The Special Education Parents Alliance created an employment project seeking jobs in the business community for special education graduates and other persons with disabilities. The project serves learning disabled, educable mentally handicapped, trainable mentally handicapped, and physically disabled persons in DuPage County and portions of west suburban Cook County in Illinois. The program aims to secure individualized placements for each applicant according to his/her skills, special interests, and parental preferences. This report documents the history of the Alliance's involvement in the job development process and its uniqueness as a parent-initiated project with a high level of volunteer activity. To assist others in establishing similar programs, it discusses: (1) economic incentives available to employers through tax credits and training subsidies; (2) methods for acquiring funding; and (3) techniques used by a job coach in the process of job search, job placement, and job support, from the initial contact with the job applicant to the fading of job support. (JDD)