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Workforce Development Focus on People with Disabilities in Washington

Office of FInancial Management (OFM), 2008 State Population Survey, aged 18 to 64.

Unemployment rate is based on the OFM State Population Survey and is not the official unemployment rate for the state.

Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind are not represented as, by definition, 100% have disabilities.

Training Results for 2005/2006 Program Year. Numbers are rounded.

Wages and Earnings of People with Disabilities After Entering Workforce Programs

Hourly			Annually			Percent Difference Between Disabled and Non-disabled
	Disabled	Non-Disabled		Disabled	Non-Disabled	Hourly	Annually
Adult Basic Education	$9.68	$10.34	Adult Basic Education	$12750.00	$17751.60	-6%	-28%
Worker Retraining	13.64	15.36	Worker Retraining	22935.30	28025.60	-11%	-18%
Private Career Schools	13.49	13.00	Private Career Schools	19690.50	22174.90	4%	-11%
Vocational Rehabilitation	9.59	n\a	Vocational Rehabilitation	11711.40	n/a	n/a	n/a
Secondary CTE	9.20	9.17	Secondary CTE	12136.80	10452.40	0%	16%
CTC Job Preparatory	12.44	14.35	CTC Job Preparatory	20127.40	25433.10	-13%	-21%
WIA Adults	12.00	11.94	WIA Adults	18103.00	20964.00	1%	-14%
WIA Dislocated Workers	14.56	16.14	WIA Dislocated Workers	23512.00	30366.20	-10%	-23%
WIA Youth	8.65	8.93	WIA Youth	8240.30	10644.60	-3%	-23%
Workfirst	9.20	9.68	Workfirst	9628.40	13527.60	-5%	-29%
Services for the Blind	11.74	n/a	Services for the Blind	17996.90	n/a	n/a	n/a

Workforce Training Results for 2005/2006 Program Year and Employment Security Department. Wages and earnings data are inflation adjusted to first quarter 2007 dollars.

Employment Rates after Leaving Workforce Programs

	Disabled	Non-Disabled
Adult Basic Ed.	39%	58%
WIA Adults	66	75
Services for the Blind	47	n/a
Vocational Rehabilitation	45	n/a
WIA Dislocated Workers	68	79
Secondary CTE	28	35
CTC Job Preparatory	55	72
Private Career Schools	64	69
Work First	35	54
Worker Retraining	58	74
WIA Youth	54	60

Workforce Training Results for 2005/2006 Program Year and Employment Security Department. Information is based on participant employment rate three quarters after exiting a program.