DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION FOR PROMOTING SUPPORTED WORK OPPORTUNITIES

BPA WILL INVESTIGATE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING A FULLMANAGEMENT SUPPORT STRUCTURE TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPPORTED WORK PROGRAMS, AND TO ASSIST IN THE WIDESSPREADUSE OF THIS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TRAINING MODEL. WE WILL INDEN- TIFY THE KEY DIMENSION OF THE MODEL AND STUDY BEST PRACTICES. WE WILL TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THE PROGRAM CAN BE OPERATED COST-EFFECTIVELY ENOUGH AND IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS EMPLOYERS ENOUGH THAT IT NEED NOT BE PUBLICLY SUPPORTED, BUTMAY BE OPERATED ON A FOR-PROFIT SELF-SUSTAINING BASIS. USING A COMBINATION OF INTENSIVE ON-SITE STUDY OF EXISTING PROGRAMS, WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSIONS WITH EXPERTS NATIONWIDE , COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS, AND REVIEW OF EXISTING INFOR MATION, WE WILL DESIGN AND TEST PROTOTYPE MANAGEMENT SUPPORTMATERIALS AND SYSTEMS.