Access to Integrated Employment

The "Access to Integrated Employment: National Data Collection on Day and Employment Services for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities" extends 17 years of research describing day and employment services for individuals with developmental disabilities.

1. Assesses the effectiveness of state Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities and Vocational Rehabilitation agencies in promoting full inclusion of individuals with developmental disabilities through employment and other community activities
2. Assesses the employment and economic status of individuals with developmental disabilities on a state and national basis
3. Describes and promotes effective state and local policy and practices that enhance access to integrated employment at both the systems and individual costumer levels
4. Implements www.statedata.info, an interactive website that provides fully accessible on-demand charts and tables illustrating service system investment in day and employment services and employment outcomes.
5. Demonstrates the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology to illustrate patterns of investment in service system outcomes
6. Provides on-line access to a catalog of best practices in state and local policy and practice that promotes access to integrated employment including outcome data collection tools, funding structures, and employment policies and initiatives

Provides online access to best practices in job support for individual job seekers, family members, and advocates using individual stories.