Testimony of the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR) on work incentives in social security disability programs

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Hanophy
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Work Incentives ◽  
State Administrators ◽  
Council Of State ◽  
Social Security Disability

Vocational rehabilitation on the road to Social Security Disability

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Stapleton ◽  
Frank H. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Wait Time ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Social ◽  
Program Objective ◽  
Rehabilitation Services Administration ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Social Security Disability ◽  
First Time

BACKGROUND: Vocational rehabilitation (VR) can potentially help disability-insured workers stay at work or return to work when they experience a disability. Such assistance could prevent or delay entry into the Social Security Disability (SSD) program. OBJECTIVE: We present descriptive statistics on the extent to which new VR applicants for 1998 through 2005 receive SSD benefits before or after VR application. METHODS: We matched Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA-911) records for the years 1998 through 2009 with the Social Security Administration’s program and earnings files. RESULTS: The analyses show that a substantial number of VR applicants entered SSD in the 60 months following VR application—more than 60,000 (12.3 percent) of the first-time VR applicants in 2002. The analyses also disclose variation in SSD entry across states, with some states accounting for entry percentages twice as high as that of others. We also found a positive relationship between our measure of wait time and entry into SSD. CONCLUSIONS: Although the large number of VR applicants entering SSD after VR application is modest compared to the number receiving an SSD award each year, the potential influence of VR services on later SSD and Medicare expenditures could be in the billions of dollars annually, in either direction.

Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income Work Incentives with Recommendations for Policy Change

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 8-17
Author(s):  
James R. Sheldon ◽  
John S. Trach
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Supplemental Security Income ◽  
Social Security Disability Insurance ◽  
Work Incentives ◽  
Work Activity ◽  
Social Security Disability

This paper summarizes current Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) rules governing how work affects benefits, and explains how work activity affects Medicare and Medicaid. Recommendations are provided for policy change in order for the SSDI and SSI rules to operate as true work incentives.

Differential Analysis of Social Security Disability and Vocational Rehabilitation Applicants

2002 ◽  
Vol 90 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1248-1254
Author(s):  
Robert F. McClure
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Substance Abusers ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Academic Functioning ◽  
Academic Ability ◽  
Differential Analysis ◽  
Multiple Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Mathematics Scores ◽  
Social Security Disability

An effort was made to differentiate the characteristics of clients who applied for Social Security Disability from those who applied for Vocational Rehabilitation. Psychological, diagnostic, intellectual, academic ability differences, and demographic factors of sex, age, and race between social security disability applicants and vocational rehabilitation applicants were examined. The latter were more intelligent and had higher academic functioning. Applicants for social security disability were less intelligent and tended to be functionally illiterate. Multiple discriminant analysis indicated that mathematics scores and differences in intelligence were the primary discriminants. Another difference appeared to be that rehabilitation clients tended to be diagnosed as substance abusers or learning disabled, while disability clients were more likely to be diagnosed as mentally retarded or having dementia.

Preparing for the future: Vocational rehabilitation and research partnerships for innovation

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Connelly ◽  
Stephen Wooderson
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Research Participation ◽  
100Th Anniversary ◽  
Vision 2020 ◽  
Research Partnerships ◽  
The Public ◽  
State Administrators ◽  
The Future ◽  
Council Of State ◽  
Participation In Research

BACKGROUND: The Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR) represents the chief administrators of the 78 vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies in every state, territory, and the District of Columbia. In anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the public VR program, CSAVR launched its Vision 2020 goals with an express interest in innovation. CSAVR recognizes that research is important to provide the data that VR agencies need to continually improve their outcomes and services. OBJECTIVE: The authors make a case for why researcher-VR partnerships are an important strategy for innovation and provide suggestions for strengthening those partnerships. METHODS: The authors describe CSAVR’s investment in research and provide data from a survey of state VR agencies on research participation. RESULTS: Researchers can increase state VR agency participation in their projects by involving the agency in study design, minimizing the time and resource burden on the agency, and demonstrating that the proposed research will yield products that benefit customers and improve staff competency. CONCLUSION: VR agencies are motivated to engage in research that will clearly add value and improve operations with minimal burden. It is hoped that greater agency participation in research will yield better data to guide agencies in the future.

Differential Analysis of Social Security Disability and Vocational Rehabilitation Applicants

2002 ◽  
Vol 90 (3_part_2) ◽  
pp. 1248-1254
Author(s):  
Robert F. Mcclure
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Substance Abusers ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Academic Functioning ◽  
Academic Ability ◽  
Differential Analysis ◽  
Multiple Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Mathematics Scores ◽  
Social Security Disability

An effort was made to differentiate the characteristics of clients who applied for Social Security Disability from those who applied for Vocational Rehabilitation. Psychological, diagnostic, intellectual, academic ability differences, and demographic factors of sex, age, and race between social security disability applicants and vocational rehabilitation applicants were examined. The latter were more intelligent and had higher academic functioning. Applicants for social security disability were less intelligent and tended to be functionally illiterate. Multiple discriminant analysis indicated that mathematics scores and differences in intelligence were the primary discriminants. Another difference appeared to be that rehabilitation clients tended to be diagnosed as substance abusers or learning disabled, while disability clients were more likely to be diagnosed as mentally retarded or having dementia.

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