Vocational Rehabilitation State Profile: How Colorado VR Partners with Higher Education Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability

In order to improve employment outcomes for individuals with intellectual disability, it is important for VR personnel and higher education program staff to establish partnerships. The Employment Partnerships Collaborative Workgroup, a project of the Think College Inclusive Higher Education Network, identified states with exemplary partnerships and asked them to write up a description of what makes things work in their state. 

Featured here is a state profile from Colorado, which includes a description of the VR-higher education partnership, strategies used to implement the partnership, and innovative practices used to support higher education for students with intellectual disability in the state. These examples can provide a model or guide for other states as they work to establish a partnership between VR and higher education.