HomeMy WebLinkAboutuc-davis-redwood-seed-scholar-program-presentation-engThe UC Davis Redwood SEED Scholar Program
Beth Foraker
Vision For The Future Conference - October 2021
Why Does Inclusive College Matter?
Higher Education is about opportunity:
More stable relationships
More civically engaged
Better paying jobs
Better health outcomes
Happier life
Better life outcomes across every metric
Why would we deny an entire segment of society access to this opportunity?
This is about FREEDOM.
What percent of adults with intellectual disabilities
in California currently make a living wage?
Our outcomes are catastrophic.
Source: https://scdd.ca.gov/average_hourly_wage/
Time for a guess:
How many California young adults 18-26
are waiting for this opportunity??
-In 2010, the Federal government gave the first TPSID
(Transition and Post-secondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities)
grants to develop inclusive post-secondary programs at
universities and colleges around the country. Also created
Think College: www.thinkcollege.net
-In 2015, 25 more TPSID grants were awarded. 0 in CA.
-In 2020, 22 more TPSID grants were awarded. 3 in CA
-Currently, there are over 250 college programs for students
with intellectual disabilities! (Very few offer inclusive living.)
If you look at the map, it says that there are 17 inclusive post-secondary
options in California…but that includes mostly community college options.
There are only 2 that offer housing
None that offer a four year program.
West Virginia still has NONE.
UC Davis was awarded
$2.1 million US Dept of
Education TPSID Grant in
October 2020!
What’s great about our program?
It is a collaboration between UC Davis Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
AND UC Davis Health MIND Institute!!
It is a four year program…first of its kind in both CA and the west!
It is a cohort model - the dream: more friendship opportunities
The residential piece gives students who are typically very socially
isolated a chance to learn important social skills in context with
peers…a chance to develop skills to live independently…a chance to
make decisions as a young adult
What Does Inclusive College Look Like??
It looks like the first football
game…and finding some
Aggie gear.
It’s learning to
problem-solve so that
you won’t be late to
class…choosing to get
your lunch to go and
eating it in front of
the building of your
afternoon class so
you will be on time.
There Were Only THREE Cities in the Nation that
Offer Inclusion Preschool-Four Year College…
*NOW, there is one city in California that offers a
PreK-Four Year College Continuum of Inclusion.*
The City of Davis!!
*Continuums of Inclusion*
Want to connect?
Reach out to
Beth Foraker
ebforaker@ucdavis.edu
Or go to our website:
https://redwoodseed.ucdavis.edu