A Roadmap to Competitive Integrated Employment: Strategies for Provider Transformation. Bringing Employment First to Scale, Issue No. 20

Competitive integrated employment is defined within the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA, 2014) as full-time or part-time work at minimum wage or higher, with wages and benefits similar to those without disabilities performing the same work, and fully integrated with coworkers without...

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Published inInstitute for Community Inclusion
Main Authors Kamau, Esther, Timmons, Jaimie
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published Institute for Community Inclusion 2018
Subjects
Change Strategies
Community Involvement
Disabilities
Disability Discrimination
Employer Employee Relationship
Employers
Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Family Involvement
Federal Legislation
Goal Orientation
Holistic Approach
Interpersonal Communication
Job Performance
Job Placement
Professional Development
Quality Assurance
Resource Allocation
Work Environment
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Summary:Competitive integrated employment is defined within the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA, 2014) as full-time or part-time work at minimum wage or higher, with wages and benefits similar to those without disabilities performing the same work, and fully integrated with coworkers without disabilities. The Act requires that states ensure employment is offered as a priority outcome for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) partnered with The Arc of the United States to identify ten elements of successful organizational transformation to competitive integrated employment. They asked four providers who successfully closed sheltered workshops to provide implementation strategies that they used according to each of the ten elements. This brief: (1) defines each element; (2) explains why it is valuable to the change process; and (3) offers a set of considerations to providers. [The production of this report was supported by the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Advancing Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, a project of ThinkWork! at the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).]