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This report analyzes Florida's use of Medicaid for community inclusion of individuals with developmental disabilities. The Florida Provider Network surveyed eight agencies regarding their services, turnover rates, staffing, and salaries related to supported employment and Adult Day Training (ADT). Key findings include an average of 103 individuals served in ADT and 85 in supported employment per agency. The report also highlights workforce challenges, including a 32% annual turnover rate among job coaches and variations in salary levels. This data is crucial for enhancing community inclusion strategies.
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National News: UCP Inclusion Survey • How well do states utilize Medicaid for community inclusion for people with developmental disabilities?
Florida Provider Networkhttp://www.flse.net/flprovidernetwork/fnp.asp
Services • All eight responding agencies report serving people in supported employment • Seven of eight provide ADT services. • The average number of people in ADT per agency was 103, and the average in Supported Employment was 85* * skewed by three organizations that have large ADT centers.
Services • The median size is 106 for ADT, and 30 for Supported Employment. • In total, FPN respondents served 719 individuals in ADT and 676 in Supported Employment.
Staffing • The median job coach staffing was 5.5 per organization. • Range from 1 to 32, with a total of 64 job coaches among the eight agencies. • Four agencies utilized a separate position for job development.
Turnover • In the last six months, eight agencies reported eight job coaches had left their employ, or approximately a 16% turnover rate semi-annually. • Translates to a 32% annual turnover rate. • There were three reported turnovers in job developers.
Salaries • There was a wide range of reported salaries for job coaches and job developers. • Average job coach entry-level salary was $20,173, with the media being $22,380. • The maximum job coach average salary was $25,900, and the median for the maximum was $26,791.
Salaries • Job developers on average earn more, with the average entry salary being about $5000 more than job coaches. • The maximum job developer salary was $32,468, about $6500 more than job coaches.
Caseload • Caseload refers to how many people are being served per each job coach. • The average caseload in supported employment was 17.5 • Range from a low of 10 to a high of 25.
Hiring Practices • What attributes were most important when hiring a new community employment staff as a Job Coach ?
Job Placements • Placed 497 individuals in community jobs in the last six months. • About 100 job losses over the same period, or approximately a semi-annual rate of 20% job loss per total placements.* • The median job placement rate per agency was 11, and the median job loss rate per agency was 3. * (Note this number does not refer to the expected annualized job loss of the entire pool of place workers; it just compares job placement rates to job loss rates.)
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