Staff

• Chip Kenney, Project Director & Principal Investigator
• Jill Houghton, Organization Development Specialist
• Deborah Greene, Project Manager
• Celestia Ohrazda, information technology consultant
• Cyndi Smith, Administrative Assistant

What is the Southeast TACE?

The Southeast TACE is one of ten regional Technical Assistance and Continuing Education (TACE) Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA). We are a project of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), in collaboration with the Southeast ADA Center and a Learning Consortium of nationally recognized educators and researchers from renown universities such as: Georgia Tech, Mississippi State University, University of Tennessee, University of Kentucky, Syracuse University, University of Illinois-Chicago, as well as local, regional, and national leaders and experts including Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) administrators, rehabilitation services providers, employers and advocates throughout the eight states in the Southeast Region IV (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN).

Our Mission: Provide technical assistance (TA) and continuing education (CE) activities that meet the strategic goals and program performance needs of state VR agencies and their partners by utilizing a resource network of subject matter experts, BBI and other university based programs, employers and others within and outside the region.

Our Purpose: To improve the quantity and quality of employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities through enhanced technical assistance and continuing education for State Vocational Rehabilitation agencies and their agency partners (e.g., Centers for Independent Living, Client Assistance Programs, and Community Rehabilitation Programs) throughout the eight states in the Southeast Region IV.

The unique partnership of academic, governmental, and community expertise of the Southeast TACE creates a broad base of knowledge and networks to effectively deliver state-individualized and regional technical assistance (TA) and continuing education (CE) to State VR agencies, Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRPs), Centers for Independent Living (CILs), Client Assistance Programs (CAPs), and other partners in support of the State VR programs' mission to enhance employment outcomes, independent functioning, independent living and quality of life for persons with disabilities throughout the eight states in the Southeast Region IV.

Our Vision: To maximize quality training and development opportunities for rehabilitation personnel throughout the eight states in the Southeast Region IV so that vocational rehabilitation personnel at all levels may continue to acquire knowledge, skills and competencies in order to more effectively and efficiently increase employment, economic self-sufficiency and independent living outcomes for individuals with disabilities.

Southeast TACE

Toll-free: (866) 518-7750 [voice/tty]

Fax: (404) 541-9002

Web: TACEsoutheast.org

Email: tacesoutheast@law.syr.edu

If you live beyond the eight states that we serve [AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN], contact your TACE.