Innovating Services, Improving Outcomes: A VR Model for Serving SSDI Clients
To this end, the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts-Boston and Mathematica Policy Research received a grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration to develop the Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) Project Demonstration. This demonstration focused on improving employment outcomes for state VR clients who receive SSDI.
Mathematica’s Center for Studying Disability Policy hosted this webinar featuring a panel of experts. The panel discussed the experiences of VR agencies in Kentucky and Minnesota that implemented the SGA Project innovations, which were designed to help beneficiaries prepare for and find jobs with earnings high enough to leave the disability rolls.
Presenters:
- Gina Livermore, moderator (Mathematica)
- Susan Foley (Institute for Community Inclusion)
- Joe Marrone (Institute for Community Inclusion)
- Purvi Sevak (Mathematica)
- Todd Honeycutt (Mathematica)
- Steve Wooderson, discussant (Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation)