OVERVIEW OF ORS PRE-EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION SERVICES
(Pre-ETS) FEE-FOR-SERVICE

The 2014 Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) affords ORS the opportunity to provide students with disabilities who have IEPs or 504 plans, regardless of application status, with Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS). These Pre-ETS Services are authorized on a fee-for-service basis, with ORS-approved vendors, to students with disabilities. The Pre-ETS services are quite prescriptive and limited to these five focus areas: (1) Job Exploration Counseling, (2) Work-Based Learning, (3) Counseling on Opportunities for Enrollment in Comprehensive Transition or Post-Secondary Educational Programs, (4) Workplace Readiness Training, and (5) Self-Advocacy.

1. PRE-ETS JOB EXPLORATION COUNSELING

ORS has the following Pre-ETS Services in this focus area:
• Pre-ETS Job Exploration Counseling
• Pre-ETS Connect 2 Careers
• ORS has a fact sheet for each of these services.
• Policy and procedural guidance on Pre-ETS and Transition is available.

2. PRE-ETS WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES

ORS has the following PRE-ETS Services in this focus area:
• Pre-ETS Transition Academy
• Pre-ETS Community-Based Work Experience
• Pre-ETS SBVI Real World of Work
• Pre-ETS Summer Work
• Pre-ETS College Summer Work
• Pre-ETS Summer Employment Alliance
• ORS has a fact sheet for each of these services.
• Policy and procedural guidance on Pre-ETS and Transition is available.

3. COUNSELING ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENROLLMENT IN COMPREHENSIVE TRANSITION OR POST- SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

ORS has the following Pre-ETS Services in this focus area:
• Pre-ETS College Planning Forum
• ORS has a fact sheet for each of these services.
• Policy and procedural guidance on Pre-ETS and Transition is available.

4. WORKPLACE READINESS TRAINING TO DEVELOP SOCIAL SKILLS AND INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS

ORS has the following Pre-ETS Services in this focus area:
• Pre-ETS Tri-Employment Program
• Pre-ETS Project Search
• ORS has a fact sheet for each of these services.
• Policy and procedural guidance on Pre-ETS and Transition is available.

5. INSTRUCTION IN SELF-ADVOCACY

ORS has the following Pre-ETS Services in this focus area:
• Pre-ETS Dare to Dream
• Pre-ETS SBVI Youth in Transition Services
• ORS has a fact sheet for each of these services.
• Policy and procedural guidance on Pre-ETS and Transition is available.

For more information, please contact Administrator, Joseph Murphy, at 401.462.7854 or by email at joseph.murphy@ors.ri.gov.