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Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Lawmakers Look To Jump-Start Employment For Transition-Age Youth



With a bipartisan proposal, members of Congress are pushing a new plan to increase competitive, integrated employment for young people with developmental disabilities.

A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives this month would establish a demonstration program aimed at improving the transition from school to work.

The legislation known as the Customized Approaches to Providing and Building Independent Lives of Inclusion for Transition-aged Youth, or CAPABILITY, Act, H.R.3070, would establish six grants to states to support pre-employment transition services for young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism.

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Autism, Adult Special Needs, Amy Brooks, Danielle Darby, Intellectual Disabilities, RCM of Washington, Susan Brooks, 


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