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Rehabilitation Continuing Education, Research, Training and Technical Assistance
Technical Assistance and Continuing
Education (TACE) Centers
TACE Centers are funded by the Rehabilitative Services
Administration (RSA) to provide technical assistance and
continuing education to State vocational rehabilitation (VR)
agencies and their partners, including Centers for Independent
Living, Client Assistance Programs and Community Rehabilitation
Programs. TACE Centers have expertise in the following areas:
improvement of VR agency service delivery, practices and
interventions related to specific VR populations; quality
assurance; case management at the administrative and counselor
level; the use of assistive technology to achieve employment
goals; personnel management; fiscal management; data management;
communication skills development; development of individualized
plans for employment; development of VR State plans; strategic
planning.
TACE Centers
The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) has awarded one TACE Center contract for each of the 10 RSA regions of the United States. The links below will connect you to these programs.
TACE Region 1 - University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, serving Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont
TACE Region 2- State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, serving New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
TACE Region 3 - George Washington University, Washington DC, serving Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia
TACE Region 4 - Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, and East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, serving Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee
TACE Region 5- Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL, serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin
TACE Region 6 - University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, serving Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas.
TACE Region 7 - Disability Policy & Studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, serving Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas.
TACE Region 8 - University of Northern Colorado at Greeley, CO, serving Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
TACE Region 9 -San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, serving Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam , the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau
TACE Region 10 - Western Washington University, Mountlake Terrace, WA, serving Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington
Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs): ("It is the mission of NIDRR to generate, disseminate and promote new knowledge to improve the options available to disabled persons. The ultimate goal is to allow these individuals to perform their regular activities in the community and to bolster society’s ability to provide full opportunities and appropriate supports for its disabled citizens. Toward this end, NIDRR conducts comprehensive and coordinated programs of research and related activities to maximize the full inclusion, social integration, employment and independent living of individuals of all ages with disabilities. NIDRR’s focus includes research in areas such as employment; health and function; technology for access and function; independent living and community integration; and other associated disability research areas.")
Disability Business Technical Assistance Programs (DBTACs): (Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTAC's) The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) has established ten regional centers to provide information, training, and technical assistance to employers, people with disabilities, and other entities with responsibilities under the ADA. The centers act as a "one-stop" central, comprehensive resource on ADA issues in employment, public services, public accommodations, and communications. Each center works closely with local business, disability, governmental, rehabilitation, and other professional networks to provide ADA information and assistance. Programs vary in each region, but all centers provide Technical Assistance, Education and Training, Materials Dissemination, Information and Referral, Public Awareness and Local Capacity Building.)
Rehabilitation Services Administration, Special Education and Disability Rehabilitation Research
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
RSA Training Education Programs "Putting VR to Work"
Office of Special Education, Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
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