This project combines existing technologies with advanced imaged- based biometric fingerprint capture technologies to expand business opportunities for providers of community rehabilitation services. The goal is to identify, train, and employ individuals with disabilities as fingerprint technicians enabling them to conduct employment background investigative services. The FIRM, through its on-line employment background screening service called VERIFY, establishes employment- background retail outlets staffed by persons with disabilities who are trained to take Automated Fingerprint Information System quality fingerprints. Objectives include: (1) develop and test software that integrates the live-scan technology with the VERIFY product, (2) develop a job description with detailed skill and performance outcomes, and (3) develop a training protocol for the technicians. The project deploys ten systems in various communities to test the training protocol and adjust it to ensure successful job performance, while utilizing and further enhancing the newly developed software.
