Youth Transition to Employment: Creating and Using a Community of Practice to Generate New Knowledge

Youth Transition to Employment: Creating and Using a Community of Practice to Generate New Knowledge

Published: Nov 29, 2018
Publisher: Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research

Associated Project

Evaluation of Initiatives to Improve Adult Outcomes and Employment Opportunities for Young Recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Time frame: 2017-2018

Prepared for:

U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy

Authors

Kelli Crane

Sarah Palmer

Todd Honeycutt

This issue brief summarizes the findings of a report, “Community of Practice: Organizational Features and Lessons Learned.” The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Youth Recipient and Employment Transition Formative Research project used a Community of Practice to identify research and policy options related to helping SSI youth find and keep jobs. This group included 70 of the nation’s leading experts in youth transition, employment, and the Social Security Administration’s disability programs. This issue brief describes successful strategies to solicit ideas and perspectives from a Community of Practice that can be used by others interested in gathering critical input on a given idea.

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