The Employment Supports Transformation Assessment (ESTA) is a self-assessment tool designed to help organizations identify areas that may have been overlooked or present challenges and barriers in developing a broader, all-inclusive context for initiating and implementing employment supports to individuals receiving services.
ESTA-NY.com invites organizations to engage in a process of self-evaluation using tools, resources, training materials and exercises designed to initiate and sustain the process of employment supports transformation.
Organizations and the individuals within them are guided to engage in a process of self-assessment in 9 targeted transformation domains considered to be key elements in a successful transformation.
ESTA-NY.com features several helpful tools such as the:
- Transformation Trail, a graphic depiction of the often-circuitous route transformation may follow, describing the typical landmarks you will encounter along the way and providing helpful resources for navigating these;
- FAQs that provide answers and guidance to common questions about the ESTA and the transformation process; and
- ESTA Self-Assessment in three formats (ESTA, Mini-ESTA and Electronic ESTA) designed to be used as a tool for self-evaluation and a resource for communicating the importance of transformation to organization members, partners and stakeholders.
