Spurred by the passage of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, the Social Security Administration is embarking on a number of return-to-work initiatives for disabled people on SSI or SSDI. Many of these programs will build on the lessons from this report, which...

The Medicaid Buy-In program, a state Medicaid option since the late 1990s, is designed to encourage adults with disabilities to work by allowing them to buy into Medicaid when their earnings exceed standard Medicaid eligibility limits. This article describes enrollment, expenditures, and...

There is a growing divergence between demands placed on the system for assisting people with disabilities and the data required to manage this system. A new brief from our Center for Studying Disability Policy seeks to stimulate discussion about the value of establishing a national disability...

This appendix reviews factors and questions employers can consider in employment decisions.

This rigorous study found that early intervention programs with a personal navigator can reduce dependence on federal disability benefits for adult workers with mental health conditions.

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.

This paper provides information on the services and supports used by workers with disabilities at risk of applying for disability insurance (DI) and helps build the evidence base for policies that enable workers with disabilities to avoid applying for DI and for the supports necessary to keep...

This study uses administrative data to examine trends in, and factors associated with, violations and reviolations of equal employment opportunity laws for federal contractors and the effectiveness of remedies and press releases to deter reviolations.

This study analyzes factors associated with transitions into and out of disconnectedness, which is defined as being disconnected from the labor market, welfare, and other substantial financial supports.