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Tania Hanford MS LPCPROMISE Counselor
Fox Valley Area
What Is PROMISE?
• Wisconsin PROMISE is part of a new federal grant with a goal to learn how to best help youth with disabilities meet school, work, and independence goals.
• Who is eligible? 14 to 16 Years Olds Receiving SSI and their families
Eligibility
• What if I know youth 14-16 years old who are on SSI?o Send them to our website:
www.promisewi.comoCall our intake attendant: 855-480-5618o Email our intake attendant:
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SSI Youth and Family
SSI Youth and Family
1-855-480-5618
RecruitmentRecruitment
Wisconsin PROMISE Outreach Letter
Introduces Wisconsin PROMISE as part of a federal program to learn how to help youth with disabilities meet their school and work goals
Explains how to be included in the study
Includes contact information for the intake attendent.
Provides contact information for the project’s investigator
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Dear [Insert Eligible Participant Parent/Guardian Name], Wisconsin PROMISE is part of a new federal program with a goal to learn how to best help youth with disabilities meet school and work goals. This letter invites [Insert Youth's Name] and you to be a part of this new program. To learn more, please read the Consent to Participate form. It tells you about the study. To be a part of the study:
1. You can fill out the consent form and the intake form. You can then mail them in the return envelope. OR
2. You can contact Erin Johnson at 1-855-480-5618. She can connect you with someone in your area. This person can explain the study to you and help you fill out the forms.
More information can be found at www.promisewi.gov Thank you for your time, John W. Lui, Ph.D., MBA, Executive Director Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute 221 10th Ave., VR101A University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI 54751 715.232.2470 (Voice) 715.232.5008 (Fax) [email protected]
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EnrollmentEnrollment
• Recruitment Letter• Parental Consent • Baseline Intake
• SSA Verification• Random Selection
Family and Youth Enrolled in DVR
Periodic SurveyBenchmark
Program Services
What Families can Expect from
Wisconsin PROMISEProgram Services
Working with PROMISE Counselor
• Work one-on-one with partipants and their families to develop long term goals.
• Explore options that help both youth and families reach these goals
• Develop plan to provide services to reach these goals
• Collaborate with other agencies and resources to reach families goals.
RealityPathwayDream
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Individual and FamilyIndividual and Family
Division of Vocational Rehab (DVR)
• DVR mission is to help individuals with disability obtain, maintain, and improve completive and integrated employment.
• If a youth is in the PROMISE participant group, they will automatically be enrolled in DVR as well.
• PROMISE trumps DVR eligibility and order of selection (wait list)
DVR vs PROMISEDVR:
• Usually works with individuals 16 and older
• Works exclusively with the consumer not their family.
• Process of eligibility, waitlist, and plan development
• Doesn‘t have specific training modules
PROMISE:
• Works with youth 14-16.• Works with the consumer,
family, and partner agencies working with consumer.
• Rapid engagement, no wait list, and lead by families needs
• Specific training modules and other incentives for participating.
17 Promise DVR Counselors and 5 Case Coordinators
Youth Individual Plan for Employment (IPE) & Family Services Plan
Required Sample of Additional Optional Resources AvailableLocal Promise Coordinated Statewide
• Rapid Engagement• Good Working
Alliance• At Least Monthly
Contact• Resource Team• Paid Integrated
Work Experiences• Educational
Attainment• Participation in
Savings Account Activity
• Health Literacy Training
• Work Incentives Benefits Counseling• Financial Capability Building (Make
Your Money Talk)• Financial Coaching• Parent Training (aimed to improve
Parental expectations, knowledge, and their participation in the transition process)
• Community Conversations• Social Skills Training (Skills to Pay the
Bills)• Youth and Family Learning
Communities• Case Manager Learning Community• Self-Advocacy (Online Modules)• Computer Tablets
• Drop Out Prevention • Family Career Supports (e.g. GED completion)• Skill Development• Literacy Training• Educational Liaisons to connect family members to
a wide array of supports (e.g. financial aid, child care, transportation)
• Connecting Families to Adult Training through Job Centers
• Motivational Interviewing• Trauma Informed Care• Transportation• Independent Living• Accommodation Supports• Technology Supports• Business Service Consultants• Family Members with Disabilities become DVR
Consumers
Service Menu
Wisconsin PROMISE Service Outcomes
Lifelong wage earners Less reliance on public benefits Increased household income, including family members Higher educational attainment for youth and family
If 100 Wisconsin youth no longer use SSI cash benefits, those public savings will have funded the entire 5-year Wisconsin PROMISE grant.
For More Information:
Ellie Hartman, PhD, Project Manager
promisewi.com
Key Elements
• Work Experience
• Incentives Benefits Counseling
• Asset Management
• Community Resources
• Labor Market/Business Connections
• Education and Training
• Coordination of services--alignment
OutcomesOutcomes Increase Educational attainment and
credentials
Increase Employment
Increase household income including family members older than 15
Decrease reliance on SSA payments
Decrease public benefits
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Guardianship/Foster Parents
• PROMISE will work with foster parents or whomever is court assigned as guardian to help provide services.
• PROMISE goals are for family independence, if youth is only temporarily displaced, we will work with the family members the youth with be placed with long term.
• If youth is permanently placed in a foster home, we will work with the family members of the youths permanent home.
Who is ‘the family’ for PROMISE• Whomever is living in the house at time of enrollment in
PROMISE, is 15 yrs of age or older, and has signed consent form can receive PROMISE services
• If youth is not living in their permanent placement, then the family in the individuals permanent home may receive services.
• There are exceptions to this that will be negotiate on a case by case bases.
• PROMISE works with a team approach. When foster, displaced, or homeless youth are in the program, we attempt to partner with all the agencies working with the youth to explore where PROMISE services will be most utilized and helpful for the youth.
Contact: Tania Hanford, M.S. LPC
Voc Rehab Counselor - Promise Grant
DWD- DVR219 Washington Avenue, Suite 105
Oshkosh, WI 54901 920-479-0433 cell
920-424-7901 office920-424-2073 fax
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Question or feedback as to how PROMISE could work well with the Public Welfare
System?
