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Quality employment outcomes throughout the work lifecycle: Application to persons with spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and stroke.

Award Number: 90DPEM0006
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH
OPDIV: ACL
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2026

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Quality employment outcomes throughout the work lifecycle: Application to persons with spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and stroke. - We will conduct and translate qualitative, cross-sectional, and longitudinal research into tools to promote quality employment outcomes for people with disability secondary to spinal cord injury (SCI), multiple sclerosis (MS), and stroke. Our goal is to identify modifiable barriers and facilitators that may be targets of policy change, leading to improved quality employment outcomes, including, but not limited to, earnings, benefits, promotions, and job satisfaction. The three study objectives are: (1) use qualitative methods to identify the primary barriers to employment, including the impact of COVID-19, (2) develop econometric models to quantify employment outcomes between diagnostic groups, and (3) develop longitudinal models linking barriers and facilitators with quality measures of employment. The labor force participation model will be used to identify disparities in outcomes related to race ethnicity, sex, diagnosis, and functional status, whether disparities have been magnified over time with the COVID-19 pandemic, and how changes in employment outcomes compare with that of the general population. Longitudinal models will test hypotheses previously generated from cross-sectional research and assess the applicability of these models since the beginning of the pandemic. Products include: (1) generating new data from which to guide policy, practice, and self-management, (2) scientific and stakeholder publications, (3) presentations at national and international conferences, and, most importantly, (4) development of individualized tools for predicting of expected outcomes based on the presence of facilitators or the removal of barriers to quality employment. These products may be used by individuals with disability and VR professionals to promote better quality outcomes, rather than focusing solely on improving employment rates.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $499,694 )
2025	2025	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	5	6/3/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$499,694
2025	2024	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	4	2/10/2025	OTHER REVISION	$0
2025	2024	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	5	6/3/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2023	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	4	2/10/2025	OTHER REVISION	$0
2025	2023	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	5	6/3/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2022	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	5	6/3/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2022	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	4	2/10/2025	OTHER REVISION	$0
2025	2021	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	5	6/3/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2021	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	4	2/10/2025	OTHER REVISION	$0
														Subtotal = $499,694

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $499,658 )
2024	2024	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	4	7/11/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$499,658
2024	2023	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	4	7/11/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2023	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	3	6/13/2024	OTHER REVISION	$0
2024	2022	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	4	7/11/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2022	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	3	6/13/2024	OTHER REVISION	$0
2024	2021	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	4	7/11/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2021	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	3	6/13/2024	OTHER REVISION	$0
														Subtotal = $499,658

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $499,556 )
2023	2023	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 Ashley Ave	Charleston	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	3	8/14/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$499,556
2023	2022	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 Ashley Ave	Charleston	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	2	2/2/2023	OTHER REVISION	$0
2023	2022	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 Ashley Ave	Charleston	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	3	8/14/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2021	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 Ashley Ave	Charleston	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	3	8/14/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2021	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 Ashley Ave	Charleston	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	2	2/2/2023	OTHER REVISION	$0
														Subtotal = $499,556

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $499,848 )
2022	2022	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 Ashley Ave	Charleston	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	2	8/9/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$499,848
2022	2021	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 Ashley Ave	Charleston	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	02	1	8/8/2022	OTHER REVISION	$0
2022	2021	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 Ashley Ave	Charleston	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	2	8/9/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $499,848

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $499,720 )
2021	2021	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	1	8/23/2021	NEW	$499,720
2021	2021	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	1	9/3/2021	OTHER REVISION	$0
														Subtotal = $499,720

Grand Total All Awards = $2,498,476

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Quality employment outcomes throughout the work lifecycle: Application to persons with spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and stroke.

Award Number: 90DPEM0006

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH

OPDIV: ACL

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2026

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