The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research funded the Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (KTER Center) at the American Institutes for Research (AIR) from 2015 to 2020 to test a knowledge broker model in vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency settings. Knowledge brokers are individuals positioned to bridge the worlds of research and practice (Long et al., 2013). As part of the interventions that the KTER Center developed for testing, in November 2018 through June 2019, the KTER Center trained supervisors from VR agencies how to act in a knowledge broker role. The study set out to answer two questions:

1. Can research liaisons (e.g., VR supervisors trained as knowledge brokers) who receive training and support in the use of research-based practices improve the use of relevant research by VR counselors, with the goal of increasing employment and job retention among VR consumers?
2. Did outcomes (e.g., greater entry to competitive employment and higher wages) of consumers served by VR counselors whose supervisors participated in the study improve compared with the outcomes of consumers served by VR counselors in the control group?