Summary
This examine examines how transition-aged youth with disabilities receiving Supplemental Safety Revenue (SSI) might have been affected by the Workforce Innovation and Alternative Act (WIOA) and entry to pre-employment transition companies (pre-ETS). Utilizing information from the Social Safety Administration (SSA) and the Rehabilitation Companies Administration for 2010 to 2021, we present that after WIOA’s passage, extra youth utilized to vocational rehabilitation businesses, signed individualized plans for employment, and had larger annual earnings. In states the place college students had extra entry to pre-ETS, youth receiving SSI had larger charges for every of the three outcomes (signed individualized plans for employment, had any earnings, and use of Part 301) than in states the place college students had much less entry. The passage of WIOA and entry to pre-ETS seemingly contributed to the next involvement with VR and could also be related to higher employment outcomes.
The paper discovered that:
- After WIOA’s passage, extra youth with disabilities receiving SSI utilized to vocational rehabilitation (VR) businesses, signed an individualized plan for employment (IPE) that will enable them to entry companies past pre-ETS, and had larger annual earnings.
- Youth receiving SSI in states providing higher entry to pre-ETS had larger annual earnings charges and earnings, in addition to larger charges of Scholar Earned Revenue Exclusion (SEIE) use after WIOA’s passage.
- From 2017 to 2021, having higher availability of pre-ETS inside a state (as evidenced by the pre-ETS entry ratio) was related to larger charges of signed IPEs, earnings, and use of Part 301.
The coverage implications of the findings are:
- States have the potential to enhance the expertise of youth receiving SSI when it comes to entry to pre-ETS and software to (VR). The engagement of this inhabitants with VR companies varies extensively throughout states; if all states had VR software charges just like the highest-ranked states, a further 22,000 youth would have utilized for VR companies.
- Elevated pre-ETS entry may encourage youth with disabilities to enter the labor market straight, as mirrored within the elevated earnings of youth receiving SSI after WIOA. Nevertheless, extra proof is required to indicate that the findings are associated to WIOA and never as a result of stronger financial atmosphere after 2010.
- Improved entry to work incentives counseling could also be helpful for the inhabitants of youth receiving SSI, particularly those that are working or have contact with VR businesses via pre-ETS or common VR companies. This implication displays the blended proof of how using work incentives modified with the passage of WIOA and entry to pre-ETS.