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ERIC Number: EJ1489685
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Dec
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1044-2073
EISSN: EISSN-1538-4802
Available Date: 0000-00-00
State-Level Predictors of Research-Based Transition Recommendations for Youth with Disabilities in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Implementation
Journal of Disability Policy Studies, v36 n3 p176-186 2025
The U.S. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act requires state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies to expand their employment-related transition services to youth with disabilities and coordinate service delivery with schools in new ways. Research has highlighted how states have begun to respond to the transition-focused mandates of WIOA, including the extent to which states have incorporated research-based transition recommendations (RBTRs) within their plans for WIOA implementation. However, research is missing that investigates possible relationships between state-level characteristics and the quality of transition service implementation. We conducted a multivariate linear regression analysis to investigate the extent to which state demographics, services and training/professional development, transition policies, and VR funding predicted the extent to which states included RBTRs in their WIOA implementation plans. We included 48 states and the District of Columbia (N = 49) in our analysis. Our findings indicate states with higher VR budgets per state gross domestic product and states that begin transition planning for youth with disabilities before age 16 were more likely to incorporate RBTRs into their WIOA implementation plans. States operating under VR order of selection included significantly fewer RBTRs in their plans. Implications for future research, policy, and practice are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 2014
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Author Affiliations: 1Washington State University, Pullman, USA; 2University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA; 3The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA; 4University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA