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State MIG Research Reports

/uploads/NE_YiT_Lessons_Learned_report.doc       http://mig-rats.org/uploads/NE_YiT_Lessons_Learned_report.doc

This document presents systems change goals, activities, and outcomes for the Youth Employment Solutions project. The Youth Employment Solutions project is a subcontract of Nebraska’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid funded Medicaid Infrastructure Grant. The purpose of Youth Employment Solutions is to increase, through systems change, the competitive employment of Nebraska’s Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), and Childhood Disability Benefits (CDB) eligible youth who are transitioning from school to adulthood.

Key Topic(s) - Youth in Transition State(s) - Nebraska

Alaska Employment Barriers Survey Report       http://www.alaskaworksinitiative.org/reports/emp2_tofc.html

Findings from a 2004 survey of Alaska Medicaid Buy-In participants are presented here, including demographic information, employment status, and barriers to employment.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In, Disability Research State(s) - Alaska

Assessment of WEB Page Concepts To Aid Clients with Disabilities Seeking Employment       /uploads/WA_WEB_Concepts_Report1.pdf

The Washington Department of Social and Health Services has designed a framework for a potential website that can assist clients with disabilities in making decisions about whether to seek employment. The website would also assist clients who want to work in determining the impact that taking a job might have on their medical and support benefits.   This report contains findings from focus groups conducted with clients with disabilities and providers in three different locations across Washington State in an effort to learn more about how clients with disabilities and their providers react to the employment decision concepts and how well these proposed web page topics meet client needs.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In State(s) - Washington

Connecticut Bureau of Rehabilitation Services: Benefits Counseling Consumer Satisfaction Results       http://www.connect-ability.com/media/pdf/research/Benefits_Counseling_Customer_Sat_Final_Report.pdf

This study assessed the experiences and satisfaction of individuals who received benefits counseling from a CWIC through the Connecticut BRS between November, 2008 and October, 2009. Data related to program needs and satisfaction with benefits counseling were collected directly from consumers.

Key Topic(s) - Benefits Counseling State(s) - Connecticut

Data Integration for the Purpose of Tracking Employment Outcomes of People with Disabilities in New York State        http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/nymakesworkpay/docs/Integrated%20Data%20Report%20Feb2010%20Final.pdf

This report presents a cross-agency inventory of data management systems, as well as an inventory of other known databases that integrate agency case management data. In addition it presents: • A listing of specific employment outcome variables that minimally should be considered for collection going forward by the individual agencies, • The potential for one of the existing systems to serve as a potential shared data exchange for this information, • The potential for using shared data legislation that covers DOL data as a vehicle for providing a more robust snapshot of employment outcomes of New Yorkers with disabilities served in the various systems.

Key Topic(s) - Disability Research State(s) - New York

Disabling Conditions and Work Outcomes among enrollees in a Medicaid Buy-In Program       http://www.umassmed.edu/uploadedFiles/CWM_CHPR/Publications/Populations/DisablingConditionsWork_JVR_2006.pdf

Using data from a statewide survey of Massachusetts buy-in program members, the authors found type of disabling condition to predict three work outcomes: current work status of all members; annual earnings over $10,000 among currently working members; and future work intentions of currently non-working members. Members with developmental or psychiatric disabilities were generally more likely to work but had lower earnings than other members. Members with a physical disability were generally less likely to work than other members, but when working tended to have higher earnings. Those with co-occurring psychiatric and physical disabilities had the poorest work outcomes. Across all conditions, few members had earnings at levels consistent with economic self-sufficiency. Policy and practice implications are discussed.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In, Disability Research State(s) - Massachusetts

Evaluation of the Work Requirement for MassHealth’s CommonHealth Working Program       http://www.nchsd.org/libraryfiles/MBI/MA_MBIWorkRequirementEvaluationJuly08.pdf

Massachusetts MIG researchers also helped the state’s Medicaid agency respond to a request by CMS to evaluate the effectiveness of the 40 hours per month work requirement for eligibility for CommonHealth Working. Unlike most Buy-In programs, CommonHealth Working requires 40 hours of documented work per month (or 240 hours in the past six months) and also has no asset or income limits for eligibility. The evaluation compared CommonHealth Working to other Massachusetts Medicaid programs and to other state Buy-In programs, examining enrollee earnings, hours worked, expenditures and enrollment patterns.  The study also analyzed the impact of eligibility rules and case closure data on enrollment.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In, Working with Disability State(s) - Massachusetts

Experiences and Outcomes of the Utah Medicaid Work Incentive Program       http://www.workabilityutah.org/documents/about/MWI_Report_2005_Study_final.pdf

This report presents a summary of findings of a telephone survey and in-person interviews with UMWI participants conducted between December 2004 and February 2005.   The study found that the Utah Medicaid Buy-In program (UMWI) is valued by participants but not fully understood; participants are also largely unaware of other employment support services offered by the State of Utah. Program participants tend to restrict their earnings so that they do not lose medical, housing, or cash assistance benefits. Where the UMWI program is effective in increasing the work efforts of program participants, it seems to be the result of a confluence of supportive influences—interpersonal support, secure housing, appropriate education and/or training, and a stable health condition.   Other research reports from Work Ability Utah can be found here.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In, Disability Research State(s) - Utah

Experimentation and Collaboration to Enhance Employment for Persons with Disabilities: Assessing the Wisconsin Pathways Projects       http://www3.uwstout.edu/svri/upload/APPAM_08_Delin_Anderson.pdf

This is a preliminary report about how an entity called Pathways to Independence has sought to achieve "systems change" for the purpose of supporting the employment goals of persons with significant disabilities. We examine collaboration among Pathways and its various partners in six separate efforts with the aim of elucidating patterns between the terms of collaboration and the performance of the putative system changing activities. These case studies are organized into three pairs. The first pair consists of two demonstration projects that involved both testing an important change in current policy in the context of more coordinated service delivery. The second pair includes two efforts with the goal of increasing the capacity of entities external to Pathways to improve or increase service provision thought to be necessary components of a transformed system. The final pair looks at broad priority setting processes aimed at directing effort and resources to support desired systems change.

State(s) - Wisconsin

Factors Supporting Success in Return-To-Work Programs for Persons with Severe Disabilities: An Exploratory Analysis from Wiscons       http://www3.uwstout.edu/svri/upload/APPAM-06-Delin-Reither.pdf

From July 1999 through September 2004, the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services operated a "return-to-work" demonstration project for disabled Social Security beneficiaries and recipients as part of the State Partnership Initiative. The project resulted in what can be characterized as modest, but significant, gains in the probability of employment, in earnings, and in income for those who received the intervention. However, there was substantial variation in intervention group outcomes. This exploratory study utilizes logistic regression to attempt to identify the reasons that some  participants had much better employment outcomes than others.

Key Topic(s) - Working with Disability State(s) - Wisconsin

From High School to Work: Voices of Students with Disabilities and Parents       http://www.nchsd.org/libraryfiles/ResearchEvaluation/CT_VoicesOfParentsAndStudentsReport_FinalJan2010.pdf

This report documents the perspective of young people with disabilities and their parents towards work and the transition process.

Key Topic(s) - Youth in Transition State(s) - Connecticut

From High School to Work: Voices of Students with Disabilities and Parents       http://www.connect-ability.com/media/pdf/research/Voices_of_Parents_and_Students_Report_Final.pdf

This report presents information gathered directly from students and parents on transition-related subjects including employment aspirations, attitudes about work, employment related school experiences, and their desires and needs concerning school employment and transition programs.

Key Topic(s) - Youth in Transition State(s) - Connecticut

Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities (HWD) Enrollee Survey, 2007       /uploads/HWD_Enrollee_Survey_MPR.pdf

This document contains findings from a 2007 survey of enrollees in Washington's Medicaid Buy-In Program - Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities (HWD).

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In, Working with Disability, Disability Research State(s) - Washington

Impacts Associated with the Wisconsin SSDI Employment Pilot: Participant Outcomes, Perceptions, and Experiences       http://www3.uwstout.edu/svri/upload/Section-6_2_29Rpt-Draft.pdf

This document presents outcomes of the Benefits Offset Pilot with a focus on employment rates and earnings. When possible, it presents data that includes some period before enrollment in the Wisconsin SSDI Employment Pilot (SSDI-EP), as there is always the possibility that decisions to enroll reflect changes in employment status at or immediately before enrollment.

Key Topic(s) - Working with Disability State(s) - Wisconsin

Innovations to Improve Outcomes and Lower Expenditures       http://mig-rats.org/uploads/BillDitto.pdf

This presentation provides background information on state Medicaid Buy-in programs, explores national trends. It was presented at the National Association of State Medicaid Directors conference in November 2009. Other presentations from the same session discuss three examples of successful buy in programs.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In

Iowa 2004 Survey Report       http://dhs.iowa.gov/docs/MEPD-2004_report.pdf

This is a link to Iowa's 2004 survey report on employed people with disabilities.  This report won an award at the March 2007 NFI conference in Baltimore and includes a detailed survey instrument (Appendix A) and an executive summary on the characteristics of respondents (n=676), program satisfaction, work attitudes and experiences.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In, Working with Disability State(s) - Iowa

Iowa 2005 Survey Report       http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/docs/2005_MEPD_report.pdf

This is a link to Iowa's 2005 survey report on people with disabilities.  The purpose of this report was to compare findings and differences between the 2004 survey report and 2005 version.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In State(s) - Iowa

Iowa 2007 Survey Report       http://dhs.iowa.gov/docs/MEPD_2007_report.pdf

This is a link to Iowa's 2007 report on the Medicaid for Employed People with Disabilities (MEPD) program. It is the third evaluation report completed on the program, and  includes data on program satisfaction, consumer demographics, and attitudes toward work.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In, Working with Disability State(s) - Iowa

Iowa 2008 Survey Report       http://dhs.iowa.gov/docs/MEPD_2008.pdf

This is a link to Iowa's 2008 report on the Medicaid for Employed People with Disabilities (MEPD) program. It is the fourth evaluation report completed on the program, and  includes data on program satisfaction, consumer demographics, and attitudes toward work.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In State(s) - Iowa

Iowa 2009 Survey Report       http://dhs.iowa.gov/docs/MEPD_2009_report.pdf

This is a link to Iowa's 2009 report on the Medicaid for Employed People with Disabilities (MEPD) program. It is the fifth evaluation report completed on the program, and  includes data on program satisfaction, consumer demographics, and attitudes toward work.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In State(s) - Iowa

Iowa's Medicaid Buy-in       http://mig-rats.org/uploads/MatthewHaubrch.pdf

This presentation discusses the Iowa Medicaid Buy-In program. It was presented at the National Association of State Medicaid Directors conference in November 2009. Other presentations from the same session provide background information on the Medicaid Buy-In program, present national data, and discuss Buy-In programs in Minnesota and Kansas. LINK

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In State(s) - Iowa

Kansas Data Inventory on the Employment and Health of Kansans with Disabilities       http://www.workinghealthy.org/downloads/ksdatainventory2008.pdf

This document represents Kansas' first effort to compile a comprehensive inventory of data relevant to persons either running programs related to people with disabilities in Kansas or doing disability-related research. It includes descriptions of numerous data sources, including inclusion criteria for consumers receiving services and contact information for the data holders.

Key Topic(s) - Disability Research State(s) - Kansas

Kansas Medicare Part D study       http://www.ajmc.com/media/pdf/AJMC_07janHall_14to18.pdf

This is a link to the research conducted with Medicaid Buy-In participants in Kansas on Medicare Part D. The citation for this article is:   Hall, Jean P., Kurth, Noelle K., & Moore, Janice M. (Jan, 2007). Transition to Medicare Part D: An Early Snapshot of Barriers Experienced by Younger Dual Eligibles With Disabilities, American Journal of Managed Care, pp 14-18.

Key Topic(s) - Medicare Part D State(s) - Kansas

Kansas Working Healthy Data Chartbook       http://www.workinghealthy.org/downloads/WorkingHealthyDataChartbook_Jan09.pdf

The Chartbook documents trends in enrollment, earnings, medical expenditures, consumer experiences, and consumer satisfaction from the inception of the Kansas Medicaid Buy-In, Working Healthy, in 2002 through 2007. In brief, it summarizes survey and administrative data that document increased earnings and taxes paid by participants, and decreased medical expenditures for those continuously enrolled. Data also reflect improved quality of life and financial status for participants.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In, Disability Research State(s) - Kansas

Medicaid Infrastructure Grant: The Impact of Benefits Counseling and Vocational Rehabilitation on Earnings       http://www.connect-ability.com/media/pdf/research/Benefits_Counseling_Final_Report_Spring_2010.pdf

This report uses a comprehensive analysis of quarterly employment and earnings data dating back to 2002 to examine the relationship between benefits counseling, vocational rehabilitation, employment and earnings of people with disabilities.

Key Topic(s) - Benefits Counseling, Working with Disability State(s) - Connecticut

Michigan Medicaid Infrastructure Grant/Freedom to Work Medicaid Buy-in Projects       http://www.michigan.gov/documents/ltc/Medicaid_Infrastructure_Grant_Project_227528_7.pdf

This link includes access to research and materials relevant to the growth of Michigan's MBI and the outcomes of the MIG relative to reducing barriers to employment.

Key Topic(s) - Disability Research State(s) - Michigan

Minnesota's Medicaid Buy-In       http://mig-rats.org/uploads/MaryAliceMowry.pdf

This presentation discusses the Minnesota Medicaid Buy-In program. It was presented at the National Association of State Medicaid Directors conference in November 2009. Other presentations from the same session provide background information on the Medicaid Buy-In program, present national data, and discuss Buy-In programs in Kansas and Iowa.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In State(s) - Minnesota

Missouri 2003 MIG Employers Report       http://www.migrats.org/uploads/MO2003_MIGEmployersReport_Dec.pdf

This link to a 2003 report includes a summary of employer attitudes and concerns about hiring people with disabilities.  The data are based on results from a survey and focus group.  For a copy of the survey instrument and focus group questionnaire, go to the Toolkit section of this website.

Key Topic(s) - Employer Research State(s) - Missouri

Missouri 2006 MIG Needs Assessment       http://www.migrats.org/uploads/MO2006_MIGNeedsAssessment.pdf

This 2006 MIG needs assessment report is a summary of barriers to employment for people with disabilities and training needs from both consumer and employer perspectives.  The authors invited several consumer groups in Missouri to a retreat (and employer groups to a separate retreat) and solicited feedback on questions related to employment challenges and needs.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In, Employer Research, Working with Disability State(s) - Missouri

Nebraska Medicaid Buy-In (MIWD) Evaluation Report       http://www.nebraskatickettowork.com/research.shtml

This link will take you to Nebraska's evaluation web page, including a link to the April 2007 evaluation report on the Medicaid Insurance for Workers with Disabilities (MIWD) program. The purpose of the evaluation of MIWD was to obtain an accurate and meaningful picture of clients, determine the value of the program for the clients, evaluate the Medicaid Eligibility Workers’ awareness of program procedures, attitudes about people with disabilities and employment, and provide recommendations for improvement of MIWD.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In State(s) - Nebraska

New Hampshire Medicaid Buy-In Evaluation Report       http://www.dhhs.nh.gov/DHHS/MEDICAIDPROGRAM/LIBRARY/Program+Report-Plan/mead-report.htm

This research study provides an economic evaluation of New Hampshire's Medicaid Buy-In (the MEAD Program) over a 3-year period.  The report provides demographics, enrollment by county, impact on participants' employment earnings, health care utilization and costs, and types of employment.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In State(s) - New Hampshire

Options for Revisions in the Medicaid Buy-In Program in Arkansas       /uploads/Medicaid_Buy-In_Program_Arkansas.pdf

This draft report discusses options for successfully implementing Arkansas' Medicaid Buy-In program as part of a comprehensive employment initiative for persons with significant  disabilities based on the experience of other states.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In, Disability Research State(s) - Arkansas

Pathways to Success, 2009: The Stories of Real People and Employment       http://www.nchsd.org/libraryfiles/ResearchEvaluation/CT_2009PathwaysReportFinalMar2010.pdf

This report on Connecticut's Pathways project examines findings from a two-year study of a group of participants in the Medicaid Buy-In, HCBS waiver programs and the Connecticut Benefit Offset Demonstration Project.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In, Working with Disability, Disability Research State(s) - Connecticut

Profile of the Dual Eligible beneficiaries in Rhode Island, 1995-2005 Chartbook       http://mig-rats.org/uploads/RIDualEligiblesFinalCopySeptember2009.pdf

This Chart Book highlights demographics, healthcare services, expenditures and the variation in cost by settings of care for seniors and people with disabilities in Rhode Island who were enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid between 1995 -2005. It also provides information on how someone becomes dual elligible and what benefits they receive.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In State(s) - Rhode Island

Projecting the Cost of Health Coverage for Workers with Disabilities A New Medicaid Program in North Carolina        http://www.nchsd.org/libraryfiles/MBI/ThomasHCWD_Costs072408.pdf

This report presents estimates of enrollment in Health Coverage for Workers with Disabilities (HCWD), the North Carolina Medicaid Buy-In progrm, as well as estimates of costs under four different case mix scenarios, based on the experiences of other states that have already implemented similar Medicaid options. Projections are made for the first five years of program growth. Findings are presented for individuals with total countable income at or below 150 percent of poverty, for those with countable income above the cut point, and for both groups together. Implications for program implementation are highlighted.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In State(s) - North Carolina

Pursuing an Integrated Demand and Supply Side Research Agenda at the State Level: Musings on Potential Opportunities from Wiscon       /uploads/WI_Delin_ISE_Conf_6_16.pdf

This paper was presented at the 2008 ISE State of the Science Conference on Strengthening the Intersection of Demand-Side and Supply-Side Disability Employment Research.  The author discusses the need for greater integration between employment research that looks at both the "supply-side" (i.e., the preferences, barriers, incentives, assets, and limitations associated with workers or potential workers) and the "demand-side" (i.e., those focusing on the preferences, barriers, incentives, assets, and limitations associated with employers) and offers some suggestions for states to develop initiatives to fill that need.

Key Topic(s) - Employer Research, Working with Disability, Disability Research State(s) - Wisconsin

Research Summary: Postsecondary Service Use and Outcomes Among Maine Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Clients       http://choices.muskie.usm.maine.edu/Resources/DVR_Postsecondary_Summary.htm

This study looks at the characteristics of DVR clients who used postsecondary services, at spending on postsecondary services, and at the relationship between postsecondary education and several employment outcomes.

Key Topic(s) - Disability Research State(s) - Maine

The Long-Term Impact of Comprehensive Vocational Assessment for Youth with Disabilities in Transition: Evaluation of Virginia's        http://mig-rats.org/uploads/VA_VECAP_article0001.pdf

There has been an increasing emphasis in recent decades on providing effective services to youth with disabilities in the process of transitioning from high school into post-secondary education and employment. While the importance of vocational assessment for this population has been discussed, to date there have been no studies of its longterm impact on employment outcomes. The purpose of this study, which makes use of a quasi-experimental design with a matched “business as usual” comparison group, as well as data analysis methods adopted from labor economics research, is to examine the long-term impacts of participation in an innovative program designed to help students with disabilities transition successfully to post-secondary education options, including vocational training. Our evaluation of Virginia’s Post-Secondary Education/Rehabilitation Transition (PERT) program show that PERT participation has significant positive impacts on earnings that increase over time, and provide evidence for the importance of comprehensive, individualized vocational assessments such as those provided through the PERT program.

Key Topic(s) - Youth in Transition State(s) - Virginia

Vermont Medicaid Buy-In Report       http://www.vocrehab.vermont.gov/pdf/wpwd-medicaid-impacts-on-eligibility.pdf

According to a report to the Vermont General Assembly, Vermont’s Medicaid for Working People with Disabilities program has some more restrictive eligibility features than Buy-In programs in many other states, yet still ranks relatively high in terms of program penetration. In 2006, WPWD had enrolled 292 individuals per 10,000 state residents, aged 16 to 64, compared to a median rate across the 32 Buy-In programs of 70.5 per 10,000. In 2006 the rate of Vermont MBI enrollees with federally reported earnings was 86 percent (versus a national MBI rate of 69 percent), and the average earnings level of those earners was $7,385 (versus a national MBI level of $8,237). The report includes: a program description and history; comparison to programs in other states; enrollment patterns and demographic characteristics; health insurance status; estimated size of the population potentially eligible for WPWD; data limitations; and constraints on eligibility.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In, Disability Research State(s) - Vermont

Vermont Research Reports       http://www.dail.state.vt.us/dvr/vocrehab/vwii/s5_reports.htm

This link will take you to a series of research reports from Vermont. Included are reports on Vermont's Medicaid Buy-In (MEPD) and State Partnership Initiative (SPI) project, and research done on PAS services.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In, Benefits Counseling, Personal Assistive Services (PAS) State(s) - Vermont

Washington’s Medicaid Buy-In Program- Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities: Supporting and Encouraging Employment       http://publications.rda.dshs.wa.gov/1374/

Washington State’s Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities (HWD) program provides medical coverage to low-income workers with disabilities by allowing them to purchase full Medicaid coverage with monthly premiums based on a sliding income scale. This study found that HWD participants were more likely to be employed, had higher earnings, had more stable Medicaid coverage, and relied less on the Basic Food program (i.e., food stamps) in the year following enrollment than very similar people covered by conventional Medicaid. Findings suggest that HWD participants may be achieving greater self-sufficiency while obtaining comprehensive health care and benefits needed by workers with disabilities.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In State(s) - Washington

West Virginia Medicaid-Work Incentive (M-WIN) 2008 Participant Survey Report        /uploads/2008_MWIN_SatisfactionSurvey1.pdf

The West Virginia Medicaid-Work Incentive (M-WIN) allows a working individual with a disability to pay premiums (buy-in) to obtain or maintain health care coverage through Medicaid.  This report presents the results of the 2008 Participant Survey and offers an analysis of some of the key findings and conclusions. A summary of the results from the 2007 Exit Survey can be found here.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In, Disability Research State(s) - West Virginia

Wisconsin Medicaid Buy-In Evaluation Reports       http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/WIpathways/MAPP.htm

Wisconsin has had an ongoing evaluation of it's Medicaid Buy-In (MAPP) since its inception in 2001. This link will take you to a series of annual evaluation reports.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In State(s) - Wisconsin

Working Healthy Participants: Working More & Costing Less       http://www.workinghealthy.org/publications/policybriefs/WHPolicyBriefno12.pdf

This policy brief summarizes research findings about the earnings, taxes paid, and Medicaid expenditures of people enrolled in Working Healthy, the Kansas Medicaid Buy-In program, using recently published data (Kurth, Fall, & Hall, 2008). In a nutshell, participants’ earnings increased, as did the amounts of taxes and premiums they paid, while Medicaid costs per person decreased over time.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In, Working with Disability State(s) - Kansas

Working Healthy: Kansas Medicaid Buy-in Program       http://mig-rats.org/uploads/MaryWright.pdf

This presentation discusses the Kansas Medicaid Buy-In program. It was presented at the National Association of State Medicaid Directors conference in November 2009. Other presentations from the same session provide background information on the Medicaid Buy-In program, present national data, and discuss Buy-In programs in Minnesota and Iowa.

Key Topic(s) - Medicaid Buy-In State(s) - Kansas

Youth with Disabilities, a Maine Workforce Development Review       http://choices.muskie.usm.maine.edu/ProductsEvents/YouthWorkforceFinal.pdf

This study reviews the literature on workforce development for youth with disabilities and synthesizes information from interviews with staff of several youth transition programs in Maine.  Five themes emerging from the literature inform the discussion of Maine’s programs: Youth development and engagement, caring adults, work based learning and career exploration, employer engagement and service provider competencies

Key Topic(s) - Youth in Transition State(s) - Maine