In 2016, the Ogden School District Adult Transition Program was chosen to be a part of the Partnership in Employment (PIE) grant to expand upon the School-to-Work Transition Pilot project that was supported from the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP).

As a participant in this project, we believe and follow the Utah School-to-Work Interagency Transition Council's (2015) Vision:

It is the fundamental belief that all individuals are employable. We are committed to the vision of emphasizing, promoting, and supporting competitive, integrated and community based employment for youth with disabilities so that all students have the opportunity to exit school employed and with a variety of meaningful, individualized work experiences leading to careers and other positive post school outcomes.

To achieve this vision, our program has committed to promoting and achieving the valued outcomes of:

1. Youth exiting school with a paid job in the community;

2. Youth developing work access skills (ex. Social, self-advocacy, organizational) and participating in work experiences during school;

3. Local teams, including agencies and organizations, schools, youth and families collaborating to provide services to support transition from school to work;

4. Students experiencing jobs in the community instead of in isolation of a sheltered workshop;

5. Families expecting and supporting their sons and daughters to work in the community;

6. Braiding funding across schools and Adult Service Agencies to provide work experiences for youth during the transition process;

7. Braiding funding across Adult Service Agencies to provide vocational supports to youth who have exited school; and

8. Using outcome data as the basis for ongoing service delivery guidance.