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Welcome!

Community Compass is here to help Idaho youth with disabilities (ages 10–24) and their support teams.

The program’s resources and activities help you explore your future, build skills, and connect with people to succeed in work, school, and life.

Planning for the future can be challenging—but you don’t have to do it alone. Community Compass can help you:

  • Develop self-advocacy skills
  • Create a plan for adulthood
  • Explore Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE)
  • Identify community resources and support

Whether you’re just starting to think about the future or already making big plans, Community Compass is your starting point!

Activities

Interactive Interviews

These are online conversations with people from different agencies across Idaho. They’re here to help you and your family learn what supports are available and how to use them as you plan your future.

CIE Skills Training

These trainings help you get ready for life after high school. You’ll build skills for working and communicating with others, solving problems, and doing well at a job. These skills will help you feel more confident and prepared for your future.

Important In the 2025-26 school year, this section is for youth who are participating in Idaho Pathways to Partnerships. You can get more information from your teacher or the adult with whom you are working.

Note If you are a school staff member who is interested in working with the Idaho Pathways to Partnerships Pilots, please contact Randi Cole at the IDE, rcole@sde.idaho.gov.

Visit ICIE's CIE Skills webpage and explore our resources to help you learn more about CIE skills that support Competitive Integrated Employment.

Partner Agencies

The ICIE Partners webpage helps you learn about the different partner agencies across Idaho that can support you as you plan for adulthood. You can explore what each partner does, the services they offer, and how they work with young people.

Use the Partner Agencies Note Catcher to write down what stands out to you as you explore each partner agency. This will help you see which partners can support your needs, guide your next steps, and help you reach your goals for the future.

Download the Partner Agencies Note Catcher

FAQs

Community Compass is a program that helps you plan for your future. It connects you with skills, people, and community supports that can help you:

  • Learn about jobs and careers
  • Build independence
  • Get ready for life after high school
  • Work toward Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE)

Think of it as a guide that helps point you in the right direction.

Community Compass is for:

  • Students and youth with disabilities (ages 10–24)
  • Families or caregivers
  • Teachers, job coaches, and other adults who support you

You don’t have to do this alone. Your support team can be part of it, too.

In Community Compass, you will:

  • Learn about your strengths, interests, and goals
  • Practice skills that help with school, work, and daily life
  • Learn how to speak up for yourself and ask for help
  • Explore jobs, careers, and training options
  • Meet or learn about community agencies that can support you

With Community Compass you may:

  • Attend Interactive Interviews with agencies from around the state.
  • Complete online learning modules with or without help from an adult.
  • Complete self-assessments to track your progress toward your goals.

Activities like the Interactive Interviews and the CIE Skills Quick Guides can be found on the Idaho Training Clearninghouse (ITC) website. Other things, like the CIE Skills online modules, are accessed through Canvas, an online learning platform. For the 2025-26 school year, you can get access to Canvas if you are working with the Idaho Pathways to Partnerships pilot schools.

Community Compass helps you:

  • Learn job readiness skills
  • Explore careers that match your interests
  • Practice workplace skills and habits
  • Learn about supports that help you find and keep a job

All of this helps prepare you for Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE)—having a real job in the community with fair pay and opportunities.

Community Compass connects you to people who can help, such as:

  • Teachers and school staff
  • Job coaches
  • Idaho Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (IDVR)
  • Centers for Independent Living (CILs)
  • Idaho Parents Unlimited (IPUL)
  • Community programs
  • Employers

These people and agencies work together as a team to support your goals.

That’s okay! Community Compass is here to help you figure them out. You don’t need all the answers right now. You just need to be open to learning and trying.

The Idaho Secondary Transition Framework (ISTF) is a tool you can use to plan for life after high school. It has six outcomes that you can work towards. Each outcome is broken down into four levels to help you along the way. The ISTF also gives your support team a way to understand your path to adulthood. It can give you a way to talk with your team so you can work together and build a plan to help you reach your goals.

You can:

  • Ask your teacher or job coach
  • Talk with your family or caregiver
  • Ask about Vocational Rehabilitation or community partners