A Roadmap to Competitive Integrated Employment: Strategies for Provider Transformation

Authors

Esther Kamau, University of Massachusetts Boston
Jaimie Ciulla Timmons, University of Massachusetts BostonFollow
ThinkWork! at the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston

Document Type

Occasional Paper

Publication Date

Winter 2-4-2019

Keywords

Competitive Integrated Employment, Organizational Transformation, employment, IDD, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, #90RT5019, #90RT5028, ThinkWork

Disciplines

Disability Studies | Health Policy | Rehabilitation and Therapy | Sociology

Abstract

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). As a result, providers who offer employment support to people with IDD have been working to phase out sheltered workshops and transform to offer competitive integrated employment.

Recommended Citation

Kamau, E., & Timmons, J. (2018). A Roadmap to Competitive Integrated Employment: Strategies for Provider Transformation. Bringing Employment First to Scale, Issue 20. Boston, MA: University of Massachusetts Boston, Institute for Community Inclusion.