PROMISE youth experienced worse education and employment outcomes than ACS youth with and without disabilities¶
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q2 i? Benchmarked against similarly aged ACS youth with and without disabilities, PROMISE youth had worse education and employment outcomes, which the authors cite as underscoring the need for supports and effective interventions. → Monica Farid 2022
Evidence¶
Monica Farid 2022¶
Monica Farid, Karen Katz, Anna Hill, Ankita Patnaik. (2022). Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): The Education and Work Experiences of PROMISE Youth. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/the-education-and-work-experiences-of-promise-youth
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The report benchmarks PROMISE youth outcomes against ACS youth and reports that "PROMISE youth experienced worse education and employment outcomes than ACS youth with and without disabilities". The comparison is observational; no effect sizes are printed.
"PROMISE youth experienced worse education and employment outcomes than ACS youth with and without disabilities, underscoring the need for supports and services and effective interventions to support youth receiving SSI in their transition to adulthood."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Youth who were less education-oriented and more work-oriented may have been more likely to enroll in the PROMISE demonstration — related
- PROMISE treatment group youth had higher employment rates than control group youth — related
- PROMISE treatment group youth had lower educational attainment than control group youth — related
- Treatment and control groups showed few differences in job characteristics, work search activities, and perceived barriers to employment — related
- All 12 proposed SSI Youth Solutions interventions explicitly or implicitly aim to increase employment among youth with disabilities as a long-term outcome — related
- Common gaps in the SSI Youth Solutions proposal papers concern effects on employment outcomes, costs, and implementation challenges — related
- The PROMISE interim report estimated impacts across seven outcome domains for youth and families — related
- Many SSI youth received transition services without PROMISE, but there was substantial room for PROMISE to improve service use — related
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PROMISE youth experienced worse education and employment outcomes than ACS youth with and without disabilities |
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PROMISE youth experienced worse education and employment outcomes than ACS youth with and without disabilities |
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2022 |
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2026-10-20 |
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