Where People Are Served

This page shows average number of regional center consumers receiving services statewide. In the last six years, there was an increase in individual placement supported employment, which is Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE). However, in 2023 there were only 50 more people in CIE than there were in 2018. There are far fewer people in group supported employment, and the number of people choosing Work Activity Programs (WAP) continues to decrease. Day and look alike day programs have increased over the years, but are showing a decline between 2019 and 2023.

Many day and look alike programs offer limited work experience to their clients. However, there is no data on how many clients work through these programs, how many hours a week they work, or what their hourly earnings are.

What this page shows us: Even though people want to work, and we know how to support them to work, the vast majority of service growth has been largely non-work programs. This means that most people who become adults go into non-work programs instead of employment services.

Fiscal Year Supported Employment Programs Individual Supported Employment Programs Group WAP Day & Look Alike Programs
08/09 5,065 5,863 11,110 51,067
09/10 4,841 5,903 10,826 53,056
10/11 4,684 5,932 10,610 54,387
11/12 4,506 5,425 10,295 56,768
12/13 4,345 5,589 10,241 59,661
13/14 4,341 5,729 10,035 62,862
14/15 4,373 5,912 9,629 66,040
15/16 4,462 5,986 9,141 69,286
16/17 5,064 5,839 7,838 72,005
17/18 5,787 5,700 6,932 71,372
18/19 6,542 5,441 6,122 74,014
19/20 6,860 5,145 4,874 73,986
20/21 6,353 4,486 3,789 72,251
21/22 6,565 4,276 2,829 71,925
22/23 5,831 3,556 2,073 66,845

 

This page displays the data three ways:

  1. The table above shows the numbers over the past ten years.
  2. The bar chart below shows how many people are in each service type, with the integrated employment options being a relatively small number at the bottom.
  3. The line chart below shows that integrated employment options are not going up, sheltered work is going down slowly, and day and look alike programs are increasing rapidly. Therefore, all the growth in working age day services is being absorbed by day and look alike programs.

Bar graph showing how many people are in each service type. 2008-2009 Day and Look Alike programs: 51,067 Work Activity Programs (WAP): 11,110 Supported Employment Programs Group: 5,863 Supported Employment Programs Individual: 5,065 2009-2010 Day and Look Alike programs: 53,056 Work Activity Programs (WAP): 10,826 Supported Employment Programs Group: 5,903 Supported Employment Programs Individual: 4,841 2010-2011 Day and Look Alike programs: 54,387 Work Activity Programs (WAP): 10,610 Supported Employment Programs Group: 5,932 Supported Employment Programs Individual: 4,684 2011-2012 Day and Look Alike programs: 56,768 Work Activity Programs (WAP): 10,295 Supported Employment Programs Group: 5,425 Supported Employment Programs Individual: 4,506 2012-2013 Day and Look Alike programs: 59,661 Work Activity Programs (WAP): 10,241 Supported Employment Programs Group: 5,589 Supported Employment Programs Individual: 4,345 2013-2014 Day and Look Alike programs: 62,862 Work Activity Programs (WAP): 10,035 Supported Employment Programs Group: 5,729 Supported Employment Programs Individual: 4,341 2014-2015 Day and Look Alike programs: 66,040 Work Activity Programs (WAP): 9,629 Supported Employment Programs Group: 5,912 Supported Employment Programs Individual: 4,373 2015-2016 Day and Look Alike programs: 69,286 Work Activity Programs (WAP): 9,141 Supported Employment Programs Group: 5,986 Supported Employment Programs Individual: 4,462 2016-2017 Day and Look Alike programs: 72,005 Work Activity Programs (WAP): 7,838 Supported Employment Programs Group: 5,839 Supported Employment Programs Individual: 5,064 2017-2018 Day and Look Alike Programs: 71,372 Work Activity Programs (WAP): 6,932 Supported Employment Programs Group: 5,700 Supported Employment Programs Individual: 5,787 2018-2019 Day and Look Alike Programs: 74,014 Work Activity Programs (WAP): 6,122 Supported Employment Programs Group: 5,441 Supported Employment Programs Individual: 6,542 2019-2020 Day and Look Alike Programs: 73,986 Work Activity Programs (WAP): 4,874 Supported Employment Programs Group: 5,145 Supported Employment Programs Individual: 6,860 2020-2021 Day and Look Alike Programs: 72,251 Work Activity Programs (WAP): 3,789 Supported Employment Programs Group: 4,486 Supported Employment Programs Individual: 6,353 2021-2022 Day and Look Alike Programs: 71,925 Work Activity Programs (WAP): 2,829 Supported Employment Programs Group: 4,276 Supported Employment Programs Individual: 6,656 2022-2023 Day and Look Alike Programs: 66,845 Work Activity Programs (WAP): 2.073 Supported Employment Programs Group: 3,556 Supported Employment Programs Individual 5,831

 

Line graph shows that integrated employment options are not going up, sheltered work is going down slowly, and day and look alike programs are increasing rapidly.


Note: SEP-G=950, SEP-I=952; WAP=954; Day & Look Alikes: 055,063,505,510,515
Regional Centers have up to 3 years to update their POS data, hence FY 22/23 is incomplete.
Source: DDS Research Section’s Analysis of State Claims File for FY 17/18 through FY 22/23
Data was extracted March 2023


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