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Serving Vulnerable Populations - Youth with Disabilities

Making the Connections: Growing and Supporting New Organizations: Intermediaries
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) of the US Department of Labor (DOL)
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Recognizing the need for more effective linkages between the supply and demand sides of workforce development, DOL is testing a new organizational strategy - intermediary organizations - that is designed to align and broker multiple services across institutional and funding sources in order to improve employment outcomes for youth with disabilities. This paper provides information to assist states and communities that are involved in developing these intermediaries to conduct their work.