From today's Federal Register:
We are soliciting public input on whether and how we might revise the current Ticket to Work program rules. The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 established the Ticket to Work program to allow individuals with disabilities to seek services to obtain and retain employment in order to reduce dependency on cash benefit programs. In creating the program, Congress found that eliminating barriers to work and providing individuals with real choice in obtaining services and technology to find, enter, and maintain employment can greatly improve the short and long-term financial independence and personal well-being of our beneficiaries. We want to explore improving our Ticket to Work program as part of our ongoing effort to help our beneficiaries find and maintain employment that leads to increased independence and enhanced productivity. If we propose specific revisions to our regulations, we will publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register.
5 comments:
Include the DVR number on the notices sent and don't waste time and money on the Ticket to Work gimmick.
My input, discontinue.
Make sure all parts of social security understand Ticket program and quits using signing up for it as a reason to investigate for fraud. But, more important than that, Stop the program.
I see no need for the program. The system does work--successful beneficiaries generally have such severe impairments that UNACCOMMODATED work is impossible. None of my clients who has attempted the program have been successful in returning to full-time unaccommodated work. Running the program is a waste of time, energy, and expense better put to other uses.
One overhaul that might work for SSD is to do away with all the mind boggling complexity. For SSD simply let people meeting the disability standard work and earn money as they can. If in a calendar year they make more than a certain amount review the case and determine if they either medically improved or demonstrated that they sustained competitive substantial gainful work. Do away with the huge number of overpayments and confusing alphabet soup of programs that are hard to administer correctly. By all accounts SSA staff has too much work to do now. Simplify.
I see no easy fix for SSI. The monthly income, resource and deeming rules complicate matters too much for both beneficiaries and SSA staff and lead to far too many overpayments when beneficiaries work. Fixing that would require a statutory overhaul that is unlikely in the current political climate.
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