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Evolution of Employment Services in Vermont: From Segregation to Inclusion

Explore the historical journey of employment services in Vermont, from the eugenic segregation of feebleminded individuals to the inclusive Supported Employment programs. Learn about key milestones, including the closure of sheltered workshops and the impact of federal initiatives. Discover how Vermont has led the way in promoting disability rights and fostering community inclusion.

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Evolution of Employment Services in Vermont: From Segregation to Inclusion

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  1. Overview of Employment Services in Vermont

  2. “There is a hell on earth, and in America there is a special inferno” Christmas in Purgatory, 1965

  3. Brandon Training School • 1912: Vermont State Legislature authorized the construction of a school for the care and training of feebleminded children aged 5-21 years. When the State School for the Feebleminded in Brandon, Vermont opened in 1915, it soon assumed the eugenic function of segregation from society of "feebleminded women of childbearing age."

  4. Sheltered Workshops & Enclaves • Middlebury • Bennington • St. Albans • Barre • Colchester

  5. 1973 Brochure

  6. Supported Employment • In 1979, Susan Hasazi and Timm Vogelsberg (UVM) begin pilot project and staff training. • 1980 “Project Transition” was state funded (Barre, VT) • VABIR was formed. • Supported Employment begins • Federal funding obtained • 1981 Transition II (Burlington) then Transition III (WRJ) and Transition IV (Rutland) • SE Federal Systems Change Projects nationwide.

  7. Programs Expanded • Psychiatric Disabilities • School-Based programs • JOBS Programs for youth with EBD • Federal Transition Systems Change Project • Welfare to Work • Traumatic Brain Injury • VR Transition Specialists • Disability Mentoring Day • Vermont APSE • Green Mountain Self Advocates

  8. Community Inclusion • 1991 American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA) • 1993 Brandon Training School was closed • Sheltered Workshops in Vermont were closing • 2002 the last sheltered workshop in Vermont closed • Vermont first to close all workshops • 2007 Hosted Vermont Conversion Institute

  9. Vermont Recognized • 2000 Kathy Hamilton & Michelle Burnham of UCS Bennington receive National APSE “Best Practice” Award in Las Vegas • 2006 Kelley Homiller & Jodi Whalen of Champlain Vocational Services receive National APSE “Best Practice” Award in Boston

  10. Supported Employment Contact • Bryan Dague, University of Vermont-Center on Disability & Community Inclusion • Bryan.Dague@uvm.edu • 802-656-1345

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