Interventional Cooperative Agreement Program - Vocational Intervention Demonstration
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-62
SponsorKessler Foundation
About this trial
For many people with spinal cord injury or brain injury, seeking employment after injury is an important goal. There are services available to help people with disabilities. However, the best ways to coordinate and deliver these services are not yet known. This project will compare two ways of coordinating and delivering services that are designed to help people with spinal cord injury or brain injury obtain employment.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Adults aged 18-62
New Jersey resident
Admitted to Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation (KIR) due to a spinal cord injury (SCI) or brain injury (BI)
Receiving inpatient rehabilitation at KIR
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
State Counselor-Coordinated Services
Other interventionA counselor affiliated with the New Jersey State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services coordinates services that consider the participant's condition, needs and goals. Services they may receive include: * Education on programs designed to help people with spinal cord injury or brain injury pursue employment. * Advice and guidance from professional counselors who have special training in helping people with disabilities pursue employment. * Help completing applications for services. * Assistance communicating with my employer about my needs and ways to accommodate them. * Referrals to and services from other health care or technology providers.
Center Facilitator-Coordinated Services
Other interventionA facilitator affiliated with Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation coordinates services that consider the participant's condition, needs and goals. Services they may receive include: * Education on programs designed to help people with spinal cord injury or brain injury pursue employment. * Advice and guidance from professional counselors who have special training in helping people with disabilities pursue employment. * Help completing applications for services. * Assistance communicating with my employer about my needs and ways to accommodate them. * Referrals to and services from other health care or technology providers.
Treatment groups
500 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: State Counselor-Coordinated ServicesOther 1 intervention
Group B: Center Facilitator-Coordinated ServicesOther 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Employment Status
Proportion of participants in each group in competitive employment
Time frame
12-months post-enrollmentSecondary outcomes
1
Earnings
Earnings within the first 12 months post-enrollment as obtained from New Jersey Unemployment Insurance (UI) data
Time frame
12-months post-enrollment2
SSI and SSDI Benefit Applications
Proportion of participants who report via survey that they applied for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits
Time frame
12-months post-enrollment3
SSI and SSDI Benefit Awards
Proportion of participants who report via survey that they were awarded SSI and SSDI benefits
Time frame
12-months post-enrollment4
Job Satisfaction
Survey to assess job satisfaction and attitudes toward work
Time frame
12-months post-enrollmentLocations
Sponsors and contacts
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Kessler Foundation
Lead sponsor
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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