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January 20-21 Data Workgroup Meeting |
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Written by Brian DeAtley
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Thursday, 07 January 2010 |
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TheEmployment Data Workgroup met on January 20 to 21, 2010 in
Arlington,
TX.
The group was updated on work
since the August Employment Data Workgroup meeting, and was briefed on the recent
activity both with the NCWC and internal to
NISH. The meeting obtained CRP input on:
1. System Concept for the Employment Database, which will provide employment data at the individual
worker level, to track individuals and outcomes over time. The Draft phase I
system recently completed by NISH IT staff was presented.
2. Data Security: Review and craft
language for
NISH / Institute - CRP agreements
3. Marketing Strategy: Including
workgroup participation at annual conference and on-going NCWC outreach
4. CRP Collaboration: approaches to
further CRP participation and support
Documents presented at the meeting include:
Three of the above prsentations were originally in Microsoft Office 2007's PowerPoint format (.pptx):
Note: The Institute will cover reasonable
travel-related expenses for one person from your CRP to participate in this
meeting - two hotel nights, flight costs and ground transportation to and from
the airport, as well as any meals not provided during the 2 day meeting. Please
contact Brian DeAtley at
571-226-4523 by phone or
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guidelines on travel reimbursements.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 25 January 2010 )
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Employer Payroll Incentive Project Update |
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Written by Brian DeAtley
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 |
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 In June 2009, the Institute contracted with Mathematica Policy Research
to explore the use of an employer payroll tax credit to provide
employers with stronger incentives to hire people with disabilities.
Mathematica
developed a preliminary model of a budget-neutral employer payroll tax
credit, estimating the potential cost savings to the Federal government
of companies employing people with disabilities.
Features of the Employer Payroll Tax Incentive
Based on the findings of the preliminary model, the employer payroll tax incentive specified has the following features:
- Target population: Employed SSI and DI beneficiaries and former beneficiaries with earnings greater than $1000 per month.
- Tax
Credit: Employers with at least 1% of their employees meeting these
criteria will be eligible for a FICA credit for each employee in the
target population. The amount of the credit will vary based on whether
or not the employee is covered by a health insurance plan offered by
the employer.
- Limit: An employer's total aggregate tax credit may not exceed 7.65% of payroll (the employer's share of the FICA tax).
During
Phase 2, Mathematica will conduct field research to further refine the
model and develop approaches to policy intervention. In Phase 3, a
demonstration and evaluation of the tax incentive will be conducted,
with the goal of generating rigorous empirical evidence that a
well-designed, budget-neutral policy intervention could increase the
employment of people with disabilities.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 January 2010 )
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System Concept and Implementation Strategy |
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Written by Dorothy Firsching
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Friday, 25 September 2009 |
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 Drawing on input from the Employment Data Workgroup and discussions with the Institute and a wide range of Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRPs), Catoctin Consulting, LLC has drafted an Employment Database System Concept Document.
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Employment Database will provide employment data at the individual worker
level, to track individuals and outcomes over time. This will result in:
- Greater understanding of the nonprofit agency
(NPA) workforce and the results achieved by the AbilityOne Program
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Design and evaluation of Institute research
projects targeted to the needs of the NPA community, including identification
of NPAs to participate in particular demonstrations
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The ability for NPAs to document outcomes
achieved, benchmark their results against other organizations, and identify
areas where there might be best practices based on the quantitative data.
The data analysis found that the core of the employment data
resides in the payroll and other systems of the NPAs, and that some of the
agencies have a need for an improved case management system to support their
operational needs.
The system concept is to work with the NPAs to plan
interfaces to their systems that will extract the data, remove personally
identifiable information, and send it to the Employment Database. NPAs will be
able to access their own data and compare it with aggregate data of other NPAs.
The Employment Database will not contain social security
numbers or other personally identifiable information. Individuals will be known
only as anonymous research subjects, thus avoiding any concern over compromise
of privacy or identity theft.
The development and implementation of the system will begin
in 2010 with the first group of NPAs and system interfaces. Additional NPAs and
interfaces, and software at the NPA level will be phased in over time.
Gathering data at the worker level from NPAs who have varied automation
environments is a complex endeavor and will take time.
The document includes:
- The system concept for a system for the Institute, referred to as the Employment Research System (ERS), supported by an Employment Database (EDB)
- The system concept for a Submission System at the CRPs, to interface with payroll and other systems at CRPs and provide input to the EDB
- A concept for a new Case Management System for those CRPs desiring such a system, and an
- Implementation Strategy.
In addition, it includes appendices including a Data Dictionary describing the data to be collected.
The document is available for download and review:
 Employment Database System Concept Document [Adobe Acrobat PDF - 400.05 KB].
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