Reframing the Disability Lens to Increase the Economic Stability
Of Youth and Families
Webinar 1: Navigating the System
Tools and Resources
Tools You Can Use
These tools are for you to use and adapt to meet your own planning needs to align and coordinate with other systems to truly improve outcomes for these young people – who are most at-risk to face lifetime of dependency on public benefits.
2 GEN One Page Framing Document
Discussion Questions
• What can 2 GEN service providers learn from PROMISE and how can that information be disseminated?
• How can families be supported to have higher expectations for their children with disabilities?
• How can we meet family needs while supporting them on a path to employment and independence?
• What next steps might we pursue, and what else is needed in terms of technical assistance or other support to move forward on these in your states?
Resources You Can Use
The resource below provides further information for you and your team to use to build your system and services to more effectively assist young people with disabilities aged 14-24 and their families to successfully transition out of the K-12 education into post secondary education or work.
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation (JVR): Special Double issue on PROMISE
Mathematica Policy Research PROMISE Reports
To date the evaluation has documented how each state implemented PROMISE; implementation challenges and successes; PROMISE service delivery outcomes as of three years after study enrollment began; and the impacts of PROMISE on youth and family service use, employment, and other outcomes as of 18 months after their enrollment in PROMISE. Evaluation reports at housed at the following site:
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Moving Ahead with PROMISE: Lessons Learned from Six Model Demonstration Projects Through the Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income Project
z.umn.edu/promise
Social Security Administration Report on PROMISE
https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityresearch/promise.htm
Social Security Redbook
General reference source about the employment-related provisions of Social Security Disability Insurance and the Supplemental Security Income Programs for educators, advocates, rehabilitation professionals, and counselors who serve people with disabilities.
https://www.ssa.gov/redbook/
PROMISE Technical Assistance Website:
www.promisetacenter.org
Institute on Community Integration:
www.ici.umn.edu