The Youth Transition Demonstration is developing and evaluating promising strategies to help youth with disabilities become as economically self-sufficient as possible as they transition from school to work. This report offers six implementation lessons to help policymakers and administrators...

This working paper presents new state-level statistics on the outcomes for a cohort of transition-age youth with disabilities who applied for vocational rehabilitation (VR) services from 2004 through 2006. Across states, the percentage of transition-age youth applying for VR services ranged from...

The Ticket to Work (TTW) program was designed to promote employment by enhancing the market for services that help people receiving disability benefits become economically self-sufficient. To date, the Social Security Administration has successfully begun the market enhancement process by...

PROMISE—Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (SSI)—is designed to address many of the barriers to economic independence SSI youth and their families face and, ultimately, to promote positive changes in educational and employment outcomes and reduce reliance...

This working paper examines the potential changes in the disparities in employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) and other benefits between low- and high-wage workers under health reform. The analysis suggests that potential changes firms make in compensation could decrease disparities between...

This is the third and final report on the national Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE) evaluation. Authorized under the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, the program awards funds to states to develop, implement, and evaluate early interventions...

"The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Analysis Plan for Interim Reports." In partnership with the Social Security Administration, Mathematica is leading an evaluation of the Youth Transition Demonstration, an initiative to evaluate strategies to help...