GRANTS
VRTAC-QE
The MRC program at the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso is one of eight U.S. universities in partnership with Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Wisconsin-Madison, participating in a multisite study to increase sustainable employment and career advancement opportunities for individuals with disabilities, including veterans with disabilities. “Increasing State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Capacity to Persons with Disabilities in High Quality Employment Setting”. The Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Employment's (VRTAC-QE) goal is to increase the knowledge and skills of state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies and community partners that help people with disabilities achieve quality employment and career advancement, with emphasis on competitive integrated employment.
Principal Investigators: Dr. Veronica Estala
Project BLESSED
$1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to finance the education of 48 individuals who want to become K-12 counselors or special education teachers, as well as to develop technology-enhanced curricula and methods for greater collaborations.
Principal Investigators: Dr. Kristopher Yeager & Dr. Carleton Brown
Co-Principal Investigators: Dr. Beverley Argus-Calvo and Anjanette Todd
Early Childhood Intervention Retention Program
$750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) awarded part of a three-year, grant to The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at El Paso to develop strategies for the State of Texas to retain early childhood intervention (ECI) personnel.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Beverley Argus-Calvo
Co-Investigator: Dr. Kristopher Yeager, Dr. Trisha Ainsa, and Dr. Thenral Mangadu
Master of Rehabilitation Counseling Program
$ 1 million awarded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to increase the number of rehabilitation counselors in the Paso del Norte region. Funding provides 50 scholarships for underrepresented students in the MRC program to boost the number of rehabilitation counselors in both state and federal vocational rehabilitation programs in Texas and New Mexico.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Veronica Estala
Master of Rehabilitation Counseling Program
Texas Public Health Region 9/10 Rural and Underserved Minority Communities Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program (BHWET). “Health Resources and Services Administration Through Preventive Care
Health Services.” $824,378 (Jul 01, 2021-Jun 30, 2025).
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thenral Mangadu
Co-Investigator: Dr. Chuling Lo