GEORGIA COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INC
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
HSHT serves high school students with disabilities who are at risk of dropping out of school because of their disabilities; their need for more time to complete homework with no computer access at home; and their lack of exposure to technology, technical occupational opportunities, and career mentors. Without a completed education and marketable skills, they are at risk of joining the 74% of working age adults with disabilities who are unemployed.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
High School High Tech
Provides in-school transition services to college-capable high school students with disabilities, facilitating their graduation and pursuit of post-secondary education and/or employment. Offers workshops, field trips to employer sites, and periodic leadership camps for participants across Georgia
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Zero Project Award for Exemplary Transition Practice 2017
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
As a result of this program:
Outcome One: 80% of HSHT 11th graders will stay in school, 90% of seniors will graduate.
Outcome Two: 75% of HSHT graduates will enter post-secondary education or employment.
Outcome Three: Following graduation, over 80% of students receiving laptops will report that laptop helped in one or more of the following areas:
• Completion of homework assignments
• Improvement of grades in one or more classes
• High school graduation
• Search for employment or internship
• Exploration of post-secondary educational opportunities
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
HSHT offers students four types of evidence-based experiences that improve employment opportunities: 1) Career and Work Preparatory Experiences, including laptops for use, computer competencies training, career information interviews, job readiness training, and internships; 2) Connecting Activities such as College Fair & Resource Day, guided tours of industry and post-secondary educational sites; 3) Leadership Development and Team-Building Experiences such as motivational training seminars and post-secondary summer camps held on college campuses; 4) Activities that help youth to becoming self-sufficient, productive citizens, such as peer mentoring, service learning opportunities, state-wide competitions, and working with caring adults.
The Georgia Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, Inc. (Georgia Committee) is a 501(c)(3) that coordinates statewide transition programs for students with disabilities. Our focus is to work with high school juniors and seniors with disabilities that are capable of post-secondary education or employment. We want to ensure that these students graduate from high school and are aware of post-secondary education and employment opportunities after high school.
Our top 3 priorities when working with these students are:
1. Promote high school completion/graduation: Students will know the value of an education
2. Prepare students for life after high school: Explore career & post-secondary opportunities for after high school and develop a career goal
3. Develop a high degree of self-reliance, self-discipline, and independence: Students will learn key guiding principles such as: Soft Job Skills, Social Etiquette, Self Advocacy, and Decision-making Skills.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The Georgia Committee partners with scores of major businesses, participating schools, and the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, to support a Motivational Training Seminar, College Fair & Resource Day, and field trips for participating students with disabilities to Georgia Regents University, Augusta Technical College, News Channel 6, Plant Vogtle, Georgia Military College, Paine College, and many sites in other communities across the state. Students tour sites to gain exposure to a wide range of careers and the educational requirements for these careers, and to understand the steps they must take to gain employment.
The Georgia Committee currently coordinates 3 transition programs for students in the state of Georgia. The largest program that the Georgia Committee coordinates is the Georgia High School High Tech Program that serves over 3100 students in 98 school systems and 171 high schools. The Georgia Committee also coordinates a mentoring program (RAMP) in 3 school systems in Georgia and works with 35 students in this program. The Georgia Committee partners with WorkSource East Georgia to provide work experience to out of school youth in the Columbia and McDuffie county areas.
Some of our partners include Plant Vogtle, Gulfstream, Columbus State University, Augusta University, Caterpillar, T-Sys, Amazon, and Walgreen’s just to name a few. These partners provide tours and presentations to students on post-secondary education and employment.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
The Georgia Committee, now in collaboration with hundreds of employers, high schools, the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, state technical colleges, and universities, has worked with almost students with disabilities statewide in High School High Tech programs since its inception in 1997. As of the end of the FY2019 School Year, there were 3,100 students participating in HSHT in 171 high schools in 98 county school systems. The program continues to expand exponentially toward the goal of reaching students with disabilities in every school system in Georgia.
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GEORGIA COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INC
Board of directorsas of 09/30/2019
Ms. Myndi Hoffman
Goodwill Industries of North Georgia
Lilah Morgan
Kayla Wilson
Vida Welbeck