Employing Welfare Recipients with Significant Barriers to Work: Lessons from the Disability Field
October 2000
Annie E. Casey Foundation
This report reviews the disability literature in order to examine the disability community's efforts to help individuals with significant disabilities access and maintain employment; and identify how welfare agencies can learn from and build upon lessons from the disability community. The report highlights strategies for increasing employment among people with disabilities, reviews the use of cash and in-kind supports to increase employment, outlines what is known about transitional services for persons with disabilities, and summarizes the key lessons for the TANF community.