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How Many People Are Eligible for the Ticket
Program?
The Ticket to
Work Program is an employment program that is available to most
Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities who meet certain
criteria. The Social Security Administration notifies those
beneficiaries who are eligible to participate in the Ticket Program
by issuing them a Ticket. Beneficiaries receiving a Ticket are
referred to as Ticket-holders. More than 11 million Ticket-holders
are eligible to participate in this nationwide Program and many are
already working.
How Does the Program Work?
The Ticket Program is flexible and voluntary – Social Security
Administration beneficiaries are not mandated to participate and in
most cases, ENs can chose which services they want to provide,
where, and to whom. Beneficiaries receiving Tickets can contact one
or more ENs to discuss services and once an agreement between the
beneficiary and EN is reached, the two work together to develop a
work plan to assist the beneficiary in reaching his or her
employment goal.
Every month a Ticket-holder is employed
at a certain wage level, ENs receive revenue.
What is an EN?
Any agency or instrumentality of a state (or political subdivision), or a
private entity that takes responsibility for the actual delivery of
services or the coordination/referral of services is eligible to
apply to be an Employment Network (EN).
Employment Networks can be a single
entity, a partnership or alliance of entities (public and/or
private), or a consortium of organizations collaborating to combine
resources to serve Ticket-holders.
What is the Role of MAXIMUS?
The Ticket to
Work legislation required the Social Security Administration to
identify a contractor to assist in the administration of the Ticket
To Work Program. MAXIMUS was awarded two contracts to serve as
Operations Support Manager (OSM) and Ticket Program Data Operations
Center Manager (TPDOCM). MAXIMUS role as OSM and TPDOCM includes:
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establishing and maintaining a Technical Assistance and Support
Center to assist all prospective and current Employment Networks
and State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies;
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administering and supporting the Ticket assignment process;
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administering and supporting the Employment Network payment process;
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ensuring the continuity and seamless operations of the Ticket Program
for the Employment Networks and State Vocational Rehabilitation
Agencies.
TO QUALIFY: SSDI or SSI Recipient
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