Group Employment
Group Employment is when people work as a team, generally at a single worksite of a host community business or industry, with initial training, supervision, and ongoing support provided by on-site staff.
There are three different types of Group Employment:
- Enclave
- Mobile Work Crew
- Provider Owned Business
Enclaves are where people work in a self-contained unit within a company or service site in the community or perform multiple jobs in the company, but are not integrated with non-disabled employees of the company.
Mobile Work Crews are where people operate together as a distinct unit and/or self-contained businesses working in several locations within the community.
Provider Owned Business is where people work individually or as a team at a single community business or industry where the Medicaid Home and Community Based Waiver provider or the ICF Day Services Provider is also the employer (i.e. issues the paycheck to the individual employee).
In Reporting Period 2023, there were 1,518 people working in 1,632 jobs classified as Group Integrated. This is a 4% increase in the number of people, and a 3% increase in the number of jobs from Reporting Period 2022.
68% of Group Integrated jobs were Enclaves, while 19% were Provider Owned Businesses, and 13% were Mobile Work Crews.
Group Integrated Employment - Counts and Types
This visualization shows you the different types of group integrated jobs and their respective average hours and wages.
Enclave jobs paid an average of $9 an hour, and those employed worked an average of 15 hours a week.
Mobile Work Crew positions paid an average of $9 an hour, and those employed worked an average of 10 hours a week.
Provider Owned Business jobs paid an average of $8 per hour, and those employed worked an average of 11 hours per week.
Group Integrated Job Types - Average Hours and Wages
Of the 1,518 people who have a group integrated job in Reporting Period 2023, 28% (425) were eligible to receive fringe benefits. Of the 425 people eligible to receive fringe benefits, 91% (386) were receiving at least one fringe benefit.
Of the 1,632 group integrated jobs, 30% (486) are eligible to receive at least one fringe benefit, and 91% (441) of those jobs are also receiving at least one benefit.
Group Integrated Employment - Fringe Benefits
The below visualization shows the breakdown of the fringe benefits for those who were in a group integrated job.
There is a filter for you to select a specific Reporting Period.
Of the 1,632 group integrated jobs in Reporting Period 2023, 30% (486) were eligible for fringe benefits.
Of those 486 jobs eligible to receive fringe benefits, 91% (441) provided at least one type of fringe benefit to the employee.
The treemap shows the different combinations of fringe benefits for those group integrated jobs that were receiving at least one type of benefit in the chosen Reporting Period.
The top three fringe benefits in Reporting Period 2023 were:
Paid Time Off (68%);
Employee Discounts and Paid Time Off (20%); and
Employee Discounts(9%).
Group Integrated Employment - Type of Fringe Benefits Received
The below line charts shows the overtime trends on whether or not an employer is also a Medicaid provider for group integrated jobs.
In Reporting Period 2023, 76% (1,234) of group integrated job employers were also a Medicaid provider. This is a 8% increase from Reporting Period 2022.