Case Management
On March 3,2014, eight DVR staff will be assigned to the PROMISE grant. This last week they have participated in in-depth training on the PROMISE grant which includes the goals of the grant,research plan, enrollment process, required services and changes to the case management system. In addition, ERI provided additional training on public benefits, including SSI, to understand the systems in which participants may be involved. Later this month, an additional three counselors will be hired to serve the Milwaukee area. The Case Management group will be meeting on March 18th to review the dispute resolution process for family members participating in PROMISE.
Connections
The team is working hard to collect all resource links. Three subgroups are also being established for Parent Training, Community Conversations and Learning Communities.
Data-Sharing
Plans are moving forward for the establishment of the data warehouse. Mike Guentherman will now head up the data sharing effort and will work with the various stakeholder agencies to gather the necessary data for evaluation.
Career Exploration & Work Experience
Workgroup members worked hard during the month of February to gather statewide and local resources to train the Promise staff for their use as they deliver their services. The areas included: Career Exploration, Academic Career Planning, Postsecondary Training Planning, Self-Advocacy, GED, HSED, Literacy Training, Adult Training, Job Readiness, Project Search, On-the-Job Training, Work Experience, Youth Apprenticeship, Long Term Care System, Post-Secondary Training Disability Services, and Job Development Career and Work Experience.
Recruitment and Enrollment 
February was a busy month for Wisconsin's recruitment and enrollment activities. On February 13th the national PROMISE evaluator Mathematica held a Wisconsin-specific training on the recruitment and enrollment process and the Random Assignment System that will be used for the random assignment of all enrolled PROMISE participants in the program group and usual services group. Click Here for article
Financial Services
The Financial Services workgroup will be meeting on March 5th to continue developing the work incentives benefits counseling and financial awareness/coaching/asset development strategies for the project.
