Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)—the main federal program providing cash assistance to workers with disabilities—is facing a major fiscal crisis. This brief discusses an approach to a long-term solution using a work support policy that could reduce entry into the program...

This introduction offers a context for the articles in this thematic series by providing an overview of the programs that provide cash and in-kind supports to people with disabilities in the United States, summarizes the increasing reliance on these programs, and describes the challenges...