Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) Program

The University of Memphis Institute on Disability is a Community Rehabilitation Provider (CRP) that offers transition services. Pre-ETS provides transition services for youth with disabilities who are between the ages of 14-22 and who are still in school.  It is a partnership between the University of Memphis, Shelby County Schools, and the municipal school districts. The purpose of the program is to help prepare students for the transition from high school to a career path which could include post-secondary education, vocational training or employment.

• Pre-ETS is a collaboration between middle & high schools and Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS).
• The students do not have to be client of vocational rehabilitation.
• Students can be in public, private, or home schooled.

Pre-ETS is available to all students with disabilities between 14 and 22 years of age who meet the below requirements:

• Have a documented disability (via an IEP, 504 or physicians note).
• Are still in school (have not graduated from high school or are in an extended transition program in their school)
• Are between the ages of 14-22.
• Pre-ETS is a FREE program because the program is federally funded by the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA).

This means Pre-ETS Program does not use the family’s household income or resources to establish eligibility.

Link for Brochure: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/human-services/documents/Pre-ETS_Tri-fold_Brochure.pdf

Please contact the University of Memphis Institute on Disability at (901) 678-4303, Community Rehabilitation Provider coordinator: Nakeshia Bennett at nbnnett5@memphis.edu or Dr. Chrisann Schiro-Geist, Professor and Director at cschrgst@memphis.edu for more info.