Overview
David Wittenburg is a researcher at Mathematica Policy Research with expertise in SSI program transitions, employment-oriented interventions for disability beneficiaries, and the Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD). His work documents the challenges facing childhood SSI recipients as they enter adulthood and evaluates SSA employment demonstrations.
Key Contributions / Features
- Life-cycle framework for SSI children (Davies, Rupp, and Wittenburg 2009): Co-authored the foundational framework paper documenting SSI children's longitudinal outcomes, prior SSA demonstration results, and the rationale for front-end YTD interventions.
- Post-transition experiences (Loprest and Wittenburg 2007): Documented that 39% of youth ages 19–23 who previously received child SSI had dropped out of school; only 21% were employed; 20% had been arrested.
- YTD intervention design (Luecking and Wittenburg, this issue): Co-authored description of how YTD intervention components were developed and case descriptions of youth using services to move into employment.
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