Maine Pathways to Partnerships
Seven Maine agencies. One coordinated path from school to career for kids and youth with disabilities ages 10–24. Built on evaluation by RISEI Lab at Northwestern.
Seven agencies, one kid-centered mission.
Click any agency to see services, enrollment pathways, and success stories in the interactive directory.
Enroll. Share your voice. Start the conversation.
Four ways in. Surveys open in a new tab; parent/guardian consent is built into each form.
Enroll a Student
Ages 10–24 with a documented disability, IEP, or 504 plan. One-page form to join P2P services.
Open Enrollment →Student Voice Survey
Share your experience. Pick the form for your age — consent is built in.
Service Provider Survey
For educators, counselors, and P2P service providers. Share your perspective on training and service delivery.
Open Survey →School District Interest
For districts outside the RSU 29/71 pilot exploring a P2P partnership. Email Michelle to start the conversation.
Contact RISEI →What Maine P2P is building.
Four intentional outcomes across five years.
Younger Participants
Ages 10–13
Career-readiness foundations for 300–500 younger kids.
Older Youth
Ages 14–24
Entry to or retention in Competitive Integrated Employment for 300–500 youth.
Professional
Development
All DVR counselors and transition providers trained across partner agencies.
Systems
Integration
One unified pipeline across DVR, Maine DOE, and Alpha One.
What VR delivers — in dollars and time.
Young Mainers spend ~3 years in VR — but 40% of that time is waiting.
Yin & Guerrero (2026) quantify how VR time is spent and what it returns. P2P is built to close the waiting gap.
Stronger Together: How Interagency Collaboration Transforms Youth Transitions
How coordinated services across Maine agencies boost employment for transition-age youth with disabilities.
Read brief →The Economic Imperative of Vocational Rehabilitation
$2.55 personal return and $1.58 taxpayer benefit for every $1 invested in VR services within 3.5 years.
Read brief →See the numbers behind the mission.
Maine In-Focus
Education and employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities in Maine, state-level data.
Open dashboard →Maine In-Context
National comparison placing Maine outcomes in broader context, 2000–2022 census data.
Open dashboard →In the press.
Questions about Maine P2P?
Email the RISEI Lab team — we respond within two business days.
Email RISEI → Visit RISEI Project Page