Ticket To Work Proposed Regulations

The Social Security Administration has proposed revisions to its Ticket to Work regulations. Here is Social Security's summary of the proposal:

• So that the program will be more accessible to beneficiaries who require additional training to return to work, we propose to add requirements for educational or technical training to supplement the work requirements under the timely progress guidelines for beneficiaries;

• We propose to revise the work requirements under the timely progress guidelines and the documentation and other requirements for progress reviews to simplify and streamline the process for determining whether a beneficiary is making timely progress toward selfsupporting employment;

• We propose to eliminate the current ‘‘initial 24-month period’’ after ticket assignment during which a beneficiary is considered to be making timely progress if actively participating in his or her employment plan;

• We propose to replace this 24- month period with two successive 12- month progress certification periods during each of which the beneficiary must complete either a work requirement of an educational or technical training requirement in order to be considered to be making timely progress until the next scheduled progress review; and

• We propose to recognize one-stop delivery systems established under the program of the U.S. Department of Labor under subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 as qualified ENs.