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  • Briefs (43)
    Looking for a summary? Info Briefs describe policy, practice, or research on critical issues and challenges facing the workforce development system in serving youth. Research Briefs consolidate references to key published resources on a given area of focus.
  • Fact Sheet (1)
    These documents provide a brief overview of a topic or practice including basic information about “the who, what, when, where, why and how.” The fact sheet is an at-a-glance tool that the individual can use to quickly learn about the topic or practice.
  • Foundations (14)
    Research and literature reviews, evaluation summaries, and seminal research and practice documents relating to workforce development and youth with disabilities. NCWD/Youth saves you time by banking important documents that make a difference in the policy and practice. Each entry includes the title, publication reference, a brief summary of its contents, and a web link to the full text of the document or, if the document is not available online, its publisher. Entries will be added on an ongoing basis and will be searchable through keywords.
  • Guides (17)
    These in-depth how-to documents serve as convenient references. Subjects include: how to design an in-school-after-school-program; how to assess individuals; how to serve a specific populations such as individuals with psychiatric disabilities; how to build and sustain partnerships among an array of state and local agencies; how to finance transition services for youth; and how to design universally accessible facilities and programs.
  • InfoBriefs (34)
    These concise documents are tailored to specific audiences and address issues around access, policy, and practice.
  • Jump Start (5)
    Throughout the year the experts at NCWD/Youth take an in-depth look at a different topic concerning employment and youth with disabilities. We will provide an introduction to each topic with research, references, & resources. Our experts will then delve into answers to key questions for each of our five audiences.
  • Policy Briefs (4)
  • Practice Briefs (3)
    Innovative Strategies Practice Briefs provide examples of how various programs implement specific practices.
  • Quick Reference Guides (7)
    NCWD/Youth is offering a series of Quick Reference Guides that provides resources on critical topics for administrators, youth service practitioners, and policymakers. Each Guide offers succinct descriptions of a topic with resources that have been identified by experts at NCWD/Youth.
  • Short Cuts (5)
    These documents summarize key information from longer pieces completed by the NCWD/Youth.
  • White Papers (14)
    White Papers include a synthesis of research on policy, programs, and practices. Definitions and references are included. Topics are wide ranging moving from youth development and leadership to universal design strategies to how to organize workforce development programs to better serve employers.

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