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Synthesis Report: Research Synthesis: Employment Programs and Demonstrations for SSI and SSDI Beneficiaries
Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy
Findings:
Evidence echoes previous literature reviews on the challenges of generating substantive impacts, though customized supports to well-targeted populations show some potential.
The most effective interventions provided intensive, customized supports and services focused on job training, placement, and retention to narrowly defined target populations.
Interventions that provided support services or incentives to help beneficiaries keep more of their benefits when working had small or no impacts on employment, even if spending on services was high.
There is no evidence of SSI or SSDI caseload reductions, even among interventions that improved employment and/or earnings.
Little is known about interventions for improving earnings of people with TBI and PTSD.
Recruiting beneficiaries to participate in demonstrations was difficult, which limited the generalizability of study findings.
Fidelity to the demonstration model is important.
Work incentives and supports can be difficult to implement in the context of SSA’s existing work incentives, creating potential confusion for beneficiaries and program staff.
A strong technical assistance component, with incentives for service providers to accept the assistance, is important to successful implementation.
Demonstrations should be pilot tested before being implemented on a national scale.
Smith, T. (2019). Reflections on Accelerating CTE: Final evaluation report. Washington, DC: JFF.
Topic Area: Community College
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Bowers, J. M. (2018). Does stacking work? The academic value of short-term, stackable certificates (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Topic Area: Community College
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Scrivener, S., Gupta, H., Weiss, M. J., Cohen, B., Cormier, M. S., & Brathwaite, J. (2018). Becoming college-ready: Early findings from a CUNY Start evaluation. New York: MDRC.
Topic Area: Community College
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Yamada, H., Bohannon, A. X., Grunow, A., & Thorn, C. A. (2018). Assessing the effectiveness of Quantway®: A multilevel model with propensity score matching. Community College Review, 46(3), 257-287. doi: 10.1177/0091552118771754
Topic Area: Community College
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Plinski, C. M. (2018). Does AVID Higher Education (AVID HE) increase student term-to-term progression, persistence toward credited classes and social capital for first-generation college students placing into developmental education: A mixed methods study. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 10825692) doi: 10.15760/etd.6311
Topic Area: Community College
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Martinez, A. F. (2018). Accelerating developmental math students in California community colleges: A comparative assessment of two acceleration models. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). California State University, Long Beach, CA.
Topic Area: Community College
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Webber (2018). Starting to succeed: The impact of CUNY Start on academic momentum. Retrieved from http://www1.cuny.edu/sites/cunystart/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2018/08/gateway_brief_final.pdf
Topic Area: Community College
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Mohammadi, A. (2018). STEM education for workforce development through online contextualized training. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Topic Area: Community College
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Martinez, A. F. (2018). Accelerating developmental math students in California community colleges: A comparative assessment of two acceleration models. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). California State University, Long Beach, CA.
Topic Area: Community College
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
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