Employment Resource Documents
Employment is working at a job in a local business or industry, earning the prevailing wage for that job and working alongside peers without disabilities. Working builds a person's sense of self-worth as well as their economic worth and provides opportunities for people to become valued contributing members of their communities.
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What Matters Most: Research on Elevating Parent Expectations
The brief goes into detail about the most powerful force in changing transition outcomes for young people with significant disabilities.…
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A Better Bottom Line: Employing People with Disabilities / Blueprint for Governors
The Blue Print for Governors is a culmination of the 2012-2013 National Governor's Association initiative "A Better Bottom Line: …
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Employment: How We Measure Success
This brief lays out the empoyment philosophy of the State Employment Leadership Network and how states can build on it to improve integrated…
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Florida Rural Routes to Employment Manual
This manual provides an overview customized employment along with specific recommendations for customizing quality employment outcomes…
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Maintaining a Focus on Employment in Tough Economic Times
This brief describes how states can maintain a focus on employment through tough economic times and not lose track of their long term goals…
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Social Security Benefits and Employment: What’s new for 2015
This SELN brief explains what is important to know for 2015 about SSA work incentives.
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Workers First
A brief that describes interviews held with individuals with disabilities regarding employment and how states can improve individual…
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Trends in Employment Outcomes of Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
This report summarizes the employment and economic outcomes for young adults with intellectual disabilities between 2006 and 2013 in the…
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The Status and Outcomes of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Employment
This Special Issue Data Brief updates the Brief from October 2012 and describes the employment status of individuals supported…
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A Purpose in Life: Why Employment First Matters to Self-Advocates
This is a resource created by self-advocates to help people learn more about employment. The publication addresses discovering what it…
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Multi-System Collaboration
Read this brief to learn about effective strategies for interagency collaboration to foster integrated employment and community engagement.
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NCI “Working in the Community—Update 3”
This Special Issue Data Brief updates the Brief from May 2016 and describes the employment status of individuals supported by state IDD…
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Policy Brief on Preparing Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities for Work
The Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) recently released Preparing Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities for Work: What School…
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State Roles in Promoting Community Life Engagement
Information contained in this Brief came from the State Employment Leadership Network (SELN) hosting a working group of member states to…
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The Employment Journey: A Focus On Informed Choice
NASDDDS is pleased to announce publication of the fourth in a five part series of white papers in collaboration with the Institute for…