AN EXPLORATORY RESOURCE-ALLOCATION MODEL FOR IMPLEMENTING SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

The purpose of this paper is to provide an exploratory resource alloca tion model for projecting the resource allocations necessary to implem ent community-based supported employment services to persons with ment al retardation. The model relied on a survey of regional adult service and public school providers to obtain an estimate of the costs and ti me-lines required for job development. A multi-variate linear regressi on model was used to project the hours that would be required to devel op a job site based on the size of the community, the rate of unemploy ment, and the percent of service jobs. The extant literature was used as a basis for projecting the costs and time-lines for job coaching an d follow-along. An applied example of the model is provided.