Specifications include, but are not limited to: The New Hampshire Education Department, Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation, is seeking proposals from qualified entitiesto develop, market, and provide summer or year-round services for Pre-Employment Transition Programming to groups of eligible and potentially eligible Students with Disabilities; beginning at age 14 and up to their 22nd birthday. The proposal shall contain several options for the programming during the summer months and opportunities for all year programming; include work as learning program offered by Career and Technical Education for partnering schools and businesses. The programs must focus on providing one or more of the five Pre-Employment Transition Services: • Job Exploration Counseling; • Workplace Readiness Training; • Work-based Learning Experiences; • Counseling on Post-Secondary Education or Training, and • Self-advocacy and Peer Mentoring. The Bureau is seeking proposals to develop and implement innovative programs across the state beginning in the Summer 2023 using best practices to provide opportunities for students with disabilities in allregions of the state to participate and receive Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS). Applicants are encouraged to collaborate with regional Vocational Rehabilitation offices including their local Student Transition Specialist (STS), the Bureau of Career and Technical Education (CTE), the Bureau of Special Education Support, Local Educational Agencies, apprenticeship programs, area agencies, and community-based partners, or other workforce partners to meet local and regional needs. Programs can incorporate any number of the items below with the goal to expose students to as many opportunities as needed. As part of their programming, applicants are encouraged to propose events to populations that have traditionally been under served as outlined in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended by title IV of WIOA.
