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Can Community-Based High School Transition Programs Improve the Cost-Efficiency of Supported Employment?

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	Abstract

This study investigates the potential impact that community-based, high school transition programs have on the cost-efficiency of individuals with disabilities when they become adults. Outcomes achieved by 246 supported employees were compared. Results indicated that supported employees who participated in community-based transition programs in high school were more cost-efficient from the taxpayers’ perspective than were individuals who received only in-school transition services or received no transition services at all. Supported employees who received community-based transition services also kept their jobs in the community significantly longer than did individuals from the comparison groups.

First published on October 13, 2009
Career Development for Exceptional Individuals 2009, doi:10.1177/0885728809346959


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