Today 66 percent of working-age adults with disabilities are unemployed and dependent on Federal subsidies.
One-third of working-age black adults (more than 6 million people) were also uninsured or experienced a gap in coverage during the year.
According to the study, about 10 percent of working-age adults report dizziness as a problem, and the figure rises with age.
It also expects the number of working-age adults with a learning disability to go up by 30% over the next 20 years.
Historically, rehabilitation counselors primarily served working-age adults with disabilities.
The low to middle income (LMI) group includes 11 million working-age adults.
Before the storm, almost 50 percent of the city's working-age adults had low literacy and math skills or lacked a high school diploma.
We expect to lift 350,000 children and 500,000 working-age adults out of poverty by the standard measure.
Seniors spend, on average, far more on health care costs than either working-age adults or children.
This situation creates groups of educated, working-age adults without hope of worthwhile employment.