Disability Program Navigator Training A Joint Initiative of the U'S' Department of Labor and the Soc

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Disability Program Navigator TrainingA Joint
Initiative of theU.S. Department of Laborand
theSocial Security Administration

• Evaluation and Data Collection
• Peter Blanck, Ph.D., J.D.
• Helen A. Schartz, Ph.D., J.D.
• James Schmeling, J.D.

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This training has been designed and developed by
theLaw, Health Policy Disability Center
(LHPDC) of the University of Iowa College of
Lawdisability.law.uiowa.edu
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Purpose of Evaluation

• What are the employment, economic, and other
  major life outcomes for persons with disabilities
  (e.g., education, benefit, and income levels),
  associated with the Navigator intervention
  strategies?
• What are the effects of the Navigator
  intervention strategies on the receipt of SSA and
  unemployment insurance, and other benefits and
  services received by participants?
• What core functions of the Navigator intervention
  strategies enhance knowledge and program
  accessibility for job seekers with disabilities
  using one-stops services?

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Purpose of Evaluation

• What are the intended and unintended effects of
  the Navigator intervention strategies for persons
  with disabilities?
• To what extent are the Navigator intervention
  strategies associated with improved job seeker
  access to services by expanding partnerships to
  include optional service providers and by
  improving partnerships among program partners
  mandated by WIA? And if so, in what ways?

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Purpose of Evaluation

• What are the intended and unintended effects of
  the Navigator intervention strategies on the
  One-Stop service delivery system?
• What services and programs do job-seekers who are
  SSA beneficiaries and do Navigators think would
  assist in return-to-work or transition-to-work
  which currently do not exist?
• What barriers to return-to-work and
  transition-to-work do job-seekers who are SSA
  beneficiaries think exist?

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Purpose of Evaluation

• What issues do employers need to have addressed
  by Navigators?
• What issues do workforce system partners need to
  have addressed by Navigators?
• Provide a snapshot of current DPN activities,
  i.e., promising policies and practices.

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Purpose of Evaluation

• Identify and analyze trends in policy and
  practice development at a local and state level
  regarding governance, service coordination and
  delivery, systems change and performance
  evaluation.
• Learn more about what activities are occurring in
  the One-Stop system for persons with
  disabilities.
• Learn more about physical, technological,
  programmatic and systemic barriers, and to
  identify technical assistance needs in state and
  local workforce areas.

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Evaluation Challenges

• New Position
• Evaluating system change
• Time frame of the grants

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Evaluation Components

• Process Evaluation
• Individual Outcome Data
• In-Depth Study of Selected States

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DPN Process Evaluation

• Why? System change activities outcomes
• Who? All DPNs
• When? Jan. 2004, Sept. 2004, June 2005
• What? DPN Process Evaluation

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Individual Outcome Data

• Why? Changes in outcomes for individuals with
  disabilities
• Who? Clientele at sites with DPNs
• When? Ongoing
• What? WIASARD SSA data

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In-depth Study of Select States

• Why? Focused system change activities and
  outcomes, challenges and solutions
• Who? DPNs in selected states
• When? Jan. 2004, mid-2004, early 2005
• What? Interviews, site visits, and
  questionnaires.

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Evaluation Model
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Evaluation Timeframe
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Evaluation Summary