Adults w/ #IDD need work experience & marketable skills to get good jobs in Texas! Read ThinkWork Jennifer Bose’s promising practice about Texas’s Vocational Apprenticeship Program: buff.ly/43wTEwh

Discover how ES-Coach empowers employment support professionals to implement best practices in supported and customized employment! Join the ES-Coach Open House on June 21 at 2:00 pm ET. Register today: buff.ly/43VPYUV

.ThinkWork's latest Engage brief examines the CLE Fidelity Scale, a tool for service providers to assess how day services and supports align with the four guideposts for community life engagement developed by ICI: buff.ly/3O8p1Zb

Check out ThinkWork #RealWorkStories to learn about Tracey's journey as a motivational speaker: "I feel like everyone has a purpose in life and I try to inspire people by telling them those kinds of things." buff.ly/44o2gpM #RealWorkStories #ICIStoryTelling #ThinkWork

More people with intellectual disabilities (ID) worked with VR and got jobs in 2022 than in 2021. Check out the latest ThinkWork Data Note for employment & VR services trends for people with ID from 2013–2022! buff.ly/44vkoOF #ThinkWork #VocRehab #StateData

People w/ disabilities are less likely to work than people without disabilities. Read ThinkWork Community Inclusion’s full DataNote Plus summary of 2021 ACLgov data on employment outcomes for people w/ disabilities: buff.ly/3LJaBwX

.Community Inclusion’s ThinkWork was awarded a 5-year ACLgov grant for our Access to Integrated Employment initiative, exploring employment trends of people intellectual and developmental disabilities! buff.ly/461xRxK #DisabilityEmployment

Findings reveal some disparities in service provision between Black and white job seekers who apply for vocational rehabilitation services in some states. Check out DataNote #85. buff.ly/3QvrM6Z #EmploymentFirst #EquityInEmployment

.ThinkWork published a new promising practice exploring the impact of COVID-19 on employment and day services for people w/IDD. Read the new brief for insights: buff.ly/3MxTgHC

Data from Community Inclusion show us the positive impact of eliminating sheltered work & subminimum wage in Vermont: buff.ly/46yu0Z5 UVM Center on Disability & Community Inclusion #SupportedEmployment #IntegratedEmployment #ThinkWork ThinkWork

.Community Inclusion staffers authored Data Note 86, which compares different definitions of intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) from five national data sources on employment outcomes. The goal is to provide clarity on each source. Check it out! #ACL buff.ly/41rI4T8

As a job developer, job coach, or a manager of an employment program, you already do a fantastic job helping job seekers reach their career goals. With ES-Coach, you can achieve even more. Sign up for this free coaching tool! buff.ly/3D0uoDS #EmploymentFirst

In 2021, only 40% of people w/ disabilities had paid jobs, compared to 74% of people w/o disabilities. Read the ACLgov #ThinkWork Blue Book for employment & economic self-sufficiency trends re: people w/ disabilities: buff.ly/49QfXk4

Calling all employment services providers! Have you experienced difficulty hiring workers to provide employment services? We want to hear your story! buff.ly/4amKrdv

Despite the impact of COVID-19, 22% of people w/ intellectual & developmental disabilities (IDD) participated in integrated employment services in 2021. Read ACLgov #ThinkWork Blue Book for employment & economic self-sufficiency trends re: people w/ IDD: buff.ly/49QfXk4

Most people with intellectual disability who left #VocRehab with a job in 2021 were young white men. We must examine and address race, gender, & age disparities in VR services across the US: buff.ly/49QfXk4 ACLgov

In the last 21 years, the Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS) program has seen a 77% decrease in participation. How can employment services professionals encourage incentive programs like PASS? Read the ACLgov #ThinkWork Blue Book for more: buff.ly/49QfXk4

ThinkWork's latest Data Note 89 describes the characteristics, services received, and employment outcomes of adults with an intellectual disability who exited from the vocational rehabilitation program during fiscal years 2014 through 2023. buff.ly/3M44Uth

The #ProgressiveEmployment Learning Collaborative met at Community Inclusion this summer to share lessons learned about Progressive Employment’s impact on job seekers with disabilities & businesses in our communities: buff.ly/3YJBl7V Mathematica Disability Policy Consortium #ExploreVR

Join the ThinkWork ES-Coach open house on Thurs. 8/29 at 1pm ET! ES-Coach can help your team of employment support professionals fully leverage best practices for job seekers! buff.ly/3WMPOgU #ThinkWork #EmploymentFirst #EmploymentSpecialists #JobDevelopment