Program Participation

Assessing the Need for a National Disability Survey: Final Report. Executive Summary

Purpose of the Report This is the final report of a project that assesses the need for developing and fielding another national disability survey data collection effort. It presents the findings from three principal project activities designed to assess whether existing data are sufficient to answer key disability-related research questions iden

Assessing the Need for a National Disability Survey: Final Report. Acronyms

ACS American Community Survey Add Health National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health ADL Activities of Daily Living AHS

Assessing the Need for a National Disability Survey: Final Report

This is the final report of a project that assesses the need for developing and fielding another national disability survey data collection effort. It presents the findings from three principal project activities designed to assess whether existing data are sufficient to answer key disability-related research questions identified by the staffs of

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Characteristics of Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Programs: Implications for Evaluation Design. Appendix B. Site Summaries

Development Services Incorporated Program Sponsor: Development Services Incorporated Apprenticeship Occupation: Direct Support Specialist (DSS)

6.5. Partner Perspectives on the Long-Term Care

Characteristics of Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Programs: Implications for Evaluation Design. 6.5. Partner Perspectives on the Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Program

Almost all interviewed apprentices had very positive feedback for the program. While many commented that learning the material requires substantial effort, almost all considered this effort worthwhile and the unpaid time for classes well spent. Many of the apprentices interviewed said that they recognized the improvement in their skills learned du

6.4. Apprentice Perspectives on the Long-Term

Characteristics of Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Programs: Implications for Evaluation Design. 6.4. Apprentice Perspectives on the Long-Term Care Registered Apprenticeship Program

Almost all interviewed apprentices had very positive feedback for the program. While many commented that learning the material requires substantial effort, almost all considered this effort worthwhile and the unpaid time for classes well spent. Many of the apprentices interviewed said that they recognized the improvement in their skills learned du

Feasibility of Expanding Self-Directed Services to People with Serious Mental Illness. 5.2. Independence, Employment, Education, and Health

SDC participants would be expected to have greater functional and residential independence and greater participation in competitive employment and education compared to participants in traditional mental health services. SDC programs are designed to advance these recovery goals through the person-centered planning process. SDC would, for example,

Feasibility of Expanding Self-Directed Services to People with Serious Mental Illness. Executive Summary

Self-directed care (SDC) is an innovative program model for persons with disabilities, in which participants control an individual budget and are empowered to customize their own service plans in accordance with their preferences. The SDC approach has been used extensively to serve individuals with long-term service and support needs, including th

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2006. Chapter II. Indicators of Dependence

Following the format of the previous annual reports to Congress, Chapter II presents summary data related to indicators of dependence. These indicators differ from other welfare statistics because of their emphasis on welfare dependence, rather than simple welfare receipt.

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2006. Data Sources

The primary data sources for this report are the Current Population Survey (CPS), the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) and administrative data for the AFDC/TANF, Food Stamp and SSI programs. Beginning with the 2001 report, there was a shift to using CPS rather than SIPP data for several i

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2006. Executive Summary

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare annual reports to Congress on indicators and predictors of welfare dependence. The 2006 Indicators of Welfare Dependence , the ninth annual report, provides welfare dependence indicators through 2003, reflecting changes that have taken place si

C. Identifying Treatment and Comparison Samples

Non-Elderly Disabled Category 2 Housing Choice Voucher Program: An Implementation and Impact Analysis. C. Identifying Treatment and Comparison Samples

Our empirical analysis was based on identifying nursing facility residents in treatment and comparison areas and comparing differences in community transition rates before and during the period of voucher availability. Accordingly, we begin this subsection by describing the selection of treatment and comparison areas. We then describe the process

Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities. References

Adler, D., T. McLaughlin, W. Rogers, H. Chang, L. Lapitsky, & D. Lerner. "Job Deficits Due to Depression." American Journal of Psychiatry , 2006, pp.1569-1576. Altarum Institute. "Analysis of Affordable Care Act in Relation to the Employment of Persons with Disabilities."Ann Arbor, MI: Altarum Institute, 2010a.

Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities. B. Results

1. Demographic characteristics of SSDI applicants and at-risk group members.

Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities. A. Introduction

In this chapter, we describe the employment and program-participation patterns of people with disabilities before they applied for SSDI. ASPE is interested in understanding these characteristics so it can recommend policies and programs to help potential applicants remain in the workforce, thereby stemming the growth in the SSDI rolls. To uncover

Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities. B. Purpose of the Report

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) funded the Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities Project. The purpose of this project is to identify policy measures that are barriers or facilitators to employment

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2007. Indicator 10. Events Associated with the Beginning and Ending of Program Spells

Figure IND 10a. Trigger Events Associated with Single Mother TANF Entries during the 2001-2003 Period Source: Unpublished tabulations from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2001 panel.

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