{"id":892,"date":"2013-01-04T13:38:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T13:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cehhs-future.utwebteam.wpengine.com\/?page_id=892"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:41:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:41:22","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to FUTURE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"soliloquy-outer-container\" data-soliloquy-loaded=\"0\"><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-1269\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade soliloquy-fade  soliloquy-theme-base no-js\" style=\"max-width:960px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-1269\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-id-1534 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-1534\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Campus-Visit-Pic-scaled-960x376_c.jpg\" alt=\"Campus Visit Pic\" data-soliloquy-src-mobile=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Campus-Visit-Pic-scaled-600x200_c.jpg\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-2 soliloquy-id-1532 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-1532\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-2 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Academics-Pic-scaled-960x376_c.jpg\" alt=\"Academics Pic\" data-soliloquy-src-mobile=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Academics-Pic-scaled-600x200_c.jpg\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-3 soliloquy-id-1537 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-1537\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-3 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Vision-2-scaled-960x376_c.jpg\" alt=\"Vision 2\" data-soliloquy-src-mobile=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Vision-2-scaled-600x200_c.jpg\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-4 soliloquy-id-1535 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-1535\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-4 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Donate-Pic-960x376_c.jpg\" alt=\"Donate Pic\" data-soliloquy-src-mobile=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Donate-Pic-600x200_c.jpg\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-5 soliloquy-id-1533 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-1533\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-5 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Application-Pic-scaled-960x376_c.jpg\" alt=\"Application Pic\" data-soliloquy-src-mobile=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Application-Pic-scaled-600x200_c.jpg\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-6 soliloquy-id-1536 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-1536\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-6 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Mentor-Pic-960x376_c.jpg\" alt=\"Mentor Pic\" data-soliloquy-src-mobile=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Mentor-Pic-600x200_c.jpg\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><noscript><div class=\"soliloquy-no-js\" style=\"display:none;visibility:hidden;height:0;line-height:0;opacity:0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Campus-Visit-Pic-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Campus Visit Pic\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Academics-Pic-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Academics Pic\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Vision-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Vision 2\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Donate-Pic.jpg\" alt=\"Donate Pic\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Application-Pic-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Application Pic\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/Mentor-Pic.jpg\" alt=\"Mentor Pic\" \/><\/div><\/noscript><\/div><p class=\"lead\">The FUTURE Postsecondary Education Program is a two- or four-year course of study that empowers students to achieve gainful employment in the community.<\/p><\/p>\n<p>FUTURE is a comprehensive transition program that helps young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities make a successful transition from high school to adult life. During the program, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">we provide students with specially designed FUTURE classes, the opportunity to audit undergraduate courses, and an internship on or off campus<\/span>. Also available is career and clinical counseling to help develop academic, vocational, social, and decision-making skills. Upon successful completion of the program, students receive a vocational certificate.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giving.utk.edu\/futurefund\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-torch\">DONATE to FUTURE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"the future program 1080p\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NNpdhTLSDr0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FUTURE is a comprehensive transition program that helps young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities make a successful transition from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-wide.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-892","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Welcome to FUTURE! - FUTURE Postsecondary Education Program<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Welcome to FUTURE! - FUTURE Postsecondary Education Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FUTURE is a comprehensive transition program that helps young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities make a successful transition from [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FUTURE Postsecondary Education Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-06T15:41:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/futureut\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/futureut\\\/\",\"name\":\"Welcome to FUTURE! - FUTURE Postsecondary Education Program\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/futureut\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-04T13:38:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-06T15:41:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/futureut\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/futureut\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/futureut\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/futureut\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Welcome to FUTURE!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/futureut\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/futureut\\\/\",\"name\":\"FUTURE Postsecondary Education Program\",\"description\":\"University of Tennessee, Knoxville\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/futureut\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Welcome to FUTURE! - FUTURE Postsecondary Education Program","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Welcome to FUTURE! - FUTURE Postsecondary Education Program","og_description":"FUTURE is a comprehensive transition program that helps young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities make a successful transition from [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/","og_site_name":"FUTURE Postsecondary Education Program","article_modified_time":"2025-08-06T15:41:22+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/","url":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/","name":"Welcome to FUTURE! - FUTURE Postsecondary Education Program","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-01-04T13:38:34+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-06T15:41:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Welcome to FUTURE!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/","name":"FUTURE Postsecondary Education Program","description":"University of Tennessee, Knoxville","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/futureut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}