Article
State Agency Promising Practices: Employment First! Making Integrated Employment the Preferred Outcome in Tennessee
ThinkWork! Publications
Document Type
Occasional Paper
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Keywords
- Implementation of Priority Policy Goals,
- Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities,
- I/DD,
- Developmental Disabilities,
- Employment,
- Access to Integrated Employment,
- ThinkWork
Disciplines
Abstract
The Tennessee Division of Mental Retardation Services (DMRS) implemented the Employment First! initiative in 2002. The goal of Employment First was to make employment the first day service option for adults receiving supports funded by DMRS, Medicaid, or the state. Employment First set the standard that employment was the preferred service option for adults with mental retardation and developmental disabilities (MR/DD).
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 Practices: Employment First! Making Integrated Employment the Preferred Outcome in Tennessee" (2007) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jean-winsor/52/