Statewide Perspective

There were 39,164 people represented in the OTS application for the 2023 Reporting Period. This is a 2% increase from Reporting Period 2022.

Many of those 39,164 people had multiple Questionnaires from multiple Adult Day and Employment Service Providers, meaning they could have more than one response in their questionnaire. For Reporting Period 2023, there were 44,876 Questionnaires created. This is a 3% increase from Reporting Period 2022.

We had a statewide completion rate of 62% for Reporting Period 2019, a completion rate of 73% in Reporting Period 2020, a completion rate of 72% in Reporting Period 2021, and a 75% completion rate in Reporting Period 2022. Most recently in Reporting Period 2023, we had a 79% statewide completion rate, which is by far our best. The Department of Developmental Disabilities appreciates your hard work and commends you on a 79% statewide completion rate!

The heat map below shows which counties people were pulled into OTS and for whichever Reporting Period you select, by using the 'Reporting Period' filter. People were pulled into the OTS application if they resided in an Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) or received an Adult Day and/or Employment Service.

The more people that are represented, the darker the color of the county.

You may also filter this map by 'Questionnaire Status'. When using this filter, it will show the distribution of people based upon their Questionnaire status. When you hover over a particular county, it will show you the breakdown of Questionnaires and the Status, and it will also give you the distinct count of people for that county.

A person may have more than one Questionnaire, which is why you will see that the counts of Questionnaires are often higher than the count of people.

If you wish to see those people that reside in an Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) and the respective counts of Questionnaires, you will use the 'Person resides in an ICF' filter.

When filtering, if a county is not represented on the map, it means that the county did not have any counts represented with that filtering criteria.

Statewide Perspective Map

The majority of people represented in the OTS for Reporting Periods 2019 and 2020 were in the 30-39 and 40-49 age groupings. However, in Reporting Periods 2021 through 2023, you can see that the 22-29 age groupings increase and the 40-49 age groupings decrease.

Ages

We saw a 2% increase in the number of people represented in OTS, and a 3% increase in the number of questionnaires for Reporting Period 2023.

Number of People and Questionnaires

For Reporting Period 2023, you can see with this visualization that there were 16,922 people employed, and 15,958 people not employed statewide.

This is a 13% increase in those not employed, and a 17% increase in those employed from Reporting Period 2019.

Employed vs. Not Employed

Job Category Definitions

Facility-Based Employment is when a person is receiving employment services in a setting where the majority of employees have a disability and are receiving continuous job-related supports and supervision.

Examples of facility-based employment include:

Sheltered workshops
Work activity centers
Extended employment programs

Competitive Employment is when all the following is met:

Work is performed on a full-time or part-time basis
The person is compensated at least minimum wage, or is not less than the customary rate paid by the employer for the same or similar work performed by other employees who do not have a disability
The person is eligible for the level of benefits provided to other full-time and part-time employees
The job is considered integrated, which means that it occurs at a location where the person interacts with persons without disabilities to the same extent possible who are not receiving home and community-based waiver services.

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.

Self Employment is those who operate their own business with or without supports.

The below visualization shows the last five years of employment data for each job category.

There has been a 25% increase in the number of people working in an Individual Competitive Job since Reporting Period 2019.

There has been a 34% decrease in the number of people working in a Group Integrated Job since Reporting Period 2019.

There has been a 28% decrease in the number of people working in a Facility-Based Job since Reporting Period 2019.

There has been a 231% increase in the number of people working in Self-Employment since Reporting Period 2019.

Job Categories

This visualization shows the break down of each job category and the respective hours and wages over the last 5 Reporting Periods.

People in Facility-Based work earned an average of $6.72 per hour and worked an average of 9 hours per week in Reporting Period 2023. There was a 0% change in the average number of hours worked from Reporting Period 2022.

For those working in a Group Integrated job, they averaged 15 hours per week and $10.21 an hour in Reporting Period 2023.

People working in an Individual Competitive job earned $12.54 an hour and worked an average of 21 hours per week. There was a 0% change in the average number of hours worked from Reporting Period 2022 to Reporting Period 2023.

Those Self-Employed worked 10 hours per week earning on average $11.48 per hour in Reporting Period 2023.