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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).
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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.
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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.
Client Hours worked:
Six ETP clients worked full time in 2007 and an additional 28 worked between 20 and 36 hours per week.
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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.
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Wages |
Mean |
$9.51/hour |
Minimum |
$7.93 |
Maximum |
$17.63 |
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