Research Database: Article Details
| Citation: | Winsor, J. E., Gritz-Swift, S., Pearce, J., Darm, D., & Murray, M. (2019). Using the high-performing states model to facilitate employment first in Florida. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 50 (3), 339-346. |
| Title: | Using the high-performing states model to facilitate employment first in Florida |
| Authors: | Winsor, J. E., Gritz-Swift, S., Pearce, J., Darm, D., & Murray, M. |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Journal/Publication: | Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation |
| Publisher: | IOS Press |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3233/JVR-191016 |
| Full text: | https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vocational-rehabil... | PDF |
| Peer-reviewed? | Yes |
| NIDILRR-funded? | Not reported |
Structured abstract:
| Background: | Nearly every state has adopted Employment First as a set of guiding principles and practices that target employment in typical work settings as the priority for state-funded services and supports for individuals with disabilities. However, naming employment as the state’s first priority is only one step to ensuring that every individual who wants a job has a job. |
| Purpose: | Stakeholders in Florida have worked towards improving employment opportunities for all Floridians with disabilities. Using the High-Performing States Model to structure systems change actions, state agencies and organizations developed and implemented a state-level interagency coalition, interagency cooperative agreement, and interagency plan to ensure the long-term commitment to employment across key state agencies. |
| Conclusions: | Working together to identify challenges and gaps in both disability employment services and between available workers and labor market needs, Florida built upon its existing disability and employment infrastructure to develop joint plans of action that address both inter-and intra-agency goals to ensure that any Floridian with a disability who wants a job is able to become economically self-sufficient. |
| Disabilities served: |
Multiple disabilities |
| Interventions: |
Accommodations Supported employment Vocational rehabilitation Other Customized employment Transition services |
| Outcomes: |
Employment acquisition Full-time employment |