Disability Research
Empowering people with disabilities through research, demonstrations, and employment support
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Research & Demonstrations
Temporary initiatives to identify services, supports, and policies to support people with disabilities.
- Accelerated Benefits
- Benefit Offset - National Demonstration (BOND)
- Disability Program Navigator (DPN)
- Homeless Outreach Projects & Evaluation (HOPE)
- Mental Health Treatment Study (MHTS)
- Promoting Opportunity Demonstration (POD)
- Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE)
- State Partnership Initiative (SPI)
- Supported Employment Demonstration (SED)
- Technical Expert Panels (TEPs)
- Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD)
Articles, reports, evaluations, briefing papers, and other studies related to disability, work, and related topics.
- Cardiovascular Disability: Updating the Social Security Listings
- Consultative Examination (CE) Study
- Disability Determination Process Small Grant Program (DDP)
- Employment Network Payment Structure Evaluation
- HIV and Disability: Updating the Social Security Listings
- Pediatric Medical Unit (PMU)
- Quick Disability Determinations (QDD) Bias Investigation Project
- SSI Youth Community Based Services and Supports
- SSI Youth Employment Evidence Report
- TANF-SSI Disability Transition Project
- Ticket to Work Evaluation
- Understanding Experiences Study
- Vocational Expert Study Panel
- WIPA Service Model Analysis
Information released by SSA for the general public to use in statistical analyses.
- Children and Youth SSI Recipient Survey (CYSRS)
- Disability Analysis File (DAF) - Public Use File
- Disability Analysis File (DAF) - Restricted Access File
- National Beneficiary Survey (NBS)
- National Survey of SSI Children and Families (NSCF)
- New Applicant Survey (NAS)
- Occupational Information System (OIS) Project
- Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB) Research Study
Employment Support
Policies to help beneficiaries work by protecting cash and medical benefits.
Programs and services to help beneficiaries return to work and succeed in the labor force, including the Ticket to Work Program.
Research Funding Opportunities