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. © 2010 Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
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Cimera, R. E. (2010). Can community-based high school transition programs improve the cost-efficiency of supported employment? Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 33(1), 4–12. https://doi.org/10.1177/0885728809346959
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