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Offices that Comprise Disability Policy & Studies
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- The Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program (RCEP)
- CRP-RCEP Office
- Great Plains ADA Center
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Disability Policy & Studies
Disability Policy and Studies is home to a number of projects related to issues of employment, independent living, community integration, and access for persons with disabilities. In general these projects do not provide direct services to persons with disabilities, but instead provide advice, training, and support to agencies and groups that provide those services.
Dr. C. David Roberts is the Director of Disability Policy and Studies.
Address: The offices for Disability Policy and Studies are off campus, south of Rock Bridge High School, at 98 Corporate Lake Drive.
The Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program (RCEP)
The Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program (RCEP)provides continuing education and support to the public vocational rehabilitation system in a four-state region (Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas). Vocational rehabilitation (VR) is a system of agencies that help people with disabilities find and keep jobs, and live independently in their local communities.
The RCEP office provides State VR agencies with in-person training on the latest techniques in VR, refresher courses, technical advice, and other supports.
The RCEP office at the University of Missouri has been operating since 1975 and is largely funded by grants from the Rehabilitation Services Administration, which is part of the US Department of Education.
Address: The RCEP office is housed at 98 Corporate Lake Drive
Phone: (573) 882-3807.
Web: http://www.rcep7.org
CRP-RCEP Office
The CRP-RCEP office provides continuing education and support to the Community Rehabilitation Providers (CRPs) in a four-state region (Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas). In contrast to the State VR Agencies served by the RCEP office, the CRP groups are community-based businesses providing a variety of support services to help people with disabilities achieve employment and live independently. State VR Agencies typically work directly with persons with disabilities to determine needed services, and then subcontract with local CRP groups to provide those services. As with the RCEP office, the CRP-RCEP office provides training, technical advice, and information resources to the CRP groups in the region.
The CRP-RCEP office at the University of Missouri has been operating for more than 15 years and is funded by grants from the Rehabilitation Services Administration, part of the US department of Education.
Address: The CRP-RCEP office is housed at 98 Corporate Lake Drive,
Phone: (573) 882-3807.
Web: http://www.crprcep7.org
Great Plains ADA Center
The DBTAC-Great Plains ADA Center provides technical assistance, training, information and materials on the Americans with Disabilities Act and related disability laws. The Great Plains ADA Center was established in 1991 to serve Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska as part of a network of ten Disability and Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs) funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). It has provided direct services on the ADA to numerous state and local governments, businesses, agencies, individuals with disabilities and their families throughout the Great Plains Region. The Great Plains ADA Center also collaborates with Washington University and Paraquad Center for Independent Living to conduct disability related research activities.
Jim de Jong serves as the Director.
Address: The Great Plains ADA Center is housed at 100 Corporate Lake Drive, Columbia, MO 65201.
Phone: 1-800-573-4925 or 573-882-3600
Web: www.adaproject.org
Page last updated on: April 21, 2009
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