The Great Recession (December 2007 to June 2009) had far-reaching impacts on the U.S. economy, but it likely had a different effect on beneficiaries of the Social Security Administration (SSA) disability programs than on other working-age individuals. This data brief describes the experiences of...

The federal government collects extensive disability survey and administrative data used by federal and state agencies for a variety of purposes. This report presents the findings from a review of the disability-related information and other key features of 40 existing national surveys sponsored...

This report presents the sampling design and data collection activities for round 4 (2010) of the Social Security Administration’s National Beneficiary Survey (NBS). It also provides descriptive statistics on working-age individuals receiving Supplemental Security Income and Social Security...

This report presents the sampling design and data collection activities for round 4 (2010) of the Social Security Administration’s National Beneficiary Survey (NBS). It also provides descriptive statistics on working-age individuals receiving Supplemental Security Income and Social...

The federal government collects extensive disability survey and administrative data used by federal and state agencies for a variety of purposes. This report presents the findings from a review of the disability-related information and other key features of 40 existing national surveys sponsored...

Using Social Security Administration data, this paper presents findings from a longitudinal analysis of the extent to which new Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability beneficiaries return to work and use SSI work incentives. Longitudinal statistics show that more than 8 percent of those...

This study for the USDA Food and Nutrition Service was conducted to determine existing measures for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program modernization initiatives, including call centers, online systems, document imaging, kiosks, partnering, waiving the face-to-face interview, shortened...

This report provides details on how each of the 45 states measures performance modernization initiatives for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and describes the performance standards in use.

This report compares the characteristics and outcomes of two cohorts of TTW participants—one whose members assigned their Tickets before the implementation of the revised regulations of 2008, and one whose members assigned their Tickets after. Compared with the pre-regulation-change...