Do In-Person Interviews Reduce Bias in a Mixed-Mode Survey of Persons with Disabilities?

For people with certain disabilities, completing an interview by telephone or mail may be difficult or impossible, making in-person interviews necessary.

The Prevalence of Obesity Among Recent Applicants to Federal Disability Programs

In this brief, we use data from the Social Security Administration’s Electronic Disability Collect System to examine obesity prevalence among adult applicants to federal disability programs from 2007 through 2013. We compare these trends to those observed for all working-age adults over the same period.

Evaluation of the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program in 2011: Beneficiaries Served Services Provided and Program Costs

This report is the third in a series of reports on the activities of Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) program grantees, covering services provided in calendar year 2011. During that time, the program provided first-time services to nearly 43,000 beneficiaries, including just over 18,000...

Survey and Research Instruments that Address the Health Effects of Caregiving

The Impact of Benefits Counseling and Vocational Rehabilitation on Employment and Earnings

This study used data from Connecticut to assess whether benefits counseling (BC), vocational rehabilitation (VR), or a combination had the most positive effect on employment. Using linked state data including unemployment insurance wage records, employment and earnings outcomes after receipt of service...

Executive Summary of the Sixth Ticket to Work Evaluation Report

This summary presents key findings from four studies conducted under the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program (TTW) evaluation through 2012. The studies focus on the employment efforts of working-age (age 18 to full retirement age) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Disability Insurance (DI)...

BOND Implementation and Evaluation: First-Year Snapshot of Earnings and Benefit Impacts for Stage 1

Sampling Plan and 18-Month Follow-Up Survey Plan for the National Evaluation of PROMISE Demonstration Programs

Transitions and Vocational Rehabilitation Success: Tracking Outcomes for Different Types of Youth

Recent federal policy changes require vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies to increase the share of spending they allocate to services for specific types of transition-age youth, though limited information exists about the outcomes for these different types.

Job Loss After Injury or Illness: Making Stakeholders More Accountable

This brief summarizes key policy recommendations from the full report: “Establishing Accountability to Reduce Job Loss After Injury or Illness,” which is part of the Stay-at-Work/Return-to-Work Policy Collaborative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy.