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Blue Book 2023

Social Security Administration Data Trends: Key Findings on Work Incentive Programs (2000–2021)

DataNote No. 84, 2023

DataNote 84 summarizes Social Security Administration data from 2000-2021 on work incentives and their underutilization by Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients. It also compares younger recipients’ likelihood of working and participating in work incentives to older SSI recipients. Lastly, it examines the employment rate trends of SSI recipients across four disability sub-groups: intellectual disorders, developmental disability, autism spectrum disorders, and mental health disorders.

American Community Survey (2021)

DataNote No. 83, 2023

This DataNote summarizes employment and poverty rates across the US in 2021. These data are compared for people with no disability, people with any disability, and people with a cognitive disability, which indicate that people with disabilities continue to have less success in the labor market, and a greater likelihood of being underemployed, compared to individuals without a disability.

Intellectual and developmental disabilities agencies’ employment and day services (1988–2021)

Data Note 87 summarizes findings core findings from the Institute for Community Inclusion’s (ICI) National Survey of State Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Agencies’ Employment and Day Services through FY 2021. These data focus on participation in integrated employment, community-based non-work, and facility-based services (both work and non-work).