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Annual Report
2007

The Employment Training Program served 85 people in 2007. ETP provides a wide variety of community based services for individuals who have a developmental, or other, disability, and are looking for work. Services include: functional assessments on actual work sites, job development and training, and long-term follow-up.

Client Demographics:

Gender:

Of these 85, 55 (65) are male and 30 (35) are female.

Figure 1: Gender of Clients

Age:

The average age of all clients served is 38 years. The youngest clients are 21 and the oldest client is 62.

Ethnicity:

The largest ethnic group served was Caucasian (N=62), the next largest group was Asian (N=12), followed by Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (N=4), African-American (N=3) and Hispanic/Latino (N=1).

Initial Referral:

In 2007, clients were most frequently referred by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (N=11); these referrals included 3 school-to-work students. Self or advocate (N=3) also referred clients to ETP during 2007. The latter have been with the Employment Training Program for over 20 years; referral information at that time was not documented. These latter clients have developmental disabilities and receive services from the King County Division of Developmental Disabilities.

Quantity of Services:

During 2007, the total number of service hours reported for 85 clients was 3,074. The majority of these service hours were for job development, retention, replacement and follow-along for clients receiving long-term funding through KCDD.

Services funded by DVR for 11 clients in 20071 included situational assessments, job placement and job retention.

Employment Outcomes:

Of the 85 clients served in 2007, 57 are employed, 3 are in high school (as of December, 2007), 11 exited the program (9 with jobs, 1 without employment and 1 retirement) and 14 are unemployed and in the job development phase. Figure XX does not include the students in high school or those who exited the program.

Client Hours worked:

Six ETP client worked full time in 2007 and 27 worked 20 hours or more.

Client Wages and Benefits:

75% of the clients employed in 2007 earned over the minimum wage with an average wage of $9.26/hour. 35% of the employed clients reported employer-provided benefits. These benefits included vacation and sick leave and retirement.