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Golden, Thomas P.; Karhan, Andrew J.; Karhan, Adene P.; Prenovitz, Sarah J. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2021
Youth who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits experience disparate educational, employment, and economic outcomes when compared to youth with disabilities who do not receive these entitlements. Promoting the Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE) was a 6-year national research demonstration project that…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Welfare Recipients, Youth, Taxonomy
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Marsh, George E., II; And Others – Urban Review, 1990
Tests of a sample of 106 welfare recipients in Arkansas found that 53 percent were literate, contrary to the federal assumption that most recipients are illiterate. Concludes that specific job training and specific occupational literacy, rather than general literacy, programs would best meet the needs of the unemployed. (DM)
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Illiteracy, Interviews, Literacy