One-Year Impact Evaluation of Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN) Kentucky
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 3,153
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Share of enrollees employed in the fourth quarter after enrollment
研究概览
简要总结
The Retaining Employment and Talent after Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN) demonstration is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to improve employment outcomes for individuals who experience injuries or illnesses that put them at risk of exiting the labor force and relying on disability programs and other public supports in the long term. RETAIN projects include a combination of medical provider services, stay-at-work/return-to-work (SAW/RTW) coordination services, and other SAW/RTW services. This evaluation will focus on The Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet's implementation of "RETAIN KY" statewide. The evaluation will document how the project is implemented, describe enrollees, estimate the project's impacts on enrollees' outcomes, and assess whether the benefits outweigh the costs.
详细描述
SSA contracted with Mathematica to conduct an independent evaluation of RETAIN Kentucky. Under the RETAIN model medical providers receive training and incentives to use occupational health best practices. The state agency also coordinates SAW/RTW services for the enrollee, fosters communication among RETAIN stakeholders about the treatment enrollee returning to work, and monitors the enrollee's medical and employment progress. RETAIN Kentucky also provides individualized intensive vocational services from RETAIN RTW Coordinators, with an emphasis on assistive technology, universal design, and peer support.
Kentucky uses a multi-method approach toward recruitment that includes referrals from medical providers, employers, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, workforce and disability management organizations, community partners, and word of mouth. A return-to-work (RTW) coordinator conducts intake, determines enrollees' eligibility, and randomly assigns each enrollee to either a treatment group that is eligible to receive the full set of RETAIN intervention activities or a control group that is not. The evaluation team then compares the outcomes of the two groups and gathers evidence on how each RETAIN project shaped the outcomes of enrollees who were eligible for its services, regardless of whether they participated in those services. Data sources include enrollment data, surveys, administrative records, program data, and qualitative data.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Individuals who are at risk of exiting the workforce due to non-work-related illness of injury
- •Individuals who are employed or have been employed within the last 12 months and made at least $1,000 in one of those months
- •Individuals who reside in the Kentucky
- •Individuals must not have applied for or be receiving federal disability benefits including SSDI and SSI within the last 5 years
排除标准
- •Individuals who are do not have a non-work-related illness or injury that puts them at risk of exiting the workforce
- •Individuals who unemployed or have not been employed within the last 12 months
- •Individuals who have not made at least $1,000 in the past 12 months
- •Individuals who do not reside in the Kentucky
- •Individuals who have applied for or be receiving federal disability benefits including SSDI and SSI within the last 5 years
研究组 & 干预措施
RETAIN Programming
The experimental group receives the full set of RETAIN intervention activities.
干预措施: RETAIN KY (Other)
Active Comparator
The active comparator group does not receive the full set of RETAIN intervention activities.
干预措施: Active Comparator (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Share of enrollees employed in the fourth quarter after enrollment
时间窗: Measured over the three months in the fourth quarter after enrollment
Share of enrollees employed in the fourth quarter after enrollment obtained from state unemployment insurance wage records. These files include individual-level wage records for six quarters surrounding enrollment in the study, including the quarter prior to enrollment, the quarter of enrollment, and four post-enrollment quarters.
Share of enrollees that applied for SSDI or SSI during the 12 months after enrollment
时间窗: Measured in the 12 months after enrollment
Share of enrollees that applied for SSDI or SSI during any of the 12 months after enrollment obtained from SSA program data. These files include detailed information about Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applications SSDI and SSI awards, SSDI and SSI benefit amounts and enrollee characteristics (for enrollees who have ever applied for SSA program benefits)
Enrollee earnings in the fourth quarter after enrollment
时间窗: Measured over the three months in the fourth quarter after enrollment
Sum of enrollee earnings in the fourth quarter after enrollment obtained from state unemployment insurance wage records. These files include individual-level wage records for six quarters surrounding enrollment in the study, including the quarter prior to enrollment, the quarter of enrollment, and four post-enrollment quarters.
次要结局
未报告次要终点