Policyworks Inc

Camp Networx! is a camp-in-the-box product designed to support self-advocacy, career exploration, and workplace readiness summer camp-style experience for youth, students, and adults with disabilities. The camp program is a series of facilitated activites or camp-wide summits supporting by ensuring peer mentor-led workshop events. The program is designed as pre-employment support for individuals exploring career pathways being served by SVRAs. The program explores storytelling as a connection strategy for youth, sutdents, and adults with disabilities designed to increase confidence and competence in developing social, community and career networks. Participants in the program identify, describe and submit six images to complete their Camp NetWorx! MyCube project. The MyCube is a Camp NetWorx! program deliverable where participants or campers explore, create and present their six-sided MyCube as a storytelling experience in a peer-supported community. The Camp NetWorx! program and its MyCube project are designed to be provided virtually, or on-location supported through Peer Mentoring Works training modules, tools and resources.

California SWTCIE Project (CSP) is a five-year Rehab Services Administration (RSA) funded Demonstration Innovation Fund (DIF) grant project operated by the California Department of Rehabilitation (CA DOR). Its primary goal is to support the transition to Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE) of individuals with ID/DD who are contemplating, or in Subminimum Wage employment. PolicyWorks (PW) provides training, tools and resources to support the direct provision of Peer Mentoring to program participants at the two Demonstration Model Site locations. This is achieved through the provision of both existing and development of new program supports available through PWs Peer mentoringWorks (PMW) library of training, tools and direct service resources. PolicyWorks is one of the core partners working with CA DOR leadership, State University and Community Continuing Education and Regional Partners to administer the program and achieve project performance objectives.

Peer Mentoring Works (PMW) is a collection of training, tools and direct delivery support resources supporting the provision of peer mentoring to students, youth and adults with disabilities who are jobseekers receiving transition support through State Vocational Rehab Agencies (SVRA).