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Sheldon, James R. – Institute for Educational Leadership, 2018
This policy brief describes how State VR agencies are using and can use benefits planning services, as a VR agency-funded service, to help SSDI and SSI beneficiaries address concerns and fears about the potential loss of cash benefits and healthcare benefits (i.e., Medicaid and/or Medicare) as they move into jobs paying substantial wages. The…
Descriptors: State Agencies, Vocational Rehabilitation, Federal Legislation, Disabilities
Woodward, John R. – 1993
This guide describes how a person with a disability can work and keep federal benefits, such as Social Security. It is useful for transition planners and disabled youth and their families who need to know how to keep benefits during the transition from school to work. The guide explains work incentives and provides an overview of Social Security…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Categorical Aid, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
The relationship between the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Program and vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs was reviewed. Focus was on the extent to which VR services are successful in returning SSDI beneficiaries to productive employment. The review was carried out in 10 states with widely varying practices in referring SSDI…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Job Placement, Program Effectiveness
Social Security Administration (DHHS), Washington, DC. – 1999
This booklet is designed to serve as a general reference source about the employment-related provisions of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs for individuals with disabilities and educators, advocates, rehabilitation professionals, and counselors who serve people with disabilities. The…
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Children, Disabilities
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National Council on the Handicapped, Washington, DC. – 1986
As one of a series of topic papers assessing federal laws and programs affecting persons with disabilities, this paper outlines several ways in which existing Social Security laws serve to discourage and penalize people with disabilities if they seek to become employed and self-supporting. Programs funded under the Social Security Act are…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Disqualification, Eligibility
Sebesta, Douglas S.; LaPlante, Mitchell P. – 1996
This report on HIV/AIDS, disability, and employment analyzes data from the AIDS Cost and Services Utilization Survey of 1991-1992, a longitudinal study of 1,949 HIV-infected men and women. The report examines the diagnostic history of people living with HIV and its relation to function, disability, and labor force participation over time. Study…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Costs, Depression (Psychology), Disabilities