The YTP provides year-round services to youth typically during the last two years of high school and continuing into the early transition years after leaving high school. All students in the program receive a comprehensive pattern of service designed to address a broad array of transition needs including:

1. Individualized planning, focused on post school goals and self determination, and help to coordinate school plans with relevant community agencies;


2. Instruction in academic, vocational, independent living, and personal social skills and help to stay in and complete high school;


3. Career development services including goal setting, career exploration, job search skills, and self advocacy;


4. Emphasis on paid employment such as connections with local employers, development of school-based businesses, on the job assessment and training;


5. Support services such as individualized mentoring and support or referrals for additional specific interventions;


6. Follow-up support for one year after leaving the program to assist in maintaining positive outcomes in employment or post secondary settings.


NOTE: All YTP students become clients of OVRS, but a young adult with a disability that is an impediment to employment does not have to be served by YTP in order to become a client of OVRS. If you are trying to figure out if YTP is a proper fit, use the features on this website to ask those questions or network with the YTP site nearest you.