtState’s transition planning process that reflect PPSD and the State’s expectations for supporting youth in transition in to integrated employment settings through a systemic and collaborative framework. 2. The State By July 1, 2014, the State’s respective agencies, including RIDE, BHDDH, and PPSD ORS, shall enter into an amend and modify their existing interagency agreement that includes timelines to include the promotion and specific benchmarks setting forth implementation of a school-to-work transition planning process that includes specific timelines and benchmarks for all transition-age youth (14-21 years of age) with I/DD DD, as set forth in Providence Public School District, including Birch studentsSection VIII(4), and providing for students’ access to the services and supports set forth in Sections V(A)(1)-(2). The interagency agreement also will designate, inter alia, ORS as responsible for the trial work experience requirements of Section VIII(6) of this Consent Decree and RIDE as responsible for ensuring that the trial work experience requirement of Section VIII(6) is embedded and incorporated into the existing IEP planning process. 3. The State State, including RIDE, BHDDH, and PPSD ORS, shall promote the involvement and involvement, availability, and use of employment career planning teams at Birchin each school district. Employment Career planning teams shall at a minimum include a qualified vocational rehabilitation counselor, qualified school transition specialist, qualified State representative, where applicable, and the eligible youth with I/DD. Family and/or guardian participation in all planning meetings should be required. The eligible youth shall be ensured an active and leading role in all of his/her planning meetings. 4. The transition planning process for students enrolled in Birch the Rhode Island Youth Transition Target Population shall continue to begin by age 14, as required by state law, shall include an employment a career planning team, and shall include access to ORS and Medicaid Waiver services, if the individual is eligible for such services. The transition planning process shall be designed to ensure that each youth and his/her family has been informed about, and been given opportunities to experience, Supported Employment Services and Placementstrial work experiences. The transition planning process, as set forth by interagency agreement in Section XIII, shall be inclusive of specific and relevant planning milestones for all eligible Birch youth students in transitionthe Rhode Island Youth Transition Target Population. At minimum, these milestones shall include: a. Assignment, by age 14, to an employment planning team, as defined in this Section; b. No later than during the first year of entry to Bircha Rhode Island secondary school, and with the assistance of the employment career planning teamteam during the annual IEP planning process, the formulation of the employment-related recommendations of the IEP to discover and record students’ personal interests and goals for postsecondary employment and/or postsecondary education. Such goals will be re-evaluated and adjusted according to a student’s preferences during each subsequent year of a student’s secondary school participation; c. No later than the year in which a student turns 16 years of age and and, during the annual IEP planning process with the assistance of the employment career planning team, a comprehensive introduction to or enrollment in State services, if an individual is eligible or will be eligible, and also with the assistance of the employment planning team, the formulation of the employment- employment-related recommendations of the IPE and ISP, where applicable; d. No later than the year in which a student turns 18 years of age age, during the annual IEP planning process, a meeting with the employment career planning team to facilitate possible post-post- secondary employment placements, and to ensure that an eligible youth has been introduced to numerous and specific options to receive Supported Employment Services in a community community-based long-term placement in an integrated employment setting meeting the definitions and standards set forth in Section Sections V(D)-(E), and that the eligible youth has (or will have) experienced the opportunity to be placed in such a setting, and to begin working there, prior to the end of his or her participation at Bircha Rhode Island secondary school; and e. No later than during the year prior to exit from secondary school, all Birch youth individuals in transition the Rhode Island Youth Transition Target Population shall receive benefits planning information, according to the standards set forth in Section IV(8IV(6). 5. All youth in transition shall have a meaningful opportunity to experience one or more vocational and/or situational assessments in an integrated employment setting prior to exit from Bircha Rhode Island secondary school, pursuant to the standards set forth in Section IISections II(11) and (16). 6. All youth in transition shall have a meaningful opportunity prior to exit from a Rhode Island secondary school to experience at least two trial work experiences, where each trial work experience is approximately 60 days in duration, prior to exit from Birch in an individualized, integrated employment setting meeting the definitions and standards set forth in Sections V(D)-(E) with supervision and appropriate services and supports. Such trial work experiences may be exempt from the requirement of Section V(D)(1), and may include full-time, part-time, or seasonal work on a paid or unpaid basis, including internships, summer work experiences, or volunteer/ volunteer/community service experiences. Such trial work experiences cannot be positions of employment that are controlled by an employer that is a provider, school, provider or school district for the purpose of employing individuals with disabilities; instead, they must be provided in typical work settings meeting the definitions and standards set forth in Sections V(D)(2)-(4) and V(E). 7. A person-centered career development plan shall be developed by the employment planning team for each youth in transition, to inform the employment-related goals and recommendations of the youth’s ISP, IEP, IPE, ILP, and SOP, where applicable, and to provide ongoing coordination of the employment-related recommendations of those plans. 8. The State State, including BHDDH, ORS, and PPSD RIDE, shall prohibit vocational assessments of transition transition-age youth in segregated work settings, and shall issue a directive that no Birch youth in transition will be assessed in segregated settings or in settings that do not meet the definitions and standards set forth in Section Sections V(D)-(E). 9. The State State, including BHDDH, ORS, and PPSD RIDE, shall ensure that the appropriate services and supports are available to Birch transition-age youth who choose to work in the community before their 21st birthday rather than remaining in school. To this end, the State and PPSD BHDDH will update their its policies and administrative rules to facilitate individuals who are eligible to access State services, including Supported Employment Services, by age 18. ORS will update its policies and administrative rules to facilitate individuals who are eligible to access vocational rehabilitation services beginning at age 1816. RIDE will issue a statewide directive that local school districts comply with State law to begin the transition planning process at age 14. 10. The State and PPSD State, including RIDE, shall take affirmative steps to ensure that Birch youthall youth in transition, following their exit from schoolas defined in Section II(14), are not excluded from the benefits and opportunities of transition academies, and other post-secondary planning, education, and employment resources in a student’s assigned school district following their exit from school. Also, RIDE will take affirmative steps to link the parents and families of transition-age youth with I/DD, as defined in Section II(14), with information about supported employment and integrated day services and parent information networks and groups during the school district’s “transition academy” at Xxxxxxx & Wales Universityyear that the transition-age youth is age 14. 11. The State and PPSD shall issue a directive that Birch youth in transition shall be provided all opportunities to earn credentials based on the RI Secondary Education Regulations 2011 and not be unnecessarily or unjustifiably excluded from the opportunity to receive a high school diploma as a result of their participation in the Birch program.

TRANSITION PLANNING FOR YOUTH. 1. The State and PPSD shall adopt an Employment First Policy, making work in integrated employment settings the first and priority service option for youth seeking transition work placements and for transition-age youth’s postsecondary vocational planning objectives. The PPSD’s Employment First Policy will set forth values for the school district’s transition planning process that reflect PPSD and the State’s expectations for supporting youth in transition in integrated employment settings through a systemic and collaborative framework. 2. The State and PPSD shall enter into an interagency agreement that includes timelines and specific benchmarks setting forth a school-to-work transition process for transition-age youth (14-21 years of age) with I/DD in Providence Public School District, including Birch students, and providing for students’ access to the services and supports set forth in Sections V(A)(1)-(2). 3. The State and PPSD shall promote the involvement and availability, and use of employment planning teams at Birch. Employment planning teams shall at a minimum include a qualified vocational rehabilitation counselor, qualified school transition specialist, qualified State representative, where applicable, and the eligible youth with I/DD. Family and/or guardian participation in all planning meetings should be required. The eligible youth shall be ensured an active and leading role in all of his/her planning meetings. 4. The transition planning process for students enrolled in Birch shall continue to begin by age 14, shall include an employment planning team, and shall include access to ORS and Medicaid Waiver services, if the individual is eligible for such services. The transition planning process shall be designed to ensure that each youth and his/her family has been informed about, and been given opportunities to experience, Supported Employment Services and Placements. The transition planning process, as set forth by interagency agreement in Section XIII, shall be inclusive of specific and relevant planning milestones for all eligible Birch youth in transition. At minimum, these milestones shall include: a. : Assignment, by age 14, to an employment planning team, as defined in this Section; b. ; No later than during the first year of entry to Birch, and with the assistance of the employment planning team, the formulation of the employment-related recommendations of the IEP to discover and record students’ personal interests and goals for postsecondary employment and/or postsecondary education; c. ; No later than the year in which a student turns 16 years of age and with the assistance of the employment planning team, a comprehensive introduction to or enrollment in State services, if an individual is eligible or will be eligible, and also with the assistance of the employment planning team, the formulation of the employment- employment-related recommendations of the IPE and ISP, where applicable; d. ; No later than the year in which a student turns 18 years of age meeting with the employment planning team to facilitate possible post-secondary employment placements, and to ensure that an eligible youth has been introduced to numerous and specific options to receive Supported Employment Services in a community based long-term placement in an integrated employment setting meeting the definitions and standards set forth in Section V(D)-(E), and that the eligible youth has (or will have) experienced the opportunity to be placed in such a setting, and to begin working there, prior to the end of his or her participation at Birch; and e. and No later than during the year prior to exit from secondary school, all Birch youth in transition shall receive benefits planning information, according to the standards set forth in Section IV(8). 5. All youth in transition shall have a meaningful opportunity to experience one or more vocational and/or situational assessments in an integrated employment setting prior to exit from Birch, pursuant to the standards set forth in Section II. 6. All youth in transition shall have a meaningful opportunity to experience at least two trial work experiences, where each trial work experience is approximately 60 days duration, prior to exit from Birch in an individualized, integrated employment setting meeting the definitions and standards set forth in Sections V(D)-(E) with supervision and appropriate services and supports. Such trial work experiences may be exempt from the requirement of Section V(D)(1), and may include full-time, part-time, or seasonal work on a paid or unpaid basis, including internships, summer work experiences, or volunteer/ community service experiences. Such trial work experiences cannot be positions of employment that are controlled by an employer that is a provider, school, or school district for the purpose of employing individuals with disabilities; instead, they must be provided in typical work settings meeting the definitions and standards set forth in Sections V(D)(2)-(4) and V(E). 7. A person-centered career development plan shall be developed by the employment planning team for each youth in transition, to inform the employment-related goals and recommendations of the youth’s ISP, IEP, IPE, ILP, and SOP, where applicable, and to provide ongoing coordination of the employment-related recommendations of those plans. 8. The State and PPSD shall prohibit vocational assessments of transition age youth in segregated work settings, and shall issue a directive that no Birch youth in transition will be assessed in segregated settings or in settings that do not meet the definitions and standards set forth in Section V(D)-(E). 9. The State and PPSD shall ensure that the appropriate services and supports are available to Birch transition-age youth who choose to work in the community before their 21st birthday rather than remaining in school. To this end, the State and PPSD will update their policies and administrative rules to facilitate individuals who are eligible to access State services, including Supported Employment Services, beginning at age 18. 10. The State and PPSD shall take affirmative steps to ensure that Birch youth, following their exit from school, are not excluded from the benefits and opportunities of the school district’s “transition academy” at Xxxxxxx & Wales University. 11. The State and PPSD shall issue a directive that Birch youth in transition shall be provided all opportunities to earn credentials based on the RI Secondary Education Regulations 2011 and not be unnecessarily or unjustifiably excluded from the opportunity to receive a high school diploma as a result of their participation in the Birch program.

TRANSITION PLANNING FOR YOUTH. 1. The State and PPSD RIDE shall adopt an Employment First Policy, making work in integrated employment settings the first and priority service option for youth seeking transition work placements and for transition-age youth’s postsecondary vocational planning objectives. The PPSDRIDE’s Employment First Policy will set forth values for the school districtState’s transition planning process that reflect PPSD and the State’s expectations for supporting youth in transition in to integrated employment settings through a systemic and collaborative framework. 2. The State By July 1, 2014, the State’s respective agencies, including RIDE, BHDDH, and PPSD ORS, shall enter into an amend and modify their existing interagency agreement that includes timelines to include the promotion and specific benchmarks setting forth implementation of a school-to-work transition planning process that includes specific timelines and benchmarks for all transition-age youth (14-21 years of age) with I/DD DD, as set forth in Providence Public School District, including Birch studentsSection VIII(4), and providing for students’ access to the services and supports set forth in Sections V(A)(1)-(2). 3. The State interagency agreement also will designate, inter alia, ORS as responsible for the trial work experience requirements of Section VIII(6) of this Consent Decree and PPSD RIDE as responsible for ensuring that the trial work experience requirement of Section VIII(6) is embedded and incorporated into the existing IEP planning process. The State, including RIDE, BHDDH, and ORS, shall promote the involvement and involvement, availability, and use of employment career planning teams at Birchin each school district. Employment Career planning teams shall at a minimum include a qualified vocational rehabilitation counselor, qualified school transition specialist, qualified State representative, where applicable, and the eligible youth with I/DD. Family and/or guardian participation in all planning meetings should be required. The eligible youth shall be ensured an active and leading role in all of his/her planning meetings. 4. The transition planning process for students enrolled in Birch the Rhode Island Youth Transition Target Population shall continue to begin by age 14, as required by state law, shall include an employment a career planning team, and shall include access to ORS and Medicaid Waiver services, if the individual is eligible for such services. The transition planning process shall be designed to ensure that each youth and his/her family has been informed about, and been given opportunities to experience, Supported Employment Services and Placementstrial work experiences. The transition planning process, as set forth by interagency agreement in Section XIII, shall be inclusive of specific and relevant planning milestones for all eligible Birch youth students in transitionthe Rhode Island Youth Transition Target Population. At minimum, these milestones shall include: a. : Assignment, by age 14, to an employment planning team, as defined in this Section; b. ; No later than during the first year of entry to Bircha Rhode Island secondary school, and with the assistance of the employment career planning teamteam during the annual IEP planning process, the formulation of the employment-related recommendations of the IEP to discover and record students’ personal interests and goals for postsecondary employment and/or postsecondary education; c. . Such goals will be re-evaluated and adjusted according to a student’s preferences during each subsequent year of a student’s secondary school participation; No later than the year in which a student turns 16 years of age and and, during the annual IEP planning process with the assistance of the employment career planning team, a comprehensive introduction to or enrollment in State services, if an individual is eligible or will be eligible, and also with the assistance of the employment planning team, the formulation of the employment- employment-related recommendations of the IPE and ISP, where applicable; d. ; No later than the year in which a student turns 18 years of age age, during the annual IEP planning process, a meeting with the employment career planning team to facilitate possible post-secondary employment placements, and to ensure that an eligible youth has been introduced to numerous and specific options to receive Supported Employment Services in a community community-based long-term placement in an integrated employment setting meeting the definitions and standards set forth in Section Sections V(D)-(E), and that the eligible youth has (or will have) experienced the opportunity to be placed in such a setting, and to begin working there, prior to the end of his or her participation at Bircha Rhode Island secondary school; and e. and No later than during the year prior to exit from secondary school, all Birch youth individuals in transition the Rhode Island Youth Transition Target Population shall receive benefits planning information, according to the standards set forth in Section IV(8IV(6). 5. All youth in transition shall have a meaningful opportunity to experience one or more vocational and/or situational assessments in an integrated employment setting prior to exit from Bircha Rhode Island secondary school, pursuant to the standards set forth in Section II. 6Sections II(11) and (16). All youth in transition shall have a meaningful opportunity prior to exit from a Rhode Island secondary school to experience at least two trial work experiences, where each trial work experience is approximately 60 days in duration, prior to exit from Birch in an individualized, integrated employment setting meeting the definitions and standards set forth in Sections V(D)-(E) with supervision and appropriate services and supports. Such trial work experiences may be exempt from the requirement of Section V(D)(1), and may include full-time, part-time, or seasonal work on a paid or unpaid basis, including internships, summer work experiences, or volunteer/ volunteer/community service experiences. Such trial work experiences cannot be positions of employment that are controlled by an employer that is a provider, school, provider or school district for the purpose of employing individuals with disabilities; instead, they must be provided in typical work settings meeting the definitions and standards set forth in Sections V(D)(2)-(4) and V(E). 7. A person-centered career development plan shall be developed by the employment planning team for each youth in transition, to inform the employment-related goals and recommendations of the youth’s ISP, IEP, IPE, ILP, and SOP, where applicable, and to provide ongoing coordination of the employment-related recommendations of those plans. 8. The State State, including BHDDH, ORS, and PPSD RIDE, shall prohibit vocational assessments of transition transition-age youth in segregated work settings, and shall issue a directive that no Birch youth in transition will be assessed in segregated settings or in settings that do not meet the definitions and standards set forth in Section Sections V(D)-(E). 9. The State State, including BHDDH, ORS, and PPSD RIDE, shall ensure that the appropriate services and supports are available to Birch transition-age youth who choose to work in the community before their 21st birthday rather than remaining in school. To this end, the State and PPSD BHDDH will update their its policies and administrative rules to facilitate individuals who are eligible to access State services, including Supported Employment Services, by age 18. ORS will update its policies and administrative rules to facilitate individuals who are eligible to access vocational rehabilitation services beginning at age 18. 1016. RIDE will issue a statewide directive that local school districts comply with State law to begin the transition planning process at age 14. The State and PPSD State, including RIDE, shall take affirmative steps to ensure that Birch youthall youth in transition, following their exit from schoolas defined in Section II(14), are not excluded from the benefits and opportunities of transition academies, and other post-secondary planning, education, and employment resources in a student’s assigned school district following their exit from school. Also, RIDE will take affirmative steps to link the parents and families of transition-age youth with I/DD, as defined in Section II(14), with information about supported employment and integrated day services and parent information networks and groups during the school district’s “transition academy” at Xxxxxxx & Wales Universityyear that the transition-age youth is age 14. 11. The State and PPSD shall issue a directive that Birch youth in transition shall be provided all opportunities to earn credentials based on the RI Secondary Education Regulations 2011 and not be unnecessarily or unjustifiably excluded from the opportunity to receive a high school diploma as a result of their participation in the Birch program.