This article examines the impacts of the Youth Transition Demonstration, an initiative of the Social Security Administration (SSA) to improve employment outcomes for youth with disabilities.

The authors use new data from the National Survey of SSI Children and Families to study the transition period for a cohort of child Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients after redetermination of benefits at age 18. The article examines differences between those who do not receive...

This report provides statistics on employment and benefit outcomes for Ticket to Work (TTW) participants since program inception in 2002 and compares them to outcomes for other Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries.

This issues brief summarizes the Social Security Disability Insurance Program. Program eligibility and application, caseload growth, benefit amounts, and return-to-work incentives are discussed.

Despite decades of growth in federal disability expenditures, the economic status of people with disabilities has eroded relative to the status of those without disabilities. Rather than tighten eligibility or reduce program benefits to slow expenditure growth, this article outlines an...