Capacity: Our Projects
Business Connections
Business Connections at VCU is a supported employment service provider for individuals in the Metro Richmond and Fredericksburg areas, assisting individuals with disabilities with finding employment and providing ongoing support to clients who obtain employment. Read more
Business Roundtable
The VCU Business Roundtable is a business forum for identifying and addressing factors that inhibit industries from employing workers with disabilities. Read more
Going to College
Going-to-College is a new website, designed for high school students, which contains information about living college life with a disability. Read more
HVRP Technical Assistance Center
The VCU National Technical Assistance center provides technical assistance and training to Homeless Veterans Reintegration Projects(HVRPs) across the country as they assist in reintegrating homeless veterans into meaningful employment. Read more
PDA: VCU Professional Development Academy
The VCU PDA enhances the ability of faculty and staff on the VCU campus to serve students with disabilities appropriately and effectively. Read more
Promoting Partnerships and Employment for Virginians with Disabilities
This projects is developing and implementing an initiative promoting public - private partnerships in order to increase employment in state government agencies for people with disabilities. Read more
Social Security Study Database
Start-Up-USA
START-UP / USA provides technical assistance and disseminates resources nationally to individuals interested in pursuing self-employment, and also provides assistance to three sub-national projects. Read more
Telework as an Accommodation for Employees with Disabilities
This three-year project is developing research models to predict successful entry or reentry into employment using telework options. Read more
Telework Pilot Research Project
This project is to help veterans and other Virginians with disabilities get the training and equipment that they need to find telecommuting jobs. Read more
Training and Technical Assistance to Providers (T-TAP)
VCU-ASD Career Links (Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Work Incentive Planning & Assistance National Training Center (WIPA-NTC)
The mission of the WIPA program is to provide timely and accurate information to beneficiaries on SSA’s work incentives and other federal efforts to remove regulatory and programmatic barriers to employment for persons with disabilities. Read more
Capacity: Affiliated Projects
Advanced Research Training Program
This project is an advanced rehabilitation research training program for individuals with advanced degrees who are committed to a career in rehabilitation research with a focus on neurobehavioral recovery and intervention. Read more
(COVE) VCU Certifying Online Virginia Educators
The VCU COVE Program is a combined effort of the Department of Special Education and Disability Policy at VCU, the Virginia Department of Education, and school divisions in Superintendents Regions 1 & 8. Read more
Department of Special Education and Disability Policy
The Employment Discrimination Experience of Americans with Diabetes
This project documents the employment discrimination experience of Americans with diabetes. Read more
(PM&R) VCU Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
This department conducts research in the areas of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Pulmonary, Return to Work, and Pain Management Read more
Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering (CERSE)
CERSE fosters transdisciplinary rehabilitation research and training at VCU that will lead to cutting-edge translational outcomes. Read more
VCU's National Coordination, Outreach and Research Center (CORC)
VCU's National Coordination, Outreach and Research Center (CORC) will enhance and improve the effectiveness of NIDRR's network of 10 regional Americans with Disabilities Act resource centers. Read more
VCU Project Empowerment: Improving Minority Disability Research Capacity
This project will identify and evaluate current practice and methods in the conduct of minority disability research and begin to increase capacity in this area. Read more
