Beth Keeton

Beth Keeton in her work with GHA, has worked closely with the state of Florida’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) to coordinate the development and implementation of a Self-Employment Certification curriculum. Florida VR has been the first in the nation to make such an extensive commitment to supporting self-employment as a possible outcome for all customers. Beth has served as the point-person for this effort and has been actively involved in all aspects of implementation including: developing the training curriculum; training VR vendors; and providing ongoing technical assistance to VR staff (both state and local), vendors, and customers. Additionally, Beth works with GHA on several other national projects, all of which are geared towards increasing the quantity and quality of employment outcomes through Customized Employment.

Prior to her work at GHA, Beth worked for the University of South Florida where she served as project coordinator on numerous state and national projects including: the Micro-Enterprise Training and Technical Assistance project, the Supported Competitive Integrated Employment Training Teams project, and the Professional Development in Autism project. Earlier in her career, she earned her wings by working as first an Employment Specialist and then Regional Director at a nationally recognized supported employment agency.

For the last decade, Beth has provided extensive training and technical assistance throughout the country on positive behavior support, self-employment, customized employment, and benefits analysis. During her time on the various self-employment projects, she has developed expertise in all aspects of business plan development and has discovered a particular affinity for financial planning and Social Security benefits analysis. She now considers herself to be a dyed-in-the-wool Excel “junkie”.

Beth Keeton
Southeast Regional Director
11601 4th Street North, Suite 1608
St. Petersburg, Florida 33716
bkeeton@centerforsocialcapital.org