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**APPENDIX E**

**ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS OF THE STATE TRANSITION GRANTS**

A 5-year cooperative agreement was awarded to the National Transition
Network to evaluate and document the approaches and outcomes of the
State educational agency/vocational rehabilitation grants. The purposes
of the cooperative agreement are to develop, implement, and improve
systems that provide transition services for youth with disabilities.
This Appendix contains information about the activities developed in
selected States to improve transition services.

**ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS OF THE TRANSITION SYSTEMS**

**CHANGE INITIATIVE**

> A 5-year cooperative agreement was awarded to the National Transition
> Network (NTN) to evaluate and document the approaches and outcomes of
> projects jointly awarded to State education and vocational
> rehabilitation agencies. The purposes of the cooperative agreements
> were to develop, implement, and improve systems that provide
> transition services for youth with disabilities. This Appendix
> contains information regarding the effect of State project activities.

**Overview of the Transition Systems Change Program**

> In FY 1991, OSERS authorized, under section 626(e) of IDEA, a special
> grants program specifically intended to make available, on a
> competitive basis, one-time, 5-year grants to individual States for
> the purpose of establishing responsive State systems that address the
> school-to-work transition needs of youth with disabilities. These
> State-level projects are cooperative efforts, jointly undertaken by
> State education and vocational rehabilitation agencies.
>
> Beginning in 1991, the systems change program enabled States and
> localities to begin implementation of the transition service
> requirements of IDEA. Although the final regulations did not receive
> approval until late 1992, the State grants program was instrumental in
> supporting early implementation efforts in those States initially
> funded in 1991. Since that time, projects in 45 States and the
> District of Columbia have served as an important base of support for
> State educational agencies (SEAs), in partnership with other State and
> local agencies, in increasing the capacity of States to improve the
> postschool outcomes and community adjustment of youth with
> disabilities.
>
> As authorized under section 626(e) of IDEA, the State Systems for
> Transition Services for Youth with Disabilities Program is intended to
> address the goals described below.

• Develop effective strategies and procedures for implementing the new
transition service requirements contained within Part B of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990.

• Increase the availability, access, and quality of transition
assistance through the development and improvement of policies,
procedures, systems, and other mechanisms for youth with disabilities
and families.

• Improve the ability of professionals, parents, and advocates to work
with youth with disabilities in ways that promote the understanding of
and the capability to successfully make the transition from school to
adult life.

• Improve working relationships and collaboration among those who are,
or should be, involved in the delivery of transition services, in order
to identify and achieve consensus on the general nature and specific
application of transition services to meet the needs of youth with
disabilities.

• Create an incentive for accessing and using the existing expertise and
resources, or developing expertise and resources, in programs, projects,
and activities related to transition.

> Although these goals constitute the scope and focus of the State
> projects, the actual objectives and activities vary considerably
> across projects. Some States, for example, have focused on training at
> the local level, while others have focused on regional demonstration
> sites. The variety of approaches utilized by States, as well as their
> diverse geographic, political, and experiential positions complicated
> the task of designing an evaluation approach that would describe and
> assess the effect of the entire initiative. Standardized collection of
> a small number of quantitative variables across all the States was not
> possible, nor would it have been meaningful. The evaluation was
> designed, therefore, to identify how system change occurred in a State
> over time, taking into account the unique context of States, as well
> as the specific strategies used to promote change. Data were collected
> through interviews with project directors, focus group meetings with
> personnel from exiting States, and review of existing documents. In
> addition, surveys were completed by project directors regarding their
> projects' involvement with parents and the School-to-Work Initiative.
>
> The NTN is currently analyzing the evaluation data in terms of
> effective change strategies and their impact. Preliminary evaluation
> of the State projects, however, has identified seven initial
> influences of the systems change projects. The initial impacts of the
> systems change projects are:

1\. Increased numbers of State, regional, and local transition teams

2\. Increased responsiveness of interagency mechanisms

3\. Established and improved existing State policies and procedures

4\. Increased availability, access, and quality of transition assistance
for youth with disabilities

5\. Expanded involvement of youth with disabilities and their parents in
the transition process

6\. Increased participation of State systems change projects in State
school-to-work initiatives and other education reform efforts

7\. Increased availability and access to information on transition
policies, programs, and practices

> Further discussion of these areas and examples of the scope and type
> of impact now occurring within States are provided below.

***1. Increased Numbers of State, Regional, and Local Transition
Teams***

> Every State has firmly established transition teams at the State,
> regional, and/or local levels. These teams are composed of a variety
> of stakeholders, including students, families, and representatives
> from educational, vocational rehabilitation, and other adult or
> community agencies. Each of the 12 States that exited in FY 1996 and
> those that will exit in FY 1997 indicated that all or a portion of the
> teams would continue to meet past project funding. These teams have
> provided a vehicle for organizing, promoting, and changing the
> transition services provided at State, regional, and local levels.

***2. Increased Responsiveness of Interagency Mechanisms***

> A major emphasis in each of the State systems change projects has been
> the improvement of transition programs and services statewide through
> high levels of interagency coordination and collaboration. Outreach to
> other agencies, systems, and initiatives has been a critical component
> of each project. While the actual form and levels of communication
> vary by entity and State, it is clear that contacts have been
> established with agencies such as vocational rehabilitation,
> school-to-work, one-stop shops, adult education, and work force
> development. Interagency agreements and relationships have been
> developed, expanded, and refined at the State, regional, or community
> levels, as well as within local schools.
>
> The application process itself contributed to increased collaboration
> within the States. To be eligible to receive a systems change project,
> a joint application must be submitted by the State educational and
> State vocational rehabilitation agency. This is the only grant program
> made available through OSERS that requires a joint application
> submission between two independent agencies. This has resulted in
> strengthening the connection between special education and vocational
> rehabilitation agencies in the planning and delivery of school and
> postschool services. Overall, SEAs were the receiving agents for 57
> percent of the State projects. The majority of the remaining projects
> were awarded to vocational rehabilitation agencies.

***3. Established and Improved Existing State Policies and Procedures***

> The impact of the increased numbers and responsiveness of State,
> regional, and local teams and interagency efforts is evidenced by
> shared responsibility for planning and the delivery of transition
> services, cofunded and cosponsored programs among agencies, and formal
> and informal policy formulation. The nature of these policies and
> procedures varies considerably across States, ranging from graduation
> and curriculum options to State licensure and eligibility criteria for
> services. For example, in one State, the Division of Developmental
> Disabilities lowered the age for eligibility of services from 21 to
> 17. Many States developed a memorandum of agreement with local special
> education directors to match State and local funds to the Federal
> vocational rehabilitation formula. This has allowed these States to
> maximize aid available form the Federal-State rehabilitation program.
> Another State established a memorandum of agreement among the SEA,
> Department of Human Services (MR Division), and the State vocational
> rehabilitation program that makes providing students ages 18-22 with
> Medicaid services a priority. State vocational rehabilitation direct
> service funds are thus matched with Medicaid funds to provide for a
> variety of essential transition services. As a result of this
> agreement, students with severe disabilities have available to them
> job coaches and other services upon graduation, thus minimizing the
> waiting list for services.

***4. Increased Availability, Access, and Quality of Transition
Assistance for Youth with Disabilities***

> Each State systems change project has implemented State, regional, and
> local approaches to improving the availability, access, and quality of
> transition assistance for youth with disabilities. These efforts have
> resulted in a multitude of services, including increased staff,
> improved staff skills, increased use of person-centered planning
> adapted to meet needs of individuals, recruitment and retention of
> youth with disabilities in postsecondary education, volunteer training
> teams, topical forms, and activities related to multicultural issues.
>
> Professional development activities have occurred at the continuing
> education as well as preservice levels. To date, thousands of
> administrators, professionals, parents, and students have received
> training through these systems change projects. Continuing education
> efforts have emphasized the cross-training of professionals to promote
> collaborative interagency approaches when addressing the transition
> service needs of youth with disabilities. General education high
> school teachers and staff have also been included in these training
> initiatives. Training topics have included the infusion of transition
> in IEPs, interagency teaming, self-determination, and a wide variety
> of other issues.
>
> To a more limited extent, systems change projects have also
> collaborated in the development of university courses on transition.
> These courses have been included within preservice training programs
> that prepare special education, vocational education, and vocational
> rehabilitation professionals. In several States, teacher certification
> and licensing standards are being addressed. Training is also provided
> to parents and students, usually orchestrated through parent centers.
>
> State projects have allocated a portion of their funds to support
> regional and local demonstration sites. To date, over 1,000 sites have
> been funded to develop, refine, and implement transition strategies.
> Some examples of the use of these funds include the development of a
> school-to-work transition program for incarcerated juveniles and young
> adults, establishment of programs for secondary students ages 18-22 on
> postsecondary campuses, and increased participation of centers for
> independent living in transition planning and preparation.

***5. Expanded Involvement of Youth with Disabilities and their Parents
in the Transition Process***

> It is clear from the data that parents and students are more involved
> in transition planning, implementation, and systems change than ever
> before. The amount and type of involvement, however, vary considerably
> across and within States. Some States have seen increased requests for
> services, others have increased parent and student attendance at
> workshops, and all States have observed some increase in student
> presence and participation at their planning meetings. The majority of
> the State project directors, however, have observed that these changes
> are just beginning to occur.
>
> Participation in individual transition planning meetings has been
> increased through parent training regarding the transition components
> of IDEA, team building, and the use of person-centered planning as a
> means for students, parents, and professionals to establish more
> meaningful transition plans and to increase self-determination skills
> of students. Every State has provided strategies and related training
> to students, parents, and professionals on ways to increase the
> self-determination of youth with disabilities.
>
> At the systems change level, participation has varied considerably. In
> a joint survey of directors of Parent Training and Information Centers
> (PTI) and transition systems change projects in 34 States, data
> revealed that the most frequent activities across the States in which
> parents participate were to identify transition information and
> training needs (98 percent) and to provide transition-related training
> to parents (93 percent). Eighty-three percent of the PTI directors
> indicated that parents in their State served as members on transition
> boards and committees. Participation in the other activities was
> increased if the PTI had a subcontract from the State systems change
> project. Those with subcontracts were significantly more likely (p\<
> 0.05) to provide input regarding transition needs, develop
> transition-related training for youth, and implement
> transition-related training for professionals than those PTIs without
> subcontracts.

***6. Increased Participation of State Systems Change Projects in State
School-to-Work Initiatives and Other Education Reform Efforts***

> Systems change initiatives have been used by the Federal government
> for over a decade to promote change in policy, service delivery, and
> practice in special education and rehabilitation. These prior efforts
> were evident in many of the transition systems change projects through
> their use of established interagency networks, training models, and
> effective practices generated through previous and/or concurrent
> supported employment and severe disabilities systems change projects.
>
> Over the past few years, however, the school-to-work initiative has
> emerged as an essential mechanism for linking transition issues with
> the broader context of school reform, applied learning and economic
> development. While the political currency of transition as it relates
> to students with disabilities has declined in visibility, transition
> and postschool outcomes for all students have become important themes
> in education. Most of the coordinators of the transition systems
> change States report that they have been actively working to ensure
> that the needs of individuals with disabilities are represented in all
> aspects of the school-to-work initiative. Seventy-six percent of the
> project directors serve as members of school-to-work interagency
> committees and boards. Over half of the State project directors have
> reviewed applications for funding under the school-to-work program (58
> percent) or provided technical assistance to local and regional
> partnerships (55 percent). School-to-work personnel have also
> participated in transition systems change projects as members of
> committees or boards (73 percent) or as a provider of technical
> assistance (64 percent).

***7. Increased Availability and Access to Information on Transition
Policies, Programs, and Practices***

> Individual State projects, the NTN, and the collaborating parent
> centers have all contributed to the base of information now available
> concerning transition policies, programs, and practices. Each actively
> disseminates this information within its State, as well as nationally.
> Materials are developed specifically for Federal and State agency
> staff; for educators, rehabilitation counselors and other
> professionals; for students with disabilities; and for parents. This
> has included a wide array of print and media resources. Other
> information dissemination strategies include teleconferences,
> production of directories that promote networking among States, and an
> annual project directors meeting. Many of these activities are
> coordinated with the National Transition Alliance and the five
> Regional Resource Centers (RRCs) and the Federal Resource Center.
> Publications include:

[Policy Updates]{.underline}

• *IDEA: Its Impact on Transition Regulations (Winter 1993)*. This
publication presents the regulatory language of the Act and describes
potential implications for youth with disabilities making the transition
from school to adult life in four areas\--notification, participation in
meetings, content of the IEP, and agency responsibility.

• *1992 Rehabilitation Act Amendments: New Requirements for Transition
(Spring 1993)*. This update discusses the purpose and philosophy of the
amendments, eligibility requirements, planning and providing transition
services, the Individualized Written Rehabilitation Program (IWRP),
interagency collaboration, requirements, and State rehabilitation
advisory councils.

• *Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992: Expanded Opportunities for
Youth and Adults with Disabilities (Spring 1993)*. This publication
presents key aspects of the law and interim final regulations that have
potential implications for transition services nationally. Topics
discussed include:

> \- Participant eligibility.
>
> \- Criteria established for hard-to-serve individuals.
>
> \- Training and employment programs addressing transition.
>
> \- Interagency coordination.
>
> \- PIC membership.
>
> \- JTPA accountability to youth and adults with disabilities.
>
> \- State-by-State participation rates of youth and adults with
> disabilities in JTPA programs.
>
> \- Strategies for increasing participation among youth and adults with
> disabilities.

• *1992 Carl Perkins Act Final Regulations: Provisions for Youth with
Disabilities in Vocational Education (Fall 1993)*. This publication
presents regulatory language associated with key provisions within the
Act, along with several concerns that have been raised regarding those
provisions.

• *Supplemental Security Income Program: Benefits for Individuals Making
the Transition from School to Adult Life (Spring 1994)*. This report
provides an overview of SSI as it applies to youth with disabilities at
the time of their transition from high school.

• *Youth with Disabilities and the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of
1994 (Summer 1994)*. This update presents the key aspects of the
statutory language and describes its potential implications for youth
with disabilities as served under the Part B provisions of IDEA.

• *Goals 2000: Educate America Act: Implications for Youth with
Disabilities as They Transition From School to Work and Adult Life
(Summer 1994)*. This publication familiarizes readers with specific
provisions of the law that directly influence the experiences of high
school-age students with disabilities as they prepare for the transition
from school to work and adult life.

• *Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act
Amendments of 1994: Its Impact on Transition Services (Fall 1994)*.
Expanded community-based services, supported employment, improved
service coordination, and case management strategies and advocating for
a full range of family supports and services are important components of
the national movement to improve transition services for youth with
disabilities. This update describes these components and how systems
change projects may use each to further the goal of improving transition
services for youth with disabilities.

• *Higher Education Amendments of 1992: Provisions for Youth with
Disabilities in Higher Education (Summer 1995)*. This update presents
and briefly discusses the implications of provisions of the Act relating
to youth with disabilities transitioning from secondary to postsecondary
education, high school teachers and support services staff who want to
improve their skills in preparing and counseling youth with disabilities
for the transition to higher education, as well as provisions for higher
education faculty and administrators who serve youth with disabilities
in higher education settings.

[Parent Briefs]{.underline}

• *Transition Requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (Winter 1993)*. This four-part publication for parents and
consumers summarizes the transition requirements of the IDEA.

Number 1: Transition Services: What Does it Mean?

Number 2: Student Participation at IEP Meetings

Number 3: Transition Planning: What Are the Ages?

Number 4: Students and the Graduation Dilemma

• *Vocational Rehabilitation Programs (Winter 1996)*. This two-part
publication for consumers and parents describes VR programs and services
available for transitioning students with disabilities.

> Part 1: Information on Vocational Rehabilitation Programs:
> Rehabilitation Services Available for Youth with Disabilities
>
> Part 2: Information on Vocational Rehabilitation Appeals Procedure:
> Did You Know You Have the Right to Appeal Any Decision Made by
> Vocational Rehabilitation?

• *Transition Planning for Success in Adult Life (Winter 1996)*. This
brief provides information on transition planning, services, and
activities; it also includes a Transition Checklist that can be used in
developing the transition plan.

*[Network News]{.underline}*

> This is the newsletter of the National Transition Network through
> which information on the activities, accomplishments, and impacts of
> State transition projects is communicated. *Network News* also
> summarizes NTN activities and features examples of State-level
> implementation activities and outcomes and effective/exemplary program
> and practices information.

Lead Articles:

• *School-to-Work Policy for All American Youth (Fall 1993)*. Excerpts
of testimony of David Johnson, NTN Director, before the Senate
Subcommittee on Labor and Human Resources in support of the
School-to-Work Opportunities Act.

• *Outcome-Oriented Program Evaluation (Winter 1994)*. Edited excerpt
from Outcome Assessment in Special Education: Lessons Learned, by
Lizanne DeStefano and Mary Wagner.

• *Clinton Signs School-to-Work Opportunities Act (Summer 1994)*.
Remarks by President Clinton at the signing of the Act.

• *Health Care Reform: Its Impact on Persons with Disabilities (Fall
1994)*. A look into the debate on health care reform as it applies to
the quality of life for people with disabilities.

• *State Transition Systems Change Projects Are Making an Impact
(Summer/Fall 1995)*. Impacts of the transitions systems change projects
as identified in a preliminary evaluation.

• *Parents and Transition Systems Change (Winter 1995-96)*. Summarizes
the results of survey conducted by NTN of project directors and
directors of the PTIs in 30 States with systems change grants to
determine level of parental participation in transition systems change
activities.

[Reports]{.underline}

• *Meeting the Needs of Youth with Disabilities: Handbook for
Implementing Community-based Vocational Education Programs According to
the Fair Labor Standards Act (January 1994)*. Co-produced with the Study
Group, Germantown, MD, this report provides guidance to schools
operating CBVE programs and encourages the adoption of CBVE programs by
schools not presently using this approach. (Note: To order this
publication, please send check or purchase order in the amount of \$8.00
to Fawn Miliken, 209 Education Building, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO 80523 (303) 491-1843.)

• *Including Students with Disabilities in School-to-Work Opportunities
(1995)*. Prepared in collaboration with the Council of Chief State
School Officers, Washington, DC, this report provides guidance to States
developing transition systems in response to the School to Work
Opportunities Act (STWOA) to ensure that these systems benefit students
with disabilities. It focuses on the inclusion of students with
disabilities in the STWOA and the lessons learned in designing
transition programs for students with disabilities under IDEA for
consideration by decision makers implementing school-to-work programs.
(Note: Available from Resource Center on Educational Equity, Council of
Chief State School Officers, One Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 700,
Washington, DC 20001.)

• *Inclusion of Transition-Age Students with Disabilities in Large-Scale
Assessments (July 1995)*. This report provides a brief description of
the functions of large-scale assessments and examines existing and
developing policies as they pertain to transition-age youth with
disabilities.

• *Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Transition
Requirements\--A Guide for States, Districts, Schools, and Families
(January 1996)*. Jointly developed by the Western Regional Resource
Center, Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center, and the NTN, the
purpose of this publication is to provide guidance to State, district,
school personnel, and family organizations as they ensure that the
transition requirements of the IDEA are implemented appropriately for
youth with disabilities. It addresses all of the transition components
in the Federal requirements and provides examples and suggests practices
to meet those requirements. (Note: Copies of this publication may be
obtained at cost from National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation, Training
Materials, Oklahoma State University, 816 W. 6th Street, Stillwater, OK
74078 (405) 624-7650; (800) 223-5219; Fax (405) 624-0695.)

• *Directory of Transition Resources (June 1996)*. This directory
provides a listing and brief description of the transition-related
products produced by the State Systems Change Projects on Transition
between October 1991 and January 1996. Products include brochures,
planning documents, curriculums, videocassettes, and training materials
suitable for parents, teachers, administrators, youth with disabilities,
and other personnel involved in the provision of transition services.

**Status of State Systems Change Projects**

> To date, 45 States and the District of Columbia have received funding.
> Twelve of these States completed their 5 years of funding in FY 1995,
> another 12 are scheduled to complete their funding in FY 1996. A
> complete listing of these States and primary project contacts is
> provided below.

**Transition Systems Change States Contacts**

**Initial Project Year: 1991; Exit 1996**

*(This list contains post-grant contact information.)*

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Virginia Clements                 | Jack Shepard                      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Division of Special Education     | Nebraska Department of Education  |
|                                   |                                   |
| #4 State Capitol Mall, Room 105C  | 2727 West Second Street           |
|                                   |                                   |
| Little Rock, AR 72203             | Suite 470, Landmark Center        |
|                                   |                                   |
| 501/682-4299                      | Hastings, NE 68901                |
|                                   |                                   |
| 501/682-4313 FAX                  | 402/462-4478                      |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | 402/462-5893 FAX                  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Judy Reichle                      | Carol Tashie                      |
|                                   |                                   |
| California School to Work         | Institute on Disability/UAP       |
| Interagency                       |                                   |
|                                   | University of New Hampshire       |
| Transition Partnership            |                                   |
|                                   | 10 Ferry Street, #14              |
| 717 K Street, Suite 400           |                                   |
|                                   | Concord, NH 03301                 |
| Sacramento,CA 95814               |                                   |
|                                   | 603/228-2084                      |
| 916/443-8693                      |                                   |
|                                   | 603/228-3270 FAX                  |
| 916/443-3289 FAX                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| E-Mail: switp@sna.com             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Internet: www.sna.com/switp/      |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Pat Longo                         | Debra Colley                      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Colorado Department of Education  | Office of Vocational and          |
|                                   | Educational Services              |
| Special Education Services Unit   |                                   |
|                                   | One Commerce Plaza, Room 1613     |
| 201 East Colfax Avenue            |                                   |
|                                   | Albany, NY 12234                  |
| Denver, CO 80204                  |                                   |
|                                   | 518/473-4381                      |
| 303/866-6694                      |                                   |
|                                   | 518/486-4154 FAX                  |
| 303/866-6811 FAX                  |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Selete Avoke                      | Linda Walls                       |
|                                   |                                   |
| Bureau of Special Education       | Educational Service Center,       |
|                                   | Region XI                         |
| Department of Education           |                                   |
|                                   | 3001 North Freeway                |
| Grimes State Office Building      |                                   |
|                                   | Austin, TX 76106                  |
| Des Moines, IA 50319-0146         |                                   |
|                                   | 817/740-3626                      |
| 515/281-5265                      |                                   |
|                                   | 817/740-3684 FAX                  |
| 515/242-6019 FAX                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| E-Mail: savoke@max.State.ia.us    |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Larry Glantz                      | Donna Suter                       |
|                                   |                                   |
| University of South Maine         | Utah State Office of Education    |
|                                   |                                   |
| Muskie School of Public Service   | 250 East 500 South                |
|                                   |                                   |
| PO Box 9300                       | Salt Lake City, UT 84111          |
|                                   |                                   |
| Portland, ME 04104-9300           | 801/538-7576                      |
|                                   |                                   |
| 207/780-5658                      | 801/538-7991 FAX                  |
|                                   |                                   |
| 207/780-4417 FAX                  | E-Mail: dsuter@usor.k12.ut.us     |
|                                   |                                   |
| E-Mail: GLANTZ@USM.MAINE.EDU      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Internet:                         |                                   |
| www.musk.usm.maine/\~cdispol/     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ideas.htm                         |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Sandy Thompson                    | Olga Pschorr                      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Minnesota Department of Children, | Supported Employment Project      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Families and Learning             | Division of Vocational            |
|                                   | Rehabilitation                    |
| Interagency Office on Transition  |                                   |
| Services                          | 103 South Main Street             |
|                                   |                                   |
| 656 Capitol Square Building       | Waterbury,VT 05671-2303           |
|                                   |                                   |
| 550 Cedar Street                  | 802/241-2186                      |
|                                   |                                   |
| St. Paul, MN 55101                | 802/241-3359 FAX                  |
|                                   |                                   |
| 612/296-5660                      | Susan Cano                        |
|                                   |                                   |
| 612/296-3348 FAX                  | Vermont Department of Education   |
|                                   |                                   |
| E-Mail:                           | 120 State Street                  |
| sandra.thompson@State.mn.us       |                                   |
|                                   | Montpelier, VT 05620              |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | 802/828-3130                      |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | 802/828-3140 FAX                  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

**Initial Project Year: 1992; Exit 1997**

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Karen Palma-Halliday              | Valerie Fischer                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Connecticut State Department of   | North Dakota Transition Project   |
| Education                         |                                   |
|                                   | State Capitol, Dept. of Public    |
| Division of Educational Support   | Instruction                       |
| Services                          |                                   |
|                                   | Special Education Division        |
| 25 Industrial Park Road           |                                   |
|                                   | 600 East Boulevard Avenue         |
| Middletown, CT 06457              |                                   |
|                                   | Bismarck, ND 58505                |
| 860/638-4242                      |                                   |
|                                   | 701/328-3435                      |
| 860/638-4231 FAX                  |                                   |
|                                   | 701/328-2461 FAX                  |
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| Luana S. Nakano                   | Andy Winnegar                     |
|                                   |                                   |
| Hawaii Department of Education    | New Mexico State Department of    |
|                                   | Education                         |
| Special Education Section         |                                   |
|                                   | Division of Vocational            |
| 3430 Leahi Avenue                 | Rehabilitation                    |
|                                   |                                   |
| Honolulu, HI 96815                | 435 St. Michaels Drive, Building  |
|                                   | D                                 |
| 808/733-4839                      |                                   |
|                                   | Santa Fe, NM 87505                |
| 808/733-4841 FAX                  |                                   |
|                                   | 800/866-2253                      |
| E-Mail:                           |                                   |
| luana_nakano@notes.k12.hi.us      | 505/827-3746 FAX                  |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Kelly Davis                       |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | New Mexico Circle of Life Program |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | 435 St. Michaels Drive, Building  |
|                                   | D                                 |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Santa Fe, NM 87505                |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | 800/866-2253                      |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | 505/827-3746 FAX                  |
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| Basil Kessler                     | Brigid Flannery                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Kansas State Board of Education   | Oregon Transition Systems Change  |
|                                   | Project                           |
| Student Support Services          |                                   |
|                                   | 1235 University of Oregon         |
| 120 SE 10th Avenue                |                                   |
|                                   | Eugene, OR 97403-1235             |
| Topeka, KS 66612-1182             |                                   |
|                                   | 541/346-2496                      |
| 913/296-4942                      |                                   |
|                                   | 541/346-5517 FAX                  |
| 913/296/7933 FAX                  |                                   |
|                                   | E-Mail:                           |
| Pat Sweeny                        | BFLANNERY@CCMAIL.UOREGON.EDU      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Kansas Transition Systems Change  |                                   |
| Project                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 120 SE 10th Avenue                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Topeka, KS 66612-1185             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 913/296-6054                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 913/296-1413 FAX                  |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Ron Harrison                      | Sharon de Fur                     |
|                                   |                                   |
| Human Development Institute       | Project UNITE                     |
|                                   |                                   |
| 102 Mineral Industries Building   | Virginia Department of Education  |
|                                   |                                   |
| University of Kentucky            | Office of Special Education       |
|                                   | Services                          |
| Lexington, KY 40506-0051          |                                   |
|                                   | PO Box 2120                       |
| 606/257-4408                      |                                   |
|                                   | Richmond, VA 23218                |
| 606/323-1713 FAX                  |                                   |
|                                   | 804/225-2702                      |
| Jeanna Mullins                    |                                   |
|                                   | 804/371-8796 FAX                  |
| Human Development Institute       |                                   |
|                                   | E-Mail: SDEFUR@PEN.K12.VA.US      |
| 110 Mineral Industries Building   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| University of Kentucky            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Lexington, KY 40506-0051          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 800/288-0961                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 606/323-1713 FAX                  |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Lise Zeig                         | Jim Rich                          |
|                                   |                                   |
| Massachusetts Department of       | State of Washington               |
| Education                         |                                   |
|                                   | Old Capitol Building, FG-11       |
| Educational Improvement Group     |                                   |
|                                   | PO Box 47200                      |
| School to Employment Cluster      |                                   |
|                                   | Olympia, WA 98504-7200            |
| 350 Main Street                   |                                   |
|                                   | 360/753-6733                      |
| Malden, MA 02148-5023             |                                   |
|                                   | 360/586-0247 FAX                  |
| 617/388-3300                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 617/388-3394 FAX                  |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Freda Lee                         | John Huxley                       |
|                                   |                                   |
| Department of Public Instruction  | West Virginia Department of       |
|                                   | Education                         |
| Exceptional Children's Services   |                                   |
| Division                          | Adolescent Education              |
|                                   |                                   |
| 301 N. Wilmington Street          | 1900 Washington Street East,      |
|                                   | Building 6                        |
| Education Building                |                                   |
|                                   | Charleston, WV 25305-0330         |
| Raleigh, NC 27601-2825            |                                   |
|                                   | 304/558-2696                      |
| 919/715-2003                      |                                   |
|                                   | 304/558-3741 FAX                  |
| 919/715-1569 FAX                  |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

**Initial Project Year: 1993; Exit 1998**

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Shirley Chandler                  | Bob Haugh                         |
|                                   |                                   |
| Florida's Blueprint for           | New Jersey Department of          |
|                                   | Education                         |
| School-to-Community Transition    |                                   |
|                                   | Office of Special Education       |
| Room 312F Stone Building          | Programs                          |
|                                   |                                   |
| Center for Policy Studies in      | CN 500                            |
| Education                         |                                   |
|                                   | 240 West State Street, 14th Floor |
| Florida State University          |                                   |
|                                   | Trenton, NJ 08625                 |
| Tallahassee, FL 32306-4070        |                                   |
|                                   | 609/633-6431                      |
| 904/644-9510                      |                                   |
|                                   | 609/292-5558 FAX                  |
| 904/644-5122 FAX                  |                                   |
|                                   | E-Mail:                           |
|                                   | njse@ix.netcom.com(bhaugh)        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Kathy Osborn                      | Lawrence Dennis                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Indiana Transition Initiative     | Ohio's Project L.I.F.E.           |
|                                   |                                   |
| University of Indiana - ISDD      | Ohio Department of Education      |
|                                   |                                   |
| 2853 East 10th Street             | Division of Special Education     |
|                                   |                                   |
| Bloomington, IN 47408             | 933 High Street                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 812/855-6508                      | Worthington, OH 43085-4087        |
|                                   |                                   |
| 812/855-9630 FAX                  | 614/466-2650                      |
|                                   |                                   |
| E-Mail: klosborn@indiana.edu      | 614/728-1097 FAX                  |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | E-Mail: se-dennis@ode.ohio.gov    |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Amy Winans                        | Ann Kellogg                       |
|                                   |                                   |
| Michigan Transition Initiative    | Wisconsin's Design for Transition |
|                                   | Success                           |
| Michigan Jobs Commission          |                                   |
|                                   | Department of Public              |
| Office of School-to-Work          | Instruction-DLS                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Victor Office Center, 1st Floor   | 125 South Webster                 |
|                                   |                                   |
| Lansing, MI 48913                 | PO Box 7841                       |
|                                   |                                   |
| 517/241-0224                      | Madison, WI 53707-7841            |
|                                   |                                   |
| 517/335-5945 FAX                  | 608/267-3748                      |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | 608/267-3746 FAX                  |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | E-Mail: kelloam@mail.State.wi.us  |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Internet:                         |
|                                   | www.State.wi.us./agencies/dpi/    |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | een/transiti.html                 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

**Initial Project Year: 1995; Exit 2000**

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Dennis Snyder                     | Deborah Barnett                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Maryland's Transition Initiative  | South Dakota Transition to        |
|                                   | Adulthood                         |
| Maryland State Department of      |                                   |
| Education                         | Systems Change Project            |
|                                   |                                   |
| Division of Rehabilitative        | Department of Education           |
| Services                          |                                   |
|                                   | and Cultural Affairs              |
| 2301 Argonne Drive                |                                   |
|                                   | Office of Special Education       |
| Baltimore, MD 21218               |                                   |
|                                   | 700 Governor's Drive              |
| 410/554-9417                      |                                   |
|                                   | Pierre, SD 57501-2291             |
| 410/554-9412 FAX                  |                                   |
|                                   | 605/773-3678                      |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | 605/773-6139 FAX                  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Robert Runkel                     | Nan Crawford                      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Office of Public Instruction      | Tennessee Department of Education |
|                                   |                                   |
| Division of Special Education     | Division of Special Education     |
|                                   |                                   |
| State Capitol, Room 106           | Andrew Jackson Tower, 8th Floor   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Helena, MT 59620-2501             | 710 James Robertson Parkway       |
|                                   |                                   |
| 406/444-4429                      | Nashville, TN 37243-0380          |
|                                   |                                   |
| 406/444-3924 FAX                  | 615/532-9792                      |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | 615/532-9412 FAX                  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

**Initial Project Year: 1996; Exit 2001**

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Daryl Cooley                      | Jane Everson                      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Anchorage Administrative Office   | LSU Medical Center                |
|                                   |                                   |
| 1016 W. 6th Street, #105          | Human Development Center          |
|                                   |                                   |
| Anchorage, AK 99501               | 1100 Florida Avenue, Building 119 |
|                                   |                                   |
| 907/562-5606                      | New Orleans, LA 70119             |
|                                   |                                   |
| 907/563-0146 FAX                  | 504/942-5902                      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Bruce Farnsworth                  | 504/942-5908 FAX                  |
|                                   |                                   |
| Community Transitions Project     | E-Mail: JEverson@hdc.lsumc.edu    |
|                                   |                                   |
| Ctr. for Human Development (UAP)  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 2330 Nichols St.                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Anchorage, AK 99508               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 907/272-8270                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| 907/274-4802 FAX                  |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Mabrey Whetstone                  | Kenneth Pennington                |
|                                   |                                   |
| Alabama Transition Initiative     | Mississippi Department of         |
|                                   | Education                         |
| Special Education Services        |                                   |
|                                   | Office of Special Education       |
| 50 North Ripley Street            |                                   |
|                                   | PO Box 771                        |
| Montgomery, AL 36130              |                                   |
|                                   | Jackson, MS 39205                 |
| 334/242-8114                      |                                   |
|                                   | 601/359-3498                      |
| 334/242-9192 FAX                  |                                   |
|                                   | 601/359-2198 FAX                  |
| Internet: www.alsde.edu/Ati       |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Laura Love                        | Brenda Simmons                    |
|                                   |                                   |
| Arizona Department of Education   | Department of Education           |
|                                   |                                   |
| 1535 W. Jefferson St.             | 3024 Truman Boulevard             |
|                                   |                                   |
| Phoenix, AZ 85007                 | PO Box 480                        |
|                                   |                                   |
| 602/542-2805                      | Jefferson City, MO 65109          |
|                                   |                                   |
| 602/542-5404 FAX                  | 573/526-0298                      |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | 573/526-4404 FAX                  |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | E-Mail:                           |
|                                   | bsimmons@mail.dese.State.mo.us    |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Beth Siemanowski                  | Charlotte Dean                    |
|                                   |                                   |
| Delaware Dept. of Public          | Oklahoma Department of Education  |
| Instruction                       |                                   |
|                                   | Special Education Services        |
| PO Box 1402, Townsend Building    |                                   |
|                                   | 2500 North Lincoln Boulevard      |
| Dover, DE 19903                   |                                   |
|                                   | Oklahoma City, OK 73106           |
| 302/739-4667                      |                                   |
|                                   | 405/521-3351                      |
| 302/739-2388 FAX                  |                                   |
|                                   | 405/522-3503 FAX                  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Carol Wallington                  | David Sienko                      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Vocational Transition Services    | RI TIE (UAP)                      |
| Unit                              |                                   |
|                                   | Rhode Island College              |
| Walker Jones Elementary School    |                                   |
|                                   | 600 Mount Pleasant Avenue         |
| 1st and L Sts. NW, Room 312       |                                   |
|                                   | Providence, RI 02908              |
| Washington, DC 20001              |                                   |
|                                   | 401/456-8773                      |
| 202/724-3878                      |                                   |
|                                   | 401/456-8072                      |
| 202/724-3884 FAX                  |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Gayle Johnson                     | Richard Ferrante                  |
|                                   |                                   |
| Illinois State Board of Education | University Affiliated Program     |
|                                   |                                   |
| Educational Innovation and Reform | Center for Developmental          |
|                                   | Disabilities                      |
| 100 North First Street, MC E-233  |                                   |
|                                   | University of South Carolina      |
| Springfield, IL 62777-0001        |                                   |
|                                   | Columbia, SC 29208                |
| 217/782-5728                      |                                   |
|                                   | 803/935-5248                      |
| 217/524-9354 FAX                  |                                   |
|                                   | 803/734-0241 FAX                  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+