Ticket to Work Meeting

The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel has scheduled a meeting for San Juan, P.R. for February 1-3, 2006. The Caribbean in February, hmmm. I guess the members do not worry about appearances. Even though the Panel is holding the meeting in Puerto Rico where there would only be a limited number of English speaking claimants available to speak, the Panel wants testimony from beneficiaries on:

(1) Ending the requirement that an individual’s medical benefits must be tied to their eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) cash benefits;
(2) gradually reducing beneficiaries’ monthly SSDI checks once they earn a certain amount for a certain period of time instead of ending them all at once; Social Security work rules would affect
(3) allowing beneficiaries to earn more and still remain eligible for a monthly Social Security check;
(4) providing beneficiaries accurate, understandable information about how Socia'l Security work rules would affect them;
(5) extending beneficiaries’ eligibility for other federally funded support services, such as financial help with housing and food for a transition period of up to 3 years after reaching full-time employment; and
(6) any other issues not listed above that would affect beneficiaries’ ability to return to work.