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Texas Workforce Investment Council
activities for each of the three years (grades 9-11). The RFA will
be released when funds become available. It is anticipated that
there will be four awards, with final selection based on school size
and community type (rural/urban). Successful, replicable
demonstrations have the potential to increase awareness and
educate students, parents, and counselors about the wide range of
career and educational choices available through CTE.
KPA: Customer Outcomes
To meet the growing and changing demands of Texas' employers, everyone must be part of the critical
pool of potential employees. Advancing Texas identifies four target populations, addressed by the four
LTOs outlined below.
LTO C1 - By 2013, the blind and disabled populations will achieve additional employment outcomes.LTO C1 specifies that the Health and Human Service
Commission's (HHSC) Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative
Services (DARS) will develop system capabilities, including
transition technologies, designed to ensure employment outcomes
for workers with disabilities or who are blind or visually impaired.
For several years, DARS has been involved in successful,
innovative models that have created and facilitated partnerships
between business/industry and rehabilitation providers. The
Council's February 2010 Profiles in Success featured individuals
involved in this DARS initiative.
To build on and replicate these models, a competitive request for
proposals was issued in fall 2009. In March 2010, contracts were
issued to 10 providers in multiple industries and with various job
opportunities. Two were later discontinued by mutual consent due
to limited performance; the remaining eight are scheduled to run
through March 2012. DARS continues to monitor the contracts
and provide technical assistance.
DARS also utilizes an 'imbedded training model' when working
with medium to large business in a variety of industries The
agency works with business and Community Rehabilitation
Programs to develop customized, on-site training which often
includes a physical conditioning component to benefit individuals
transitioning from idle to full time work. These partners' positive
experience is evident by their expansion of this program within
their companies, as well as by their marketing to other employers.
From February 2010 through January 2011, DARS successfully
closed an estimated 1,200 cases.
Using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009
funds, this initiative was expanded to multiple businesses in the
medical, hotel and grocery sectors. In the first year (March 2010-
February 2011), 116 participants were successful in gaining
employment. Based on performance and projected need, the
ARRA contracts will be converted to a fee for service basis when
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Texas Workforce Investment Council. Evaluation 2011: Accomplishments and Outcomes of the Texas Workforce System, report, December 2011; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth303634/m1/42/?q=%222010-09-01%2F2011-08-31%22: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.