Wisconsin’s bi-partisan Employment First legislation recognizes community integrated employment as a priority for people with disabilities. Wisconsin families want more competitive integrated employment choices; increasing the number of people with disabilities working in the community is one of seven priority issues BPDD focuses on in our 2019-21 state budget and policy platform.

Recommendations include:

• creating a one-time grant program to help long-term care employment service providers change their policies, practices, and business models to increase the number of individuals transitioning into sustained competitive-wage community jobs
• creating individual independence accounts that provides matching dollars for youth to finance work-related expenses
• making sure people with I/DD who do not meet the nursing home level of care have access to employment supports

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