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Rural Veterans at a Glance
Farrigan, Tracey; Cromartie, John - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2013
Nearly 4 million veterans reside in rural (nonmetropolitan) America. They are a rapidly aging and increasingly diverse group of men and women who still comprise over 10 percent of rural adults despite consistently declining numbers.
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Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Return-to-Work Programs (Issue Brief)
Ben-Shalom, Yonatan - Mathematica Policy Research - 2015
Each year, millions of workers in the United States develop a chronic illness, disability, or other serious medical … may end up relying on public programs such as Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Supplemental Security Income …
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BOND Implementation and Evaluation: Process Study Report
Derr, Michelle; Hoffman, Denise; Berk, Jillian; Person, Ann - Mathematica Policy Research - 2015
The Benefit Offset National Demonstration (BOND) tests variants of Social Security Disability Insurance program rules …
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The Child SSI Program and the Changing Safety Net
Wittenburg, David; Tambornino, John; Brown, Elizabeth; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2015
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.
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Elimination of Medicare's Waiting Period for Seriously Disabled Adults: Impact on Coverage and Costs
Dale, Stacy Berg; Verdier, James M. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2003
Over 1.2 million seriously disabled Americans under age 65—including as many as 400,000 without health insurance—are currently in the two-year waiting period for Medicare coverage, according to this new report. Eliminating this waiting period would provide stable health insurance...
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Striking While the Iron is Hot: The Effect of Vocational Rehabilitation Service Wait Times on Employment Outcomes for Applicants Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits
Honeycutt, Todd; Stapleton, David - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013
services. This study explores the effect of waiting for VR services on employment outcomes for Social Security Disability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261987
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Fiscal Austerity and the Transition to Twenty-First Century Disability Policy: A Road Map
Mann, David R.; Stapleton, David C. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2011
This project includes seven research studies to support University of New Hampshire’s Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Employment Policy and Measurement. These This project includes studies to expand knowledge of the effects of program incentives on employment outcomes of...
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Successfully Implementing SOAR: Lessons Learned from Six States
Kauff, Jacqueline; Brown, Jonathan - Mathematica Policy Research - 2010
Recovery (SOAR) initiative, a program to improve access to disability benefits for people who are homeless. …
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Effective Employment Services for Persons with Mental Retardation
Decker, Paul T.; Thornton, Craig - Mathematica Policy Research - 1996
Evidence from the Social Security Administration's Transitional Employment Training Demonstration indicates that the overall performance of supported employment programs can be improved through program models that emphasize flexible and persistent services.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262171
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Health Capital and Human Capital as Explanations for Health-Related Wage Disparities
Gilleskie, Donna; Hoffman, Denise - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014
disability are 23 percent more likely to change occupations or employers than nondisabled men. Compared to those who do not make … a transition, workers with a moderate disability who change occupations and employers experience an immediate $0 ….30 decline in hourly wages on top of a $0.57 decline associated with the disability onset. …
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