Data Note No. 65, 2020
In FY 2017, states continued to vary in their ability to report on the services they provide to individuals with IDD and the amount of funding allocated to employment and non-work services. This Data Note looks at average per-person spending across states and how it compares for integrated employment services and facility-based employment services.
Data Note No. 64, 2019
A key concern for policy and practice is how choice is supported for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). The National Core Indicators (NCI) collects data on employment status, including whether individuals are working in a paid job in the community, as well as each person’s interest in doing so. This Data Note focuses on interest in working in paid jobs in the community for individuals who are not currently working.
Data Note No. 63, 2019
Data show that people with disabilities are consistently less likely to be working than their non-disabled counterparts. In this Data Note, the employment rate for working-age people is compared across disability types, as well as those without disabilities.
Data Note No. 61, 2019
This Data Note summarizes SSI work incentives and their underutilization by SSI recipients.
Data Note No. 60, 2018
This Data Note summarizes findings from the FY2016 National Survey of State Intellectual and Developmental Disability Agencies' (IDD Agencies) Employment and Day Services.
Data Note No. 59, 2017
Only 23% of adults with intellectual disabilities work, compared to 73% of people without disabilities (statedata.info). To bridge this gap, the vocational rehabilitation (VR) program offers valuable services including assessment, job search assistance, and counseling.
Data Note No. 58, 2017
This Data Note discusses the low level of workforce participation among SSI recipients by age groups. Findings show that younger SSI recipients (ages 18–39) constituted 36% of the total SSI recipients and their workforce participation was over 3 times higher compared to the 40–64 age group, at 11.2%.
Data Note No. 57, 2017
Data show that people with disabilities are consistently less likely to be working than their non-disabled counterparts. In this Data Note, the employment rate for working-age people is compared across disability types, as well as those without disabilities.
Data Note No. 56, 2017
Getting a job as soon as possible after applying for vocational rehabilitation (VR) services is important for job seekers with intellectual disabilities. This Data Note describes how long it takes for job seekers with intellectual disabilities to go through the steps from application for VR services to determination of eligibility, completion of an individual employment plan, and closure into integrated employment
Data Note No. 55, 2016
This Data Note summarizes findings from the FY 2014 National Survey of State Intellectual and Developmental Disability Agencies' (IDD Agencies) Day and Employment Services.
Data Note No. 54, 2016
In this Data Note, we look at the average number of young adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) who between 2010 and 2014 exited vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Data Note No. 53, 2016
This Data Note explores the provision of postsecondary education services to VR customers with and without ID who exited the VR system in FY2014.
Data Note No. 52 2015
This Data Note is the second in a series on the territories produced by the Access to Integrated Employment project, focusing on the secondary data analysis of federal data sets. The purpose is to describe the employment outcomes of adults with disabilities in the territory of Puerto Rico, drawing from a variety of data sources that are typically analyzed for individual U.S. states.
Data Note No. 51, 2015
In FY2013, an estimated 607,959 individuals received day or employment supports from state IDD program agencies. This number grew from 457,405 in FY1999. The estimated number of individuals in integrated employment services increased from 108,680 in FY1999 to 113,271 in FY2013. State investment continues to emphasize facility-based and non-work services, rather than integrated employment services. Figure 1 shows the trends in the percentage of people served in integrated employment and facility-based and non-work settings between FY2004 and FY2013.
Data Note No. 50, 2014
To learn about whether young adults with intellectual disabilities in the vocational rehabilitation (VR) program are getting work experience, we examined the age at application of people with intellectual disabilities who exited the VR program in 2012.
DataNote No. 49, 2014
In FY2012, an estimated 605,680 individuals received day or employment supports from state IDD program agencies. This number grew from 457,405 in FY1999. The estimated number of individuals in integrated employment services increased from 108,680 in FY1999 to 111,670 in FY2012. State investment continues to emphasize facility-based and non-work services, rather than integrated employment services.
DataNote No. 48, 2014
Beginning in FY2013, the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities requested that each Project of National Significance include the five primary territories of the United States in data collection and analysis efforts. The five territories included in this analysis are American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States.
DataNote No. 47, 2013
Engaging in employment at a young age is critical for workforce participation later in adulthood. This Data Note compares, for youth ages 16–21, the employment rates of those who have cognitive disabilities with the employment rates of their peers without disabilities.
DataNote No. 46, 2013
People with intellectual disabilities (ID) aspire to gainful employment1. To assist them with this goal, state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies offer employment services based upon Individualized Plans for Employment (IPEs). A commonly used measure of outcomes is the rehabilitation rate, defined as the percentage of individuals exiting the program who have achieved an employment outcome after receiving services with an IPE. This indicator does not consider that not all eligible consumers progress to receive services after an IPE is developed. This occurs for a variety of individual, service, and systems reasons. Reviewing data for eligible consumers who do not receive services provides a more complete picture of the experiences of individuals who engage with and exit the VR system.
DataNote No. 45, 2013
Rehabilitation Engagement of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities