Funding employment inclusion for Ontario youth with disabilities: a theoretical cost-benefit model
Early engagement in employment-related activities is associated with greater lifetime labor force attachment, which correlates with positive health, social, and quality of life outcomes. People with disabilities often require vocational intervention to enter and remain in the workforce and reap the...
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| author | Laura R. Bowman Carolyn McDougall Carolyn McDougall René Doucet Brendon Pooran Ying Xu Jeannette Campbell |
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| description | Early engagement in employment-related activities is associated with greater lifetime labor force attachment, which correlates with positive health, social, and quality of life outcomes. People with disabilities often require vocational intervention to enter and remain in the workforce and reap the employment-related health and social benefits. Their labor force attachment brings about the added societal-level benefits of increased tax contributions and reduced social assistance funding. Reason and evidence both support the need for early intervention to facilitate young people with disabilities’ workforce entry. Based on available evidence and best practices, and in conjunction with expert input, a cost–benefit model was constructed to provide support for public investment in early employment intervention by demonstrating the societal-level benefits that could be projected. Results indicate the potential benefits for investment in early, targeted employment intervention at a societal level. Two personas were crafted to demonstrate the lifetime societal-level impact of investment in intervention for an individual with disabilities. The results provide relevant arguments for advocates, policy makers, program directors, and people entering adulthood with disabilities to understand the benefits of investing in interventions with the goal of long-term public savings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7e99b9355c14ec4b5c2789d24003b2c2024-04-10T13:11:51ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sociology2297-77752024-04-01910.3389/fsoc.2024.12810881281088Funding employment inclusion for Ontario youth with disabilities: a theoretical cost-benefit modelLaura R. Bowman0Carolyn McDougall1Carolyn McDougall2René Doucet3Brendon Pooran4Ying Xu5Jeannette Campbell6Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON, CanadaHolland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON, CanadaOccupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaChronicle Analytics, Toronto, ON, CanadaChronicle Analytics, Toronto, ON, CanadaHolland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON, CanadaOntario Disability Employment Network, Whitby, ON, CanadaEarly engagement in employment-related activities is associated with greater lifetime labor force attachment, which correlates with positive health, social, and quality of life outcomes. People with disabilities often require vocational intervention to enter and remain in the workforce and reap the employment-related health and social benefits. Their labor force attachment brings about the added societal-level benefits of increased tax contributions and reduced social assistance funding. Reason and evidence both support the need for early intervention to facilitate young people with disabilities’ workforce entry. Based on available evidence and best practices, and in conjunction with expert input, a cost–benefit model was constructed to provide support for public investment in early employment intervention by demonstrating the societal-level benefits that could be projected. Results indicate the potential benefits for investment in early, targeted employment intervention at a societal level. Two personas were crafted to demonstrate the lifetime societal-level impact of investment in intervention for an individual with disabilities. The results provide relevant arguments for advocates, policy makers, program directors, and people entering adulthood with disabilities to understand the benefits of investing in interventions with the goal of long-term public savings.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1281088/fullemployment participationyouth with disabilitiesearly interventioncost-benefit modelingsocietal-level benefit |
| spellingShingle | Laura R. Bowman Carolyn McDougall Carolyn McDougall René Doucet Brendon Pooran Ying Xu Jeannette Campbell Funding employment inclusion for Ontario youth with disabilities: a theoretical cost-benefit model Frontiers in Sociology employment participation youth with disabilities early intervention cost-benefit modeling societal-level benefit |
| title | Funding employment inclusion for Ontario youth with disabilities: a theoretical cost-benefit model |
| title_full | Funding employment inclusion for Ontario youth with disabilities: a theoretical cost-benefit model |
| title_fullStr | Funding employment inclusion for Ontario youth with disabilities: a theoretical cost-benefit model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Funding employment inclusion for Ontario youth with disabilities: a theoretical cost-benefit model |
| title_short | Funding employment inclusion for Ontario youth with disabilities: a theoretical cost-benefit model |
| title_sort | funding employment inclusion for ontario youth with disabilities a theoretical cost benefit model |
| topic | employment participation youth with disabilities early intervention cost-benefit modeling societal-level benefit |
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