Searching for just a few words should be enough to get started. If you need to make more complex queries, use the tips below to guide you.
Issue title: Successful Innovations for Improving VR Outcomes: Findings from the Substantial Gainful Activity Demonstration
Guest editors: Susan Foley and Purvi Sevak
Article type: Research Article
Authors: Kehn, Matthew | Honeycutt, Todd; *
Affiliations: Mathematica, Princeton, NJ, USA
Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Todd Honeycutt, Mathematica P.O. Box 2393, Princeton NJ 08543-2392, USA. Tel.: +1 609 945 3397; E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: BACKGROUND:In 2015, the state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency in Minnesota was one of two agencies that implemented the Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) Project demonstration, whose innovations were designed to improve employment outcomes of nonblind VR clients receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. OBJECTIVE:To present findings on the implementation experiences and the impacts the innovations had on service and employment outcomes. METHODS:The evaluation involved qualitative and quantitative methods from an office-level randomization design. Using interview and administrative data, we assessed implementation and impacts on service pacing, client engagement, and employment. RESULTS:Clients at treatment sites experienced shorter times for developing an individualized plan for employment and were less likely to drop out of services early, but the intervention had no impacts on employment or earnings. As a result of the intervention, agency leadership and staff changed their perceptions of the initial plan for employment, the value of site-based job placement staff, and Social Security Administration benefits knowledge. CONCLUSIONS:The SGA Project innovations generated positive impacts on key service delivery and client outcomes. Evaluation findings and staff experiences in implementing the innovations suggest a number of implications for other VR agencies interested in adopting features of the SGA Project innovations.
Keywords: Vocational rehabilitation, disability, SSDI, SGA, employment
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-201107
Journal: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 307-317, 2020
IOS Press, Inc.
6751 Tepper Drive
Clifton, VA 20124
USA
Tel: +1 703 830 6300
Fax: +1 703 830 2300
[email protected]
For editorial issues, like the status of your submitted paper or proposals, write to [email protected]
IOS Press
Nieuwe Hemweg 6B
1013 BG Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 688 3355
Fax: +31 20 687 0091
[email protected]
For editorial issues, permissions, book requests, submissions and proceedings, contact the Amsterdam office [email protected]
Inspirees International (China Office)
Ciyunsi Beili 207(CapitaLand), Bld 1, 7-901
100025, Beijing
China
Free service line: 400 661 8717
Fax: +86 10 8446 7947
[email protected]
For editorial issues, like the status of your submitted paper or proposals, write to [email protected]
如果您在出版方面需要帮助或有任何建, 件至: [email protected]