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StateData: The National Report on Employment Services and Outcomes Through 2021

Read about the latest trends on employment and economic self-sufficiency for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The “Blue Book” provides national and
state-by-state presentations of major employment trends and statistics from the following data sources:

ICI’s National Survey of State Intellectual and Developmental Disability Agencies’ Day and Employment Services
The Rehabilitation Services Administration
The American Community Survey
The Social Security Administration
The US Department of Labor

Data Notes
Each Data Note provides a more in-depth analysis of employment and day services and outcomes for people with IDD, by data source.

Infographics
Infographics offer highlights of some of our most important data findings.

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Each Data Note provides a more in-depth analysis of employment and day services and outcomes for people with IDD, by data source.

Social Security Administration Data Trends: Key Findings on Work Incentive Programs (2000–2021)

American Community Survey (2021)

Vocational Rehabilitation Services and Outcomes of People with Intellectual Disabilities: 2013–2022

Intellectual and developmental disabilities agencies’ employment and day services (1988–2021)

Infographics offer highlights of some of our most important data findings.

Many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities want to work, but this is often not reflected in their service plans.

States vary in the percentage of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who apply to vocational rehabilitation and progress to services.