Exemplary Programs and Practices

This chapter includes detailed program descriptions of the informal practices and formal programs that the Expert Panel deemed exemplary. These collaborations include:

• IDEALS (Individualized Development of Employment Aims and Life Skills), Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  Wisconsin Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and
  Independence First

• Sheltered Workshop Alternatives Team (SWAT), Utica, New York

  NY State Office of Vocational & Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities and
  Resource Center for Independent Living

• Benefits Specialist Counselor Program, Menomonie and Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  Wisconsin Department of Vocational Rehabilitation,
  Center for Independent Living for Western Wisconsin (Menomonee), and Independence First (Milwaukee)

• Employment & Independent Living for Tribal Members with Disabilities, North Dakota

  Turtle Mountain Chippewa Vocational Rehabilitation Program (Belcourt),
  North Dakota Statewide Independent Living Council,
  Independence, Inc. (Minot) and
  Dakota Center for Independent Living (Bismarck)

• Cross-Referrals & Complementary Services, Sparks, Nevada

  Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation–Northern District and
  Northern Nevada Center for Independent Living

• Familiar Faces in Community Places, Vincennes, Indiana

  Knox County Vocational Rehabilitation Services and
  ATTIC

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