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48thd Month Report: Impact of Regulatory Changes
(5/1/08 – 5/1/12)

Ticket Eligibility
All SSDI beneficiaries and SSI beneficiaries receiving disability or blindness payments who are at least age 18 but not yet age 65 are eligible to participate in the Ticket Program.

Tickets 5/1/08 5/1/12
# of active tickets (tickets issued to beneficiaries who are currently ticket eligible 10.6 million 13.2 million
# of beneficiaries receiving employment services (tickets assigned or “In Use”) 203,664 290,964 (+43%)
# Tickets In Use under VR Cost Reimbursement** 190,033 251,245 (32%)
# Tickets assigned to ENs 13,631 39,677 (+191%)
# Tickets assigned to VR agencies *190,033 *22,411

(* Under the new Ticket regulations, Tickets previously assigned to the State VR Agency under Cost Reimbursement are counted as “In Use”.)


Employment Networks (ENs) 5/1/08 5/1/12
# of ENs under contract (i.e. EN awards) 1,186 1,051
# of ENs providing employment services 646 843 (+30.5%)  
# of ENs with successful job placements (ENs received payment) 411 1,056 (+156.9%)
Payments 5/1/08 5/1/12
# of job placement and retention payments (payments made to ENs) 36,673 164,114
# of Milestone payments
6,807 50,640 (+644%)
# of Outcome payments
30,201 113,474 (+276%)
Value of job placement and retention payments (payments made to ENs) $12.7 million $ 88.47 million
$ Milestone payments made to ENs
$ 4 million $ 45.93 million (1,048%)
$ Outcome payments made to ENs
$ 8.7 million $ 42.53 million (+389%)

Beneficiaries 5/1/08 5/1/12
# of beneficiaries who ENs placed or supported on a job 4,034 18,846(+367%)
# of beneficiaries leaving the rolls with EN support 2,071 6,323 (+205%)
# of months for which benefits were not paid due to work and earnings (EN outcome payment months) 30,201 113,474 (+276%)
# Benefit years not paid 2,517 9,456
Approximate benefit savings Over $113 million



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