2405 E College Way
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Program Contact | Lisa Forsythe |
Program Contact Email | lisa.forsythe@skagit.edu |
Phone | 360-416-7813 |
Website | Program website |
INVEST is a comprehensive Post-Secondary Transition Program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Individualized: Each certificate will be adjusted to fit the student’s goals and career choice.
• Next step: This next step in education will increase independence, self-determination and competency in: Self-advocacy; Setting and communicating long and short-term goals; Identifying and developing transferable and marketable occupational and job attainment skills;
• Vocational Education: Students will take technical classes related to their career choices.
• Social skills Training: Students will be involved on campus, in the classroom and in the community to help build these skills.
Program information submitted: January 11, 2023
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Public or private: | Public |
Type of school: | 2-year community college or junior college |
Is this program a federally funded TPSID program? | No |
Students in this program: |
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Number of students: | 20 |
Requirements | |
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Program serves students who have left high school? | Some of our students have left high school |
Criteria for admission |
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Accepts out-of-state students? | Yes |
Please indicate which disabilities students in this program have: |
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Program length: | 2 years |
Acceptance, Retention, and Completion Rates | |
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Acceptance rate for the most recent fall term: | 100.00% |
Cost | |
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Average student tuition and fees for the current school year: | $5000.00 |
Is this program able to provide federal financial aid as a Comprehensive Transition Program (CTP)? | Yes |
Students pay for the program in the following ways: |
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Academic | |
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Students enrolled in this program take the following types of inclusive courses (with students who don't have disabilities): | Typical college courses for credit |
Students take courses that are only for students in this program: | Yes |
Percentage of academic time spent in inclusive courses (with students who don't have disabilities): | 50-74% |
Do all students in this program enroll in at least one inclusive college/university course for credit or audit each semester? | Yes |
Credential(s) students earn upon completing the program: | 1 year Fast Track to Employment certificate and 2 year Employability Certificate |
Is the credential approved by the college/university? | Yes, this credential has been through a formal approval process at the IHE |
Students in the program have access to the following campus-wide services: |
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Employment | |
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Percent of students in this program have paid work while attending the program: | 30% |
Other career development activities are: |
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Percent of students in this program that had paid work after exiting the program: | 80% |
Does this program have a working partnership with VR to provide funding, supports and/or services to students in the program? | Yes |
Housing | |
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Housing is provided to students: | No |
Extracurricular | |
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Students participate in student organizations on campus: | Yes |
Percentage of social time spent in inclusive activities (open to all students on campus): | 50-74% |
Students may participate in the following extra-curricular activities |
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Students participate in these campus-wide events: | College/University's Graduation |