Community Rehabilitation Providers
Community Rehabilitation Providers (CRPs) support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their communities. Check out the following resources to learn more about how CRPs can structure their organizations to effectively help people with IDD find and keep jobs in their community.
Family Participation
Family members, guardians, and friends can be an important part of helping people with IDD set and achieve their employment goals. These resources provide examples of how families can support employment and how employment staff can successfully work with family members.
Federal Policy
Federal policy has important impacts on the employment system for people with IDD. You can find resources in this section about the impact of federal policies on community rehabilitation providers.
Funding
There are multiple funding sources for competitive jobs and community life for people with IDD. This topic includes publications about less typical funding sources.
For information on how state IDD agencies use traditional funding sources, check out the State Agency Promising Practices page.
To read about real life examples of how funding was used to support job seekers, go to Think Work Stories.
Organizational Transformation
Explore the resources in this section that describe how community rehabilitation provider (CRP) agencies are making organization-wide changes to improve employment services and outcomes for people with IDD.
Performance Measurement and Data
A popular saying is, "If it gets measured, it gets done." Explore publications on the collection and use of data to track the number of people in competitive jobs.
You can find more information that describe national and state level findings on competitive integrated employment outcomes at StateData.
For examples of how states use data, check out our State Agency Promising Practices.
Self Determination and Decision Making
Self-determination means making choices to live your life the way you want to. In these resources, learn more about how people with IDD can increase their self-determination and make informed decisions about jobs and community life.
Staff Training and Development
What are some of the best ways to train staff who support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities? You'll find a variety of approaches and suggestions for staff training and development in the resources below.
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Supporting Job Seekers
Employment professionals, family members, friends, and communities all play a role in supporting job seekers with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In this section, you can find resources to inform career planning, job development, and employment support.
Systems Change
Developing and implementing changes to state employment services is a long-term process that requires changes to policy, practice, funding, performance measurement, and collaboration. An important part of systems change is recognizing that when a state changes one part of their system, they must make complementary changes to other parts of their system. Explore the following resources to learn how state IDD agencies have worked to implement long-term changes.
You can find more examples of systems change on the State Agency Promising Practices page.
Community Rehabilitation Providers resource page has more information about how providers can more effectively help people with IDD find and keep jobs in their community.
Transition
The period of life between youth and adulthood is often referred to as transition. It is an exciting time but one that presents new challenges. In this section, you'll find resources to help people with IDD make the transition from high school to competitive jobs and community life.
Work and Autism
Autism is a complex developmental disability, typically appearing during childhood and affecting the way a person communicates and interacts with others. Some people with Autism also have intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. In this section, you will find resources to help people with Autism work in competitive integrated employment.
The ICI/UMass Boston has an ongoing Memorandum of Understanding with the Autism Society of America. Together, we commit to promoting and advancing employment opportunities for people with Autism.