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Center for Studying Disability at Mathematica Announces May Forum Date
Focus On Employment of Social Security Disability Beneficiaries
Media Advisory: April 19, 2010
Contact: Natalia Rojas, (202) 250-3539
Event: The Center for Studying Disability Policy at Mathematica Policy Research announces the tenth 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. “A Dynamic Perspective on the Employment of Social Security Disability Beneficiaries,” is scheduled for Wednesday, May 19, 2010 from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. at Mathematica’s office at 600 Maryland Ave., SW, Suite 550, Washington, D.C.
Speakers: Gina Livermore, senior researcher, Mathematica; Jody Schimmel, researcher, Mathematica; David Stapleton, director of the Center for Studying Disability Policy, Mathematica; and Paul O’Leary, Social Security Administration, Office of Retirement and Disability Policy.
Issue: Speakers will present findings from three new studies on working-age beneficiaries receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (DI). These studies followed beneficiaries over several years to assess their employment, use of SSI and DI work incentives, and exit from the disability rolls for work.
Registration and Information: To register to attend in person or via webinar, go to www.disabilitypolicyresearch.org/researchforums.asp. Lunch will be provided.
About The Center for Studying Disability Policy: 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 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.
About Mathematica: Mathematica Policy Research, a nonpartisan research firm, provides a full range of research and data collection services, including program evaluation and policy research, survey design and data collection, research assessment and interpretation, and program performance/data management, 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., Chicago, Ill., Oakland, Calif., and Washington, D.C., has conducted some of the most important studies of disability, health care, education, family support, employment, nutrition, and early childhood policies and programs.