Access to Integrated Employment (AIE) Project
National Data Collection on Day and Employment Services for Citizens with Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities
For the past 20 years, this project has described the nature of day and employment services for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities, and contributed to a comprehensive understanding of the factors that influence employment outcomes at an individual, employment support practice, service provider, and state policy level. Funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD), the project is home to several activities:
Featured Publication
ICI's National Report on Employment Services and Outcomes (updated 2009 data) is now available. The book provides national and state level statistics spanning a twenty-year period. Its sources include several data sets that address the status of employment and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with ID/DD.
Download the PDF here (updated 2009 data).
Featured Website
Promising Practices: Stories from the Front LineReal People, Real Jobs Website
Success stories from individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities who are working. These stories illustrate effective use of promising practices by job developers, employers, individuals, and families.
StateData.info
StateData.info offers ready access to service and employment outcomes data on individuals with disabilities. The site currently includes data sets from state intellectual/developmental disability agencies, the Rehabilitation Services Administration, the Social Security Administration, the U.S. Department of Labor, state demographic data, and the American Community Survey (ACS).
The State Employment Leadership Network
The State Employment Leadership Network (SELN) is a roundtable network of state intellectual/developmental disability agencies interested in developing strategy and policy that supports integrated employment outcomes. The SELN is managed by ICI and the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services.
National Survey on Day and Employment Outcomes
Since fiscal year 1988 the Institute for Community Inclusion has administered the National Survey of Day and Employment Programs. This work is designed to describe the nature of day and employment services for individuals with intellectual/ developmental disabilities. Summaries of previously collected data can be found at http://www.statedata.info.
National Survey of Community Rehabilitation Providers
The National Survey of Community Rehabilitation Providers (CRPs) FY 2008-2009 will continue a series of surveys that began in 1993. The purpose of this study is to provide a longitudinal description of CRPs by collecting data on agency characteristics and employment outcomes. In addition, the study will address the effect of organizational, state and local level factors on CRP participation in integrated employment.
Survey of Job Developers
The purpose of this study is to investigate what characteristics and competencies of job developers working in community rehabilitation programs (CRP) best predict the employment outcomes of adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities with whom they work.
Promising Practices: State Agencies
The promising practices database highlights innovative policies and strategies that state intellectual/developmental disability agencies are using to increase integrated employment opportunities. The promising practices series also includes stories meant to illustrate person-level successes in employment.
Promising Practices: Stories from the Front Line
Real People, Real Jobs Website
Success stories from individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities who are working. These stories illustrate effective use of promising practices by job developers, employers, individuals, and families.
Choosing Employment: A qualitative study
Through a series of in-person interviews with individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities, their family members, and their employment staff, this study explores the ways in which individuals navigate employment choices and preferences.
High Performing States in Integrated Employment: Case studies across states
Case study data from Colorado, New Hampshire, and Washington suggests several elements that comprise a successful integrated employment system. Data from Tennessee, a state moving towards expanding community employment, reflects the challenges and growth of a work-in-progress.
Data Systems for Day and Employment Outcomes: Case studies across states
Stakeholders from 6 states that have effective data collection systems for tracking day and employment outcomes will participate in interviews about their data systems’ development, purpose, and implementation.
Funding Mechanisms for Integrated Employment: Case studies across states
Ten state-level case studies will focus on funding incentives for community rehabilitation providers’ integrated employment participation.
Vocational Rehabilitation Services and Outcomes: Secondary data analysis
Longitudinal analysis of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) 911 database will include closure trends and a description of the range and costs of services delivered to people with intellectual/developmental disabilities within the Vocational Rehabilitation system.
Trends in individual employment outcomes, labor market activity, and employment participation: Secondary data analysis
Analysis of the RSA-911 and American Community Survey (ACS) databases will address disparities in economic status, standard of living, and labor market participation among individuals with and without intellectual/developmental disabilities.
Project Director: John Butterworth
Project Contact: Allison Cohen Hall