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Ticket to Work Evaluation (January 2006) |
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| Time Period | Implementation Activity or Milestone |
1999 |
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| December 17 | Ticket Act enacted, establishing Ticket to Work Program |
2000 |
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| Throughout Year | SSA Office of Employment Support Programs (OESP) begins to develop principal policies and rules in consultation with SSA deputy commissioners |
| August to December | Draft Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) negotiated with the Office of Management and Budget |
| September 29 | The Program Manager contact was signed with MAXIMUS, Inc. |
| November 13 | Selection of 13 Phase 1 states announced |
| December 28 | NPRM published, starting the 60-day public comment period |
2001 |
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| Throughout Year | Recommendation for resolving major issues raised by public comment on the NPRM were considered by deputy commissioners |
| February 26 | NPRM public comment period ended. SSA received comments from over 400 interested parties, including federal, state, and local agencies; employers; organizations and advocates for people with disabilities, rehabilitation service providers, disability beneficiaries; and others. |
| April 13 | Request for Proposals on EN contracts were published |
| October to December | Draft final Ticket to Work regulations published |
2002 |
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| February | Selection of Phase 2 and 3 state announced |
| February 5 | Tickets were released to 10 percent of the eligible beneficiaries in Phase 1 states |
| April | Tickets were released to an additional 20 percent of the eligible beneficiaries in the Phase 1 states |
| May | Tickets were released to an additional 30 percent of the eligible beneficiaries in the Phase 1 states |
| June | Tickets were released to the final 40 percent of the eligible beneficiaries in the Phase 1 states |
| November | Tickets were released to eligible beneficiaries in the Phase 2 states. Tickets were distributed gradually. Ten percent of the Tickets were mailed each month from November 2002 through September 2003 (no Tickets were mailed in December). |
2003 |
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| May 29 | Contract was awarded to Mathematica and Cornell for the Evaluation of the Ticket to Work Program, Part A |
| May 29 | Contract was awarded to Mathematica and Cornell for the Evaluation of the Ticket to Work Program, Part B, Survey Data Collection |
| June | National Beneficiary Survey sample was drawn for Round 1 |
| October | Participant sample was drawn for Round 1 |
| November | Tickets were released to eligible beneficiaries in the Phase 3 states. Tickets were distributed gradually. Ten percent of the Tickets were mailed each month from November 2003 through September 2004 (no Tickets were mailed in December). |
2004 |
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| February 24 | National Beneficiary Survey, Round 1 data collection began |
| June | National Beneficiary Survey sample was drawn for Round 2 |
| September 30 | National Beneficiary Survey, Round 1 data collection ended |
2005 |
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| February 7 | National Beneficiary Survey, Round 2 data collection began |
Table A.2. States and Territories in Each Phase of TTW Implementation
Phase 1: 13 States |
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| Arizona | Iowa | Oregon |
| Colorado | Massachusetts | South Carolina |
| Delaware | New York | Vermont |
| Florida | Oklahoma | Wisconsin |
| Illinois | ||
Phase 2: 20 States + the District of Columbia |
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| Alaska | Kentucky | New Hampshire |
| Arkansas | Louisiana | New Jersey |
| Connecticut | Michigan | New Mexico |
| District of Columbia | Mississippi | North Dakota |
| Georgia | Missouri | South Dakota |
| Indiana | Montana | Tennessee |
| Kansas | Nevada | Virginia |
Phase 3: 17 States + the U.S. Territories |
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| Alabama | Ohio | American Samoa |
| California | Pennsylvania | Guam |
| Hawaii | Rhode Island | Northern Mariana Islands |
| Idaho | Texas | Puerto Rico |
| Maine | Utah | Virgin Islands |
| Maryland | Washington | |
| Minnesota | West Virginia | |
| Nebraska | Wyoming | |
| North Carolina | ||
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