The objectives and activities are described of the Vocational Investigation and Placement (VIP) Project, a demonstration model providing new methods for identification, assessment, referral, education, and placement of handicapped students. An abstract overviews rationale, objectives, procedures, and expected contribution to developing marketable skills. Each of the 15 major objectives of the project is discussed in terms of five categories: need for the objective, summary of activities, data collection (a report of any significant statistics), conclusions, and recommendations. These project accomplishments are reported: development of an identification and screening instrument, development of a screening and referral process, implementation of a mass screening effort, development of a resource guide to service agencies, formation of a cooperative agreement between special education and vocational rehabilitation, development of a community-based learning program (occupational exploration), job placement assistance, further development and refinement of the Work Samples Evaluation Center, staff development, coordination of a records exchange process, prevocational education for handicapped students, development of a parent support group, integration of VIP project activities with existing programming, development of standardized prevocational assessment procedures, and development of publications. Dissemination activities are also summarized. (YLB)