Think Work

Think Work ThinkWork is a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI).

The ThinkWork website showcases our research, training, and outreach activities to promote employment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. To find our work on social media, use , , and and

Our work focuses on four key areas:

(1) Choosing Work: Effective knowl

edge translation and support for individuals and families - find out more here... http://www.thinkwork.org/topics/families/

(2) Increasing the effectiveness of employment consultants- find out more here...
http://www.thinkwork.org/rrtc/eec

(3) Building capacity and supporting organizational transformation for community rehabilitation providers (CRPs) find out more here...
http://www.thinkwork.org/topics/community-rehabilitation-providers

(4) Policies and practices of high-performing state employment systems
http://www.thinkwork.org/topics/state-policy/

Follow our recent conference presentations here: http://www.thinkwork.org/conferences

Follow our recent webinars including our 44 series, go here: http://www.thinkwork.org/webinar

08/19/2024

Think Work's latest Data Note 89 describes the characteristics, services received, and employment outcomes of adults with an intellectual disability who exited from the vocational rehabilitation program during fiscal years 2014 through 2023. Read Data Note 89 to compare the findings of adults with intellectual disability to the findings of people with other disabilities!

Don’t miss your last chance to sign up for ES-Coach! On Thursday, August 29 at 1pm ET, Think Work is hosting an ES-Coach...
08/18/2024

Don’t miss your last chance to sign up for ES-Coach!

On Thursday, August 29 at 1pm ET, Think Work is hosting an ES-Coach open house for your team of employment support professionals! ES-Coach can help your team fully leverage supported and customized employment best practices so that more job seekers achieve their career goals. Register today: https://buff.ly/3WMPOgU

This summer, the Progressive Employment Learning Collaborative convened at ICI in Boston to discuss lessons learned abou...
08/16/2024

This summer, the Progressive Employment Learning Collaborative convened at ICI in Boston to discuss lessons learned about Progressive Employment’s impact on job seekers with disabilities and businesses in our communities.

Learn about Progressive Employment model and Learning Collaborative on buff.ly/3YJBl7V.



04/04/2024

Work incentive programs for people with disabilities are historically underused. From 2000–2021, the Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS) program has seen a 77% decrease in participation. How can employment services professionals encourage incentive programs like PASS?

Read the Administration for Community Living, Think Work Blue Book for employment & economic self-sufficiency trends for people with IDD: https://buff.ly/49QfXk4

03/31/2024

Most people with intellectual disability who left with a job in 2021 were young white men. We must continue to examine and address race, gender, and age disparities in VR services across the US. Read the Administration for Community Living, Think Work Blue Book for more: https://buff.ly/49QfXk4

03/27/2024

State intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) agencies continue to emphasize the importance of integrated employment, though participation in integrated employment services varies widely from 3% to 83%.

Read the Administration for Community Living, Think Work Blue Book for employment & economic self-sufficiency trends for people with IDD: https://buff.ly/49QfXk4

03/21/2024

Calling all employment services providers! Have you experienced difficulty hiring workers to provide employment services? Think Work would like to hear your story! What strategies did your organization use to recruit and retain employment services staff?
Learn more about how to share your story:

People with disabilities have poorer economic outcomes than people without disabilities. In 2021, only 40% of people wit...
03/19/2024

People with disabilities have poorer economic outcomes than people without disabilities. In 2021, only 40% of people with disabilities had paid jobs, compared to 74% of people without disabilities. Nearly 25% of working-age people with disabilities lived in poverty, compared to just over 10% of people without disabilities.

Read the full Administration for Community Living, Think Work Blue Book for the latest trends on employment and economic self-sufficiency for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: https://buff.ly/49QfXk4

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