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Pine Bluff joins $10 million STAR grant to expand transition-to-work services for students with disabilities
Summary
Board meeting presenters described a five-year, $10 million "Seamless Transition to Arkansas" (STAR) grant project that creates a local career council, a transition flowchart, career-coaching and a community resource map to improve employment outcomes for Pine Bluff students with disabilities.
At a Pine Bluff School District board meeting, University of Arkansas professor Dr. Shana Raley and local educators outlined a five-year, $10,000,000 Seamless Transition to Arkansas (STAR) grant aimed at improving employment outcomes for youth with disabilities.
The STAR project will establish a community-based Pine Bluff Career Council to coordinate work-based learning, identify local resources and connect students to employers. "The very first one is to enhance work based opportunities for youth with disabilities," Dr. Raley said, adding that the number-one predictor of post‑school employment is if a student has a job while in…
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