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Building The Capacity Of The Massachusetts Workforce Development System In Massachusetts To Better Serve Individuals With Disabilities, Institute For Community Inclusion, University Of Massachusetts Boston
Building The Capacity Of The Massachusetts Workforce Development System In Massachusetts To Better Serve Individuals With Disabilities, Institute For Community Inclusion, University Of Massachusetts Boston
Office of Community Partnerships Posters
Ensuring that community resources that are available to assist anyone with their job search and training needs are fully accessible and effective for individuals with disabilities.
Partnerships In Employment: Benchmarking Toolkit, Jean Winsor, Alberto Migliore
Partnerships In Employment: Benchmarking Toolkit, Jean Winsor, Alberto Migliore
All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications
Policy shifts over the past 20 years have created an agenda that calls for a sustained commitment to integrated employment for individuals with disabilities. But despite these clear intentions, unemployment of individuals with disabilities continues to be a major public policy issue.
For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), the disparity in labor market participation grows. Data suggest only 14.7% of individuals who receive supports from state IDD agencies work in either individual or group integrated employment, and 19% of individuals who receive day services from a state IDD agency participate in a service designed to support integrated employment …