Appendix C
Barriers As Reported By State Councils1
Florida |
1. Transportation 2. People who need job coaches 3. Loss of SSI/Medicaid 4. Limited support of school systems/curriculums 5. Performance-based funding leading to "creaming" |
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Massachusetts |
1. Attitudinal and systemic hiring barriers 2. Transportation 3. Cost-sharing agreements between service delivery systems 4. Maintaining competent and qualified staff |
West Virginia |
1. Transportation 2. Loss of SSI/Medicaid 3. Loss of health insurance 4. Availability of employers 5. Attitude |
Michigan |
1. Transportation 2. Job readiness skills of persons with developmental disabilities 3. Loss of SSI/Medicaid 4. People who need attendant care at work 5. People with little or no communication skills |
Ohio |
1. Loss of health insurance 2. Transportation 3. Loss of SSI/Medicaid 4. People who need attendant care at work 5. Employer ignorance, perceptions, and fears |
Oregon |
1. Use of "alternatives to employment" for persons with severe disabilities 2. State offset of disposable income for residential services 3. Transportation 4. Federal work disincentives (SSI/Medicaid) 5. Minimum wage increase to $6.50 in Oregon |
1 Barriers are listed in descending order of importance.
Nebraska |
1. Attitudes of employers 2. Loss of health insurance 3. Transportation 4. Lack of social skills of employees 5. Availability of employers |
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New Mexico |
1. People believe persons w/developmental disabilities cannot work 2. Limited support of residential service providers 3. Limited support of school systems/curriculums 4. Loss of SSI/Medicaid 5. Transportation |
South Dakota |
1. Transportation 2. Availability of employers 3. People who need job coaches 4. Limited mentoring/training opportunities 5. Loss of SSI/Medicaid |
Source: OEI Survey, 1999 |
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