Phase II of the SGA Model: Development of the Coordinated Team Approach
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Abstract
BACKGROUND:The SGA Model Demonstration tested a coordinated team approach to determine whether a combination of vocational rehabilitation practices improve earnings outcomes of clients who also receive Social Security Disability Insurance. OBJECTIVE:This paper describes Phase II of the development of the intervention. METHODS:Researchers and policy fellows conducted site visits, interviewed personnel from 8 State Vocational Rehabilitation agencies and related partners, drafted a proposed intervention and submitted it for review to a Delphi panel. RESULTS:Delphi ratings supported the proposed intervention as likely leading to improved earnings outcomes and recommended that the SGA Project develop training, technical assistance, and capacity building activities to support implementation. CONCLUSION:The SGA Project invested 2 years developing an intervention by examining administrative data, consulting national experts, interviewing SVRAs directors and more than 100 practitioners across eight SVRAs. Pacing metrics were built into a team approach that included a vocational counselor, work incentives counselor, and a job development/job placement specialist with a business relations focus.
Community Engaged/Serving
Part of the UMass Boston Community-Engaged Teaching, Research, and Service Series. //scholarworks.umb.edu/engage
Recommended Citation
Foley, Susan M. PhD, "Phase II of the SGA Model: Development of the Coordinated Team Approach" (2020). All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications. 123.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/ici_pubs/123
Publisher
IOS Press