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Center for Studying Disability Policy at Mathematica Announces May Forum Date
Contact: Debra Wright, (202) 554-7576
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 27, 2009)—The Center for Studying Disability Policy at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., announces the fifth forum in a bimonthly lunchtime seminar series aimed at providing policymakers and others with an opportunity to hear about the latest disability policy research findings. “Making Government Work for People with Disabilities: Data-Driven Policy” is scheduled for Thursday, May 28, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. at Mathematica’s office at 600 Maryland Ave., SW, Suite 550, Washington, D.C. Speakers will be David Stapleton, senior fellow and director of Mathematica’s Center for Studying Disability Policy; Andrew Houtenville, senior research manager, New Editions Consulting, Inc.; Craig Thornton, senior vice president, managing director of Health Research at Mathematica; and Daniel Bertoni, director, Education, Workforce and Income Security, Government Accountability Office.
The forum will address the following questions:
- How can data inform government policy for people with disabilities?
- Can data be used to measure and improve the effectiveness of government programs?
- How can we collect more informative data?
These and other questions are addressed in the new book Counting Working-Age People with Disabilities, What Current Data Tell Us and Options for Improvement, to be highlighted in this forum. Stapleton, a co-editor, will provide an overview and present key conclusions. Houtenville, also a co-editor, will discuss what we know about working-age people with disabilities from current data. Thornton, author of a chapter on federal program data, will discuss innovations in the use of administrative data to inform disability policy. Bertoni will discuss how disability data might be better used to improve government programs.
The disability policy forums can be attended in person or via webinar. See www.disabilitypolicyresearch.org/researchforums.asp to view a schedule of upcoming topics, register to attend, or request any necessary accommodations. Lunch will be provided.
The Center for Studying Disability Policy’s mission is to inform disability policy formation with rigorous, objective research and data collected from the people disability policy aims to serve. The center, headed by Stapleton, was formed in 2007 to coalesce and further strengthen Mathematica’s extensive disability policy research and data collection efforts, and to ensure that the results of Mathematica’s work are accessible to the disability policy community.
Mathematica®, a nonpartisan research firm, conducts high-quality, objective policy research and surveys to improve public well-being. Its clients include federal and state governments, foundations, and private-sector and international organizations. The employee-owned company, with offices in Princeton, N.J., Ann Arbor, Mich., Cambridge, Mass., Oakland, Calif., and Washington, D.C., has conducted some of the most important studies of health care, education, welfare, employment, nutrition, and early childhood policies and programs in the U.S.