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Annual Report
2008

The Employment Training Programserved 84 people in 2008. 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 84, 54 are male and 30 are female.

Figure 1: Gender of Clients

Age:

The average age of all clients served is 37 years. The youngest clients are 21 and the oldest client is 62.

Client Age

Years

Mean

37

Minimum

21

Maximum

62

Ethnicity:

The largest ethnic group served was Caucasian (N=64), the next largest group was Asian (N=9), followed by Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (N=3), Black/African-American (N=3) and Hispanic/Latino (N=1).

 

Count

%

White

64

76%

Asian

9

11%

Black

3

4%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

3

4%

Hispanic/Latino

1

1%

Not indicated

4

4%

Initial Referral:

In 2008, 16 new clients were referred to UWETP for services. Clients were most frequently referred by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (N=8) followed by schools (N=6) and self or advocate (N=2).

Quantity of Services:

During 2008, the total number of service hours reported for 84 clients was 7,230. The majority of these service hours were for job development, retention, replacement and follow-along for clients receiving long-term funding through KCDD.

 

Service hours per client/year

Mean

86

Minimum

12

Maximum

260

Services completed by December, 2008 and funded by DVR included trial work experiences, training, placement and job retention.

Type of Service

Number of services

Trial work experience

6

Training

4

Placement

3

Job retention

3

Employment Outcomes:

Of the 84 clients served in 2008, 65 were employed, 6 were in high school (as of December, 2008; of these, 2 were employed), 7 exited the program (1 with job, 3 without employment, 1 retirement and 2 moved from the area) and 8 were unemployed and in the job development phase.

Graph depicting breakdown of employment outcomes.

Client Hours worked:

Six ETP clients worked full time in 2007 and an additional 28 worked between 20 and 36 hours per week.

 

Hours/week

Mean

16

Minimum

1

Maximum

40

Client Wages and Benefits:

66% of the clients employed in 2008 earned over the minimum wage with an average wage of $9.51/hour. 21% of the employed clients reported employer-provided benefits. These benefits included vacation and sick leave and retirement.

 

Wages

Mean

$9.51/hour

Minimum

$7.93

Maximum

$17.63


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