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Ticket to Work
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 |
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(* 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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