The goal of the Resource Partnership is to improve the quality of life of individuals with disabilities through employment, while providing a highly professional service to the business community.
The Resource Partnership assists individuals with a wide range of abilities, and disabilities, to obtain, maintain and advance in employment, consistent with their skill sets and qualifications and needs of the current labor market.
Additionally, the Resource Partnership assists companies to develop and implement practical and effective disability employment practices. We offer an array of professional consulting services in the areas of recruitment, retention, outplacement, education/training, and business-to-business networking.
Resource Partnership programs and services include:
Resource Partnership Data 1991-2005 (unless the year is specified) |
|
General |
|
Placement Rate |
75% (clients placed in 737 companies in MA) |
Unemployed at Enrollment |
91.3% |
Unemployed at Enrollment for more than 6 months |
68.7% |
Average Length in the Program Before Hire |
5 months |
Average Full Time Hourly Earnings (>=40hrs/wk) |
$11.33/hour |
Average Part Time Hourly Earnings (<40hrs/wk) |
$10.15/hour |
Average Hourly Earnings (2004) |
$15.75 |
Median Change in Earnings (Full Time Employees) |
From $0/hour at enrollment to $11.80/hour at hire |
Job Retention rate |
6 months--85%; 12 months--75% |
Yearly Turnover Rate (2005) |
25% (compared to national of 40.9%) |
Client Profile |
|
Male |
51.5% |
Female |
48.5% |
Caucasian |
86.90% (MA general 2005 - 84.5%) |
African American |
6.9% (MA general 2005 - 5.4%) |
Hispanic |
5.1% (MA general - 6.8%) |
Other |
1.1% |
Psychiatric/Emotional Disabilities |
46.1% |
Systems Diseases |
17.5% |
Non-Spinal Cord/Orthopedic Disabilities |
13.5% |
Cognitive Disabilities |
10.2% |
Other (Hearing, visual, RBI, Sensory) |
12.6% |
Placement Occupations |
|
Office & Admin Support (ex. Financial Clerks, Admin. Support) |
29.6% |
Service (ex. Healthcare Support, Protective Service) |
23.6% |
Professional & Related (ex. Engineers, Scientists) |
21% |
Sales & Related (ex. Sales Representative, Travel Agents) |
8.9% |
Other (Production, Transportation, Management, Construction) |
16.9% |
BenePLAN (2000-2005) |
|
BenePLAN Plans |
1,552 BenePLANs (776 Plans per each specialist) |
PASS Plans |
38 |
In the United States, over 54 million Americans, or 1 in 5 individuals, have a disability; this represents 20 percent of the American population.
"The unemployment rate for Americans with Disabilities hovers at 70 percent. Home ownership rates are in the single digits. And Internet access for Americans with disabilities is half that of people without disabilities."
(President George W. Bush quote from Fulfilling America's Promise to Americans with Disabilities)
Only 27.8 percent of working age people with work disabilities have jobs, compared to 76.3% of those without disabilities.
(Source: Disability Statistics Abstract, 1/96)
13.4 percent unemployment rate for the 5.4 million labor force participants with work disabilities, a figure more than twice as high as the 5.6 percent unemployment rate for people without work disabilities.
(Source: Disability Statistics Abstract, 1/96)
The Resource Partnership
251 West Central Street, Suite 31, Natick, MA 01760
P) 508.647.1722 Toll-Free) 1.877.YES.WORK F) 508.647.9622 TTY) 508.652.7284
info@resourcepartnership.org
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