Article
State Agency Promising Practice: Community Employment Training by and for Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Tennessee
ThinkWork! Publications
Document Type
Occasional Paper
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Keywords
- Training and Technical Assistance,
- Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities,
- I/DD,
- Developmental Disabilities,
- Employment,
- Access to Integrated Employment,
- ThinkWork
Disciplines
Abstract
Project Income was a joint venture between the Tennessee Microboards Association (statewide organization that supports individual microboards, which procure and oversee supports and services) and People First of Tennessee (a statewide selfadvocacy organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities). The focus of the project was to educate people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) and their families about the benefits of and opportunities for community employment.
Community Engaged/Serving
No, this is not community-engaged.
Citation Information
Jean Winsor and ThinkWork! at the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston. "State Agency Promising Practice: Community Employment Training by and for Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Tennessee" (2009) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jean-winsor/51/