Affiliations: TransCen, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA | Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Abstract: Post-school employment rates for youth with significant disabilities
remain intractably low. An important policy concern is whether youth who
receive disability cash benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA)
are obtaining the necessary supports to make a successful transition to adult
life. The SSA initiated the Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD) projects in an
attempt to develop services and supports to assist youth in making a successful
transition into adulthood. This article provides a detailed description of the
intervention components for the YTD projects and presents three case
descriptions to illustrate how youth can potentially benefit from these
services. The selected cases in this paper illustrate the potential for youth
with disabilities to leverage project services and move into employment.
Keywords: Transition, youth, disabilities, Social Security, SSA, demonstration, intervention, evaluation
