Overview of ORS Pre-employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) Fee-for-Service The 2014 Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) affords ORS the opportunity to provide students with disabilities who have IEPs or 504 plans, regardless of application status, with Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS). These Pre-ETS Services are authorized on a fee-for-service basis, with ORS-approved vendors, to students with disabilities. The Pre-ETS services are quite prescriptive and limited to these five focus areas: (1) Job Exploration Counseling, (2) Work-Based Learning, (3) Counseling on Opportunities for Enrollment in Comprehensive Transition or Post-Secondary Educational Programs, (4) Workplace Readiness Training, and (5) Self-Advocacy. PRE-ETS Job Exploration Counseling ORS has the following Pre-ETS Services in this focus area: Pre-ETS Job Exploration Counseling Pre-ETS Connect 2 Careers ORS has a fact sheet for each of these services. Policy and procedural guidance on Pre-ETS and Transition is available. PRE-ETS Work-Based Learning Experiences ORS has the following PRE-ETS Services in this focus area: Pre-ETS Transition Academy Pre-ETS Community-Based Work Experience Pre-ETS SBVI Real World of Work Pre-ETS Summer Work Pre-ETS College Summer Work Pre-ETS Summer Employment Alliance ORS has a fact sheet for each of these services. Policy and procedural guidance on Pre-ETS and Transition is available. Counseling on Opportunities for Enrollment in Comprehensive Transition or Post-Secondary Educational Programs at Institutions of Higher Education ORS has the following Pre-ETS Services in this focus area: Pre-ETS College Planning Forum ORS has a fact sheet for each of these services. Policy and procedural guidance on Pre-ETS and Transition is available. Workplace Readiness Training to Develop Social Skills and Independent Living Skills ORS has the following Pre-ETS Services in this focus area: Pre-ETS Tri-Employment Program Pre-ETS Project Search ORS has a fact sheet for each of these services. Policy and procedural guidance on Pre-ETS and Transition is available. Instruction in Self-Advocacy ORS has the following Pre-ETS Services in this focus area: Pre-ETS Dare to Dream Pre-ETS SBVI Youth in Transition Services ORS has a fact sheet for each of these services. Policy and procedural guidance on Pre-ETS and Transition is available. For more information, please contact Administrator, Joseph Murphy, at 401.787.2901 or by email at joseph.murphy@ors.ri.gov or Assistant Administrator - Transition, Barbara Mulligan at 401.787.2498 or by email at barbara.mulligan@ors.ri.gov.