Policy administrators

People who legislate or implement employment policy

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30 Years of Community Living for Individuals with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities (1987-2017)

Practitioners

People who work in or manage agencies that provide employment supports

Check out the new agency change toolkit!

Check Out the New Agency Change Toolkit!

Designed for providers, this toolkit reviews ten important elements in organizational transformation away from sheltered employment and towards integrated employment for individuals with IDD. It contains resources and tools to facilitate organizational transformation for each of the ten elements.

Individuals/families

People with intellectual/developmental disabilities and their family members

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Competitive Integrated Employment for People with Autism Spectrum Disorder

This toolkit supports professionals and advocates to work with families and individuals to pursue employment.

New Products

Texas’s Vocational Apprenticeship Program: Moving Adults into Integrated Employment through Training in Transferable, Marketable Skills

This promising practice describes how the Texas Department of Health and Human Services has developed the Vocational Apprenticeship Program (VAP) as a statewide initiative to support the development of transferable and marketable employment skills in working-age adults.

Older Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Recipients Work Less Frequently Than Their Younger Counterparts, But Use Work Incentive 1619(B) at Higher Rates

DataNote 77 examines Social Security Administration data that shows that younger SSI recipients were three times more likely to be working than older SSI recipients. However, younger recipients participated in work incentives at a lower rate compared to older SSI recipients.

DataNote: Comparing Employment and Poverty Rates of People with and without a Cognitive Disability

This DataNote shares census data from the American Community Survey (ACS) that demonstrates 5-year trends in employment rates and poverty rates for working-age individuals. It compares these rates between individuals without any disabilities to individuals with a cognitive disability.

DateNote: The Percentage of People Who Apply to Vocational Rehabilitation and Then Progress to Services Varies Greatly Across States

Progressing to receiving services after applying to vocational rehabilitation (VR) is a key step toward employment. In fiscal year 2020, a total of 33,144 job seekers with intellectual disabilities received VR services across the 50 states and DC. However, the percentage of people who progress to VR services varies greatly across states. This data note explores these differences.