A faculty member at East Tennessee State University is participating in a major research project helping persons with disabilities transition from the K-12 environment to new settings such as independent living, employment or post-secondary education. ETSU is part of the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition for Students and Youth with Disabilities, an initiative led by the University of North Carolina-Charlotte that also includes researchers from George Washington University, the University of Kansas, Portland State University, the University of Maryland and the University of Oregon. The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The team is focusing their efforts on supporting the infrastructures of and building capacity within state departments of education and vocational rehabilitation agencies that serve this population. They will be working with agencies in all 50 states as well as other territories, such as Marshall Islands, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Bureau of Indian Education, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.