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Findings show substantial differences on most measures: lower educational attainment, lower employment rates, and fewer hours worked among YTED enrollees, alongside greater likelihood of living in family or friend households or independently. 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Mann, Jeani Choe, and Karen Katz  \nComparing YTED Enrollees with Other Youth with Disabilities in Pennsylvania  \nThe Youth Transition Exploration Demonstration (YTED) is funded by an Interventional Cooperative Agreement Program grant from the Social Security Administration. The demonstration aims to (1) test whether intensive employment services improve employment and other outcomes for youth with disabilities who are transitioning to adulthood and  \n(2) strengthen cooperation and coordination among organizations that serve youth with disabilities.  \nIn this brief, we compare the characteristics of youth who enrolled in YTED in 2025 with all youth with disabilities living in Pennsylvania and the YTED service area. YTED enrollees differed substantially from the two comparison populations across most measures. On average, YTED enrollees had lower levels of educational attainment, had a lower employment rate, and worked fewer hours per week. YTED enrollees were also more likely to live in households with family, friends, or on their own than in group settings. However, Medicaid coverage was similar among YTED enrollees and the two comparison populations. These findings have implications for the generalizability of YTED findings to the broader population of youth with disabilities.  \nIntroduction  \nCompared with their peers without disabilities, fewer youth with disabilities work or enroll in postsecondary education (Cobb et al. 2013; Newman et al. 2011). Among 1.8 million youth ages 16 to 24 with a disability in 2021, 31  \npercent were employed, compared to 51 percent of their peers without a disability (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2022) . Many youth with disabilities depend on public income support and go on to receive disability benefits as adults (Hemmeter et al. 2017) .  \nIn 2023, the Social Security Administration (SSA) awarded Mathematica a cooperative agreement to direct the Youth Transition Exploration Demonstration (YTED) under the Interventional Cooperative Agreement Program (ICAP) . The  \nPennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) implements the demonstration using its own funds. Mathematica and its subgrantee, the Center for Transition and Career Innovation atthe University of Maryland, oversee and support the implementation. Mathematica is conducting an evaluation of YTED.  \nOVR provides vocational rehabilitation services to help people with disabilities living in Pennsylvania prepare for, obtain, or maintain employment. To be eligible for OVR services, a person must (1) have a documented mental or physical disability that causes a substantial impediment to employment; (2) be able to benefit from OVR services; and (3) need OVR services to prepare for, enter, engage in, or retain employment (Disability Rights Pennsylvania 2018) . As part of determining  \neligibility for services, OVR will typically request medical records or evaluations that document a person’s disability.  \nIn the 2024 program year, Pennsylvania OVR served more than 47,000 participants, making Pennsylvania OVR the fifth largest state vocational rehabilitation agency by participants served. Of these participants, more than 55 percent were between the ages of 16 and 24 (Rehabilitation Services Administration n.d.)– the age group eligible for YTED enrollment.  \nYouth between the ages of 16 and 24 are eligible to enroll in YTED if they have a disability that would qualify them for OVR services but do not currently have a signed Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) . 1 Additionally, whereas OVR serves people with disabilities throughout the state, youth eligible for YTED must live in Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia counties or certain sections of Bucks County.  \nThe goals of YTED are to (1) test whether intensive employment services improve employment and other outcomes for youth with disabilities who are transitioning to adulthood and (2) strengthen cooperation and coordination amon","cbCaijDeHJFE8orK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijDeHJFE8orK","pdf",329368,12,"English","# Introduction\n## YTED program design and eligibility\n## Comparison approach and data sources\n## Key findings and implications","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of YTED as described in this brief?\",\"answer\":\"YTED tests whether intensive employment services improve employment and other outcomes for youth with disabilities transitioning to adulthood, and it strengthens coordination among organizations serving these youth.\"},{\"question\":\"How did YTED enrollees differ from other youth with disabilities in Pennsylvania?\",\"answer\":\"On average, YTED enrollees had lower educational attainment, a lower employment rate, and worked fewer hours per week than the two comparison populations.\"},{\"question\":\"Were Medicaid coverage rates different between groups?\",\"answer\":\"Medicaid coverage was similar among YTED enrollees and both comparison populations, despite other differences in outcomes.\"}]","Issue Brief - Comparing YTED Enrollees with Other Youth with Disabilities in Pennsylvania | PDF",1792057681]