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Abstract

This article describes and discusses the supported employment fiscal activities of the states. Data from a survey of fiscal year 1990 supported employment fiscal activity across the United States are presented, and fund source utilization patterns are compared to those from previous years' surveys. Supported employment expenditures grew approximately 19% from 1989 to 1990. Non-vocational rehabilitation (VR) funds accounted for two thirds of total state expenditures for supported employment. Title I was the largest source of VR supported employment funding, indicating that states are using more general case service dollars and general state revenue to fund supported employment. This change is indicative of supported employment's increasing integration into the VR system.

Keywords

community services competitive employment public policy supported employment vocational rehabilitation

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