Disability Research
Disability Research
Empowering people with disabilities through research, demonstrations, and employment support
Research & Demonstrations
Temporary initiatives to identify services, supports, and policies to support people with disabilities.
Current Demonstrations
- Interventional Cooperative Agreement Program (ICAP)
- Promoting Work through Early Intervention Project (PWEIP)
- SOAR in Georgia County Jails Pilot (SGCJP)
- Supportive Housing & Individual Placement and Support (SHIPS)
- Vocational Resource Facilitation Demonstration (VRFD)
- Youth Transition Exploration Demonstration (YTED)
Completed Demonstrations
- Accelerated Benefits
- Disability Program Navigator (DPN)
- Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE)
- Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN)
- Supported Employment Demonstration (SED)
- Technical Expert Panels (TEPs)
- Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD)
Articles, reports, evaluations, briefing papers, and other studies related to disability, work, and related topics.
Current Research
Completed Research
- Beyond Benefits Study
- Cardiovascular Disability: Updating the Social Security Listings
- Consultative Examination (CE) Study
- Employment Network Payment Structure Evaluation
- HIV and Disability: Updating the Social Security Listings
- SSI Youth Community Based Services and Supports
- SSI Youth Employment Evidence Report
- Vocational Expert Study Panel
- WIPA Service Model Analysis
- Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB) Research Study
Information released by SSA for the general public to use in statistical analyses.
Data & Surveys
Additional Project Data
Employment Support
Work Incentive Policies & Resources
Policies to help beneficiaries work by protecting cash and medical benefits.
Programs and services to help beneficiaries return to work and succeed in the labor force, including the Ticket to Work Program.