Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act

NCIL Statement and Recommendations on The SSA Ticket to Work Program

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING STATEMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS to NCIL Members for Public Comment on The SSA Ticket to Work program Notice of Public Rule Making - NPRM Public Comment Period ending February 26, 2001 of The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act TWWIIA

The Ticket to Work Question and Answer Sheet

The Ticket to Work and Work Incentive Improvement Act (TWWIIA) was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on December 17, 1999. The Ticket to Work portion of the Act creates a choice for SSI and/or SSDI beneficiaries of where to receive employment training services. The Ticket to Work is an entitlement for SSI and/or SSDI beneficiaries and is not mandatory. In the past, persons on SSI and/or SSDI benefits went through the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) for employment training. And though persons can still use VR services for vocational training, the Ticket to Work allows SSI/SSDI beneficiaries to choose from many more sources, known as Employment Networks, to get these employment services.

Ticket Eligibility and Use Employment Networks Work Group Report

The Workgroup met numerous times from September 2000 through January 2001 to address key issues in the Ticket program and in the provisions in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Ticket to Work and Self Sufficiency Program. Their review and discussion/deliberation of issues related directly to beneficiary use and operation of the Ticket program and to the work and qualifications of employment networks as service providers under the new law. What follows is a discussion of eight (8) key issues identified by the Workgroup, along with a brief discussion, summary of public comments, and their recommendations to the full Panel consideration.

The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999: Federal Fact Sheet on Public Law 106-170

The Work Incentives Act is an expansion of services and choices available to Americans with disabilities who work, or are planning to work. The Act begins the redesign of public long-term disability programs to keep pace with medical advances, assistive technologies, and the changing dynamics of the new workplace. The Act’s provisions are voluntary and grounded in the consumer’s control of when and what decisions will be made about work.

Ticket to Work Scorecard Star Legislation on the Rise Nationwide

The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TWWIIA), signed into law in December 1999, may well be a star piece of federal legislation that continues to rise under the administration of George W. Bush. Employment and empowerment are cornerstones of Republican ideology. Programs that encourage jobs and self-sufficiency can be expected to receive far more favorable consideration than those that stress entitlements based on civil rights alone.