Last Updated on Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 10:02 PM
The following resources may be useful in helping you to identify, plan for and achieve your postsecondary training and vocational goals.
Carl D. Perkins Vocational Training Center
The mission of the Center is to provide services that enable Kentuckians with disabilities to achieve suitable employment and independence. The Center is a division of the Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR).
Community Based Work Transition Program (CBWTP)
The Community Based Work Transition Program is designed to provide a positive beginning in the world of work for students in special education during their last two years of high school. It is a cooperative effort between participating local school districts, the Kentucky Department of Education, the Kentucky Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Kentucky Department for the Blind, and HDI.
Division of Career and Technical Education
The mission of Career and Technical Education is to assist schools in providing students with skills necessary for a successful transition to postsecondary education or work and a desire for life-long learning in a global society.
Kentucky Adult Education
The Kentucky Adult Education Act passed by the 2000 General Assembly created a partnership with the Council on Postsecondary Education, increased funding and set the stage for dramatic improvements in the educational status of adult Kentuckians who lack a high school diploma, function at low levels of literacy or want to learn English.
Kentucky Business Leadership Network (KYBLN)
The purpose of the Kentucky Business Leadership Network, which is affiliated with the U. S. Business Leadership Network, is to promote enduring partnerships between business and industry and agencies that provide vocational support services for Kentuckians with disabilities. This initiative is sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Division of Mental Retardation, and HDI.
Kentucky Office for the Blind
The Kentucky Office for the Blind is a state government rehabilitation agency. Its mission is to provide opportunities for employment and independence to individuals with visual disabilities. We offer services to assist their effort to become more independent and productive in the workplace, community, school, and home.
National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability (NCWD/Youth)
NCWD/Youth works to ensure that transition age youth are provided full access to high quality services in integrated settings to gain education, employment and independent living.
Office of Career and Technical Education (OCTE)
The mission of the OCTE is to develop a versatile individual by providing technical education and skills training in a safe environment. OCTE’s goals include providing technical skills training to secondary students that leads to successful post high school transition, and enhancing career exploration options for secondary students.
Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
The United States Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) seeks to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities by expanding access to training, education, employment supports, assistive technology, integrated employment, entrepreneurial development, and small-business opportunities. The agency also builds partnerships with employers and state and local agencies to increase awareness of the benefits of hiring people with disabilities, and to facilitate the use of effective strategies.
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR)
The Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation assists Kentuckians with disabilities to achieve suitable employment and independence.
Supported Employment Training Project (HDI-UK)
Supported employment is designed to promote personalized employment opportunities for people with disabilities when they need support to: discover personal interests and contributions, find or negotiate a job that fits things they like to do and do well, become established as valued employees; and pursue job advancements.