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Smith Frank A.; Lugas, Jaime – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2010
Youth with autism, like youth from other disability subgroups, often participate in state Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) programs to obtain employment. While youth with autism represent a small percentage of all VR closures, the number with autism who closed out of VR more than tripled between 2003 and 2008 (see figure). In this Data Note, the…
Descriptors: Autism, Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics
Bauldry, Shawn; Korom-Djakovic, Danijela; McClanahan, Wendy S.; McMaken, Jennifer; Kotloff, Lauren J. – Public/Private Ventures, 2009
This report explores mentoring as a tool for supporting the successful reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals within the context of a larger reentry strategy--in this case, the "Ready4Work" model. "Ready4Work" was a three-year national demonstration designed to address the needs of the growing ex-prisoner population and to test the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Job Placement, Adults, Vocational Rehabilitation
Korper, Samuel P., Ed.; Council, Carol L., Ed. – 2002
This report provides evidence concerning the projected demand for substance abuse treatment services for older Americans over the next 20 to 30 years and suggests approaches for refining these projections. A work group of Federal agency representatives and university researchers was established by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Drug Rehabilitation, Futures (of Society), Long Range Planning
New York State Div. for Youth, Albany. – 1986
This statistical report provides a summary of the characteristics of the 2424 young people committed to residential programs of the New York State Division for Youth during 1985. It provides information on the patterns in individual and regional placement. The data are presented in such a way that comparisons can be made across years. A summary of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Lonetree, Georgia L. – 1989
This study sought to identify resources available and training/technical assistance needs of personnel employed by projects serving American Indians and Alaska Natives under the provisions of Section 130 of the Rehabilitation Act. Section 130 authorizes funding of vocational rehabilitation service grants to the governing bodies of Indian tribes on…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
RRTC, 1988
This newsletter issue outlines the growth of the supported employment movement for individuals with mental retardation. Two research studies are described, dealing with employers' experiences with supported employment. The first study examined the initial and most recent or terminal evaluation forms of 125 workers with mental retardation. The…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Employers
Bowe, Frank – 1983
Based on data concerning disabilities that were obtained from the 1981 and 1982 Current Population Surveys (CPS), it appears that the average working-aged disabled American is about 50 years old, has a high school education, is not in the labor force, and subsists on a low level of income. Also evident is the fact that disability is much more…
Descriptors: Demography, Disabilities, Educational Attainment, Educational Needs
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G. – 1999
This two-volume monograph reports the results of the 24th national survey of drug use and related attitudes and beliefs among American high school seniors, the nineteenth such survey of American college students, and the eighth such survey of eighth- and tenth-grade students. The major purpose of this publication is to develop an accurate picture…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attitude Measures, Drug Use, Grade 8
Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G. – 1999
This second volume, in a two-volume set reporting the results from the Monitoring the Future study, presents the results of the 1977 through 1998 follow-up surveys of the graduating high school classes of 1976 through 1997 as they have progressed through young adulthood. This current study, which draws the college sample in the senior year of high…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Drug Use, High School Seniors