COVID-19 Resources for DVR Service Providers

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)

• COVID-19 Workforce Resources
• Career OneStop Unemployment Benefits Finder

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

• COVID-19 Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources
• SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans FAQ: Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), March 20, 2020

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

• What You Should Know About the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and COVID-19
• Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act

Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM)

• COVID-19 Human Resources FAQs, Policies, Forms, and Other Resources

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC)

• Wisconsin COVID-19 Business Resources

University of Wisconsin System Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship

• COVID-19 Small Business Resources
• Edible-Alpha® Trainings: Food Finance Institute
  • Consultant Huddle to Help You and Your Clients Through the Economic Downturn
  • Entrepreneur Huddle to Help You Through the Economic Downturn

Wisconsin Public Service Commission

• Broadband Emergency Internet Resources

American Psychological Association (APA)

• Practicing Telepsychology: Slide presentation on APA Guidelines for the Practice of Telepsychology
  • Office and Technology Checklist for Telepsychological Services
  • Informed Consent Checklist for Telepsychological Services

Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE)

• Recorded Webinars and PowerPoints at Your Own Pace
  • Employment First
  • HCBS Settings Rule and Olmstead: Impacts for Employment and Day Services

Collaborative to Advance Health Services

• HealtheKnowledge
• This online learning portal offers courses to improve health and healthcare services. Each course offers a free Certificate of Completion, with continuing education credits available for most courses as $5 per credit hour.

CEUs4Counselors

• While focused on addictions, the free CEUs4Counselors site offers CRC credits and many courses about counseling techniques.
• Example Course Topic: Counseling Approaches & Substance Use Disorders

Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN)

• EARN Inclusion@Work Training Series
• Inclusion@Work Step 4 - Ensure Productivity: Reasonable Accommodations
  • YouTube Webinar
  • PDF Slide Deck

George Washington University Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education

• Center for Innovative Training in Vocational Rehabilitation (CIT-VR)
• Offers tools for working with clients during the COVID-19 outbreak and other webinars and trainings for vocational rehabilitation professionals.

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

• Accommodation and Compliance: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Includes “Situations and Solutions” that provide advice on how to handle specific situations based on questions received from the public.

National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials (NCRTM)

• Gateway to RSA Technical Assistance and Training
• Sponsored by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) with resources that can be searched by areas of interest.

National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)

• Resources to Stay Active and Engaged
• Includes learning tools that offer continuing education credits that can be applied toward certifications, memberships, and professional licensing.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19

Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)

• Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN)
• Employment First Community of Practice Webinars

Older Individuals who are Blind Technical Assistance Center (OIB-TAC)

• OIB-TAC Continuing Education
• Includes courses that provide continuing education credits from the National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision, Helen Keller National Center for Deafblind Youths and Adults, and Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance (PEQA)

• PEQA Webinars
• Offers free webinars on topics designed to improve program evaluation and quality assurance throughout vocational rehabilitation agencies.

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration

• Disability and Employment Community Resources
• Disability and Employment eLearning Modules

VR Development Group

• VR Development Group Webinars
• Provides free webinars addressing Personal and Professional Resilience, Triumphant Telecommuting, and Ethics and Distance Counseling.

Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Research & Training Center (VCU-RRTC)

• VCU-RRTC Online Courses
• Includes webcasts on job shadowing, partnering with employers, and disability etiquette.

Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Targeted Communities (Project E3)

• Project E3 Webcast Series
• Offers upcoming and archived webcasts on topics designed to improve employment outcomes of persons with disabilities from traditionally marginalized communities.

Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center (WINTAC)

• Recorded Trainings
• Pre-recorded training sessions are provided through a Training Management System. A WINTAC user account is required to access all trainings. Instructions to set up an account can be found on the page.
• Topic areas include intro to WIOA performance, internal controls, order of selection and promising practices, apprenticeship strategies, career pathways, and more.
  • Pre-ETS Webinars
  • RSA-911 Webinars

Center for Change in Transition Services (CCTS)

• T-Folio: Free online transition portfolio tool for high school-age youth with disabilities.
• Provides facilitators with lesson plans and tips to help youth build self-determination and job-readiness skills through a series of interactive exercises. Curriculum aligns with Individual Education Program (IEP) transition planning, DVR Pre-ETS categories, and the CCTS Transition Services Flowchart.

Employment Resources, Inc. (ERI)

• Explore Work
• Developed by WINTAC as a resource when delivering Pre-ETS for students remotely. Includes options for students to choose either the VR counselor or provider to receive email notices of student progress from the site.

Freedom Scientific

• Free license for JAWS, ZoomText, Fusion
• All students, faculty, and staff with an active email address are entitled to receive free home annual licenses for their personally owned equipment. In addition, special licenses have been created to assist students and workers who must remain home during the COVID-19 crisis. A free short-term Home Annual license of JAWS, ZoomText, or Fusion (expires June 30, 2020) is available to anyone with a personal email address in the United States and Canada.

Goodwill Community Foundation (GCF) LearnFree

• GCFLearnFree.org offers more than 200 topics, including more than 7,000 lessons, more than 1,000 videos, and more than 50 interactive links and games, completely free.
• Everyday Life Skills
• Build Your Future: Skills Needed to Advance in Work and Life

Green Mountain Self-Advocates

• COVID-19 Plain Language Information by and for People with Disabilities

University of North Carolina (UNC) Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

• Supporting Individuals with Autism Through Uncertain Times

West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services

• Pathways to the Future: Pre-Employment Transition Services Sample Lessons for Life After High School for Students with Disabilities
• Includes sample lesson plans and detailed curricula for students with disabilities that schools, VR, or other partners to use in delivering required Pre-ETS.

Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (WI-BPDD)

• COVID-19 Living Well Toolkit
• Includes information and tools to stay healthy, safe, and connected.