Employment issues are the focus of policy research on working-age adults with disabilities but are intertwined with health care, accommodation, parenting, and other issues.
Our work in this area includes studies of state vocational rehabilitation services, the Ticket to Work program, and other Social Security Administration initiatives designed to promote employment, as well as studies of customized and supported employment models.
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Testing Promising Vocational Rehabilitation Innovations: Special Journal Issue Explores the Substantial Gainful Activity Project Demonstration
A special issue of the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation tells the story of the Substantial Gainful Activity Project (SGA Project), a demonstration supported by the Rehabilitation Service Administration to test the effectiveness of an intervention implemented at state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies in Kentucky and Minnesota.
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