Alliance For Full Participation

From a notice to "sole source" with Alliance For Full Participation:

The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Alliance For Full Participation, 202 Lexington Dr., Silver Spring, MD 20901 ...

Alliance For Full Participation (AFP) is a non-profit organization partnered with 15 non-profit disability organizations. As the umbrella entity for all these non-profits, AFP is uniquely qualified to partner with state level policy makers in all states on policy initiatives affecting transitioning to employment for youth with disabilities. ...

This is the type of outreach needed to provide SSA with reports on:

- State and national level strategic action plans that include stronger accountability by the members of each state team to ensure improved results for youth with disabilities;

-Strategies on more collaborative interagency (Federal/State/local/non-profit or commercial) relationships for improved post-school results;

-Effective evidence-based best practices that lead to successful adult outcomes for youth; and

-Suggested federal and national action for improving secondary education and transition results.

Certainly, more should be done to ease the transition to employment for young people with disabilities. I doubt that Social Security is the best agency to encourage this.

By the way, I can give Social Security advice on what is most needed to encourage these transitions (apart from an improvement in the general economy): more sheltered workshops and job coaches. My advice did not cost a penny and I doubt that anyone familiar with this subject would argue with it.