Subawards
Subawards
Sub-Awardee Partner: Center for Disability Information, West Virginia University
CHP Acquired Disabilities and Employment Portal Development
In partnership with the Center for Disability Information (CDI) at West Virginia University (WVU), the CHP team will develop an Acquired Disabilities and Employment Portal. The portal will be a fully accessible, plain-language, and largely text-based resource populated with our own project findings as well as other information and resources related to the employment situation for people with disabilities experiencing Long COVID. Visitors to the portal will indicate their roles as workers with disabilities, employers, healthcare professionals, rehabilitation practitioners, etc. and be able to select the particular types of subject matter in which they are interested. The portal will provide visitors with example accommodations, research results, and other materials relevant to their needs. The portal will feature multiple filters that may be applied to target users’ most immediate needs. Links will be provided to other accommodation and ADA implementation resources.
Sub-Awardee Partner: University of Wisconsin–Madison
Leadership in Training, Intervention, and Evaluation Activities
The CHP is pleased to partner with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, under the leadership of Dr. Malachy Bishop, to support the development, training, and evaluation components of our project.
As part of this partnership, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will collaborate with the CHP Principal Investigator and project team, and supported employment consultant, Dr. Wehman to lead the development of the assessment protocols for participants with Long COVID, intervention protocols, and deliver training to project counselors and personnel engaged in the implementation of the project’s Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE) Placement and Retention intervention. The university will lead formative and summative evaluation activities, and also work in partnership with the external evaluator, Dr. Mykal Leslie to direct evaluation efforts to assess project fidelity, outcomes, and impact, ensuring alignment with RSA priorities.
Dr. Bishop, the Norman L. and Barbara M. Berven Professor of Rehabilitation Psychology in the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will direct the sub-awardee activities. He holds a Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling from Portland State University. His extensive expertise in program evaluation, vocational rehabilitation, and long-term employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities will be integral to the project’s implementation and knowledge translation efforts. Dr. Bishop’s national leadership in rehabilitation counseling includes his role as Co-Principal Investigator of the RSA-funded Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Employment (VRTAC–QE). He brings experience in systems-level technical assistance and applied research focused on employment and psychosocial outcomes for individuals with complex health conditions. His clinical background spans rehabilitation counseling, psychology, and neuropsychology across health care and rehabilitation settings.
To learn more about Dr. Bishop’s professional background and scholarly contributions and awards, visit his University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty profile.