Podcasts
Innovative Employer Engagement in Alaska’s PIE Project
We talk with Kristin Vandagriff, the Planner for the Governor’s Council on Disabilities and Special Education and lead of Alaska’s PIE project about the innovative steps that Alaska has taken
The History and Future of D.C.’s Project ACTION! Part I: The Leadership
This is part one of a two part series on Project ACTION!, a coalition of self-advocates and self-advocacy groups from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (part two is here). ACTION!
A Five-Year Perspective on TennesseeWorks
We talk with Erik Carter, Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College. He is also the Principal Investigator for TennesseeWorks, the State of Tennessee’s

Recent Podcasts
A Five Year Retrospective on the Partnerships in Employment State Projects, Part II: South Carolina and Utah
Season 5, Episode 5 — 31 August 2021 About this episode The YES! Center’s Dale Verstegen, Sean Roy and Laura Owens fan out across the
A Five Year Retrospective on the Partnerships in Employment State Projects, Part I: the District of Columbia, Kentucky and Massachusetts
Season 5, Episode 4 — 31 August 2021 About this episode The YES! Center’s Dale Verstegen, Sean Roy and Laura Owens fan out across the
Employer Engagement in a Dual Customer Model
The YES! Center’s Dale Verstegen talks with Nathan Piper, the Business, Legislative and Community Relations Manager for the Vermont Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. They discuss
Ohio’s Multi-Agency Employment First Provider Transformation Initiative
Season 5, Episode 2 — 31 August 2021 About this episode Dale Verstegen, state liaison for the YES! Center, talks with Keith Banner, Katie Blumhorst,