VCU Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

RRTC Projects

Worksupport.com is the website for VCU-RRTC on Workplace Supports and Job Retention. In addition to Worksupport.com, the VCU-RRTC has many projects and websites. The following is a list of the current VCU-RRTC projects:

• Business Connections - A supported employment service provider for individuals in the Metro Richmond and Fredericksburg areas.

• Business Roundtable – A business forum for identifying and addressing factors that inhibit industries from employing workers with disabilities.

• CRP-RCEP: Community Rehabilitation Program Regional Continuing Education Program - Builds the capacity of Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRPs) to increase integrated employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities.

• HVRP (Homeless Veterans Reintegration Project) Technical Assistance Center - Provides training and technical assistance to Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Programs (HVRP).

• PDA: VCU Professional Development Academy - Enhances the ability of faculty and staff on the VCU campus to serve students with disabilities appropriately and effectively.

• Promoting Partnerships and Employment for Virginians with Disabilities - Develops and implements an initiative promoting public - private partnerships in order to increase employment in state government agencies for people with disabilities.

• Start-Up-USA - Provides technical assistance and disseminates resources nationally to individuals interested in pursuing self-employment.

• Work Incentive Planning & Assistance National Training Center (WIPA-NTC)

For more information and websites for these projects visit, http://www.worksupport.com/projects/index.cfm