This paper examines how local deprivation relates to child Supplemental Security Income (SSI) participation. It uses Social Security Administration data on child SSI participation at the Census tract and county levels. It also uses American Community Survey data to construct a measure of...

Youth with behavioral disorders and mental disorders are much less likely to receive SSI at age 19.

This paper provides an analysis of the dynamics of the transition of child Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients into adulthood, using linked 2001-2002 National Survey of Children and Families survey and Social Security Administration administrative data. The authors examine the...

The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, a federal income support program administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA), which includes children under age 18 with disabilities in low-income households, has grown in recent years.

Details interventions and presents three case studies to illustrate how youth can benefit.

Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health as a framework, this paper identifies definitions of disability for transition-age youth that can be used to compare and contrast statistics on the characteristics and outcomes of this population across different surveys.

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...