Youth Transition Demonstration Shows Promise for Improving Employment Outcomes of Youth with Disabilities, But Can They Be Replicated and Sustained? (Snapshot)
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Youth Transition Demonstration Shows Promise for Improving Employment Outcomes of Youth with Disabilities, But Can They Be Replicated and Sustained? (Snapshot)

Published: Nov 30, 2013
Publisher: Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research
Human Services Disability Transition to Adulthood
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Youth Transition Demonstration: Helping Youth with Disabilities Become Employed

Time frame: 2005-2014

Prepared for:

Social Security Administration

Authors

David Wittenburg

Designed to help youth with disabilities maximize their economic self-sufficiency as they move from school to work.

Supports

  • Work-based experiences
  • Youth empowerment
  • Family involvement
  • System linkages
  • SSA waivers and benefits counseling

The Social Security Administration sponsored 10 YTD projects around the country. Mathematica is conducting the impact evaluation for six sites in which youth with disabilities were assigned by lottery to YTD Support and Usual Support groups. This sheet presents employment results for Year 1. Results for Year 3 are pending.


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