The authors examine the participation of SSA disability beneficiaries in the TTW program through December 2004. On an absolute scale, participation is very low, and perhaps much lower than many had hoped. Participation is not low relative to the historical rate for program exits due to work,...

The Social Security Administration established the TTW program to put disability beneficiaries on the road to economic self-sufficiency by improving access to and quality of services that will help them work. This interim report looks at the program during its first two years of operation to...

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)—the main federal program providing cash assistance to workers with disabilities—is facing a major fiscal crisis. This brief discusses an approach to a long-term solution using a work support policy that could reduce entry into the program...

State vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies provide important employment services for people with disabilities. Yet little is known about the characteristics of individuals who have received VR services compared to the general population of people with disabilities. Using 2007 data, we found...

This summary presents the key findings from a collection of nine studies conducted in 2009–2010 that focused on the employment efforts of working-age Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries and the Social Security Administration work incentives and...

This report presents impact estimates for the original Ticket to Work program, prior to the 2008 regulatory changes. Although distribution of Tickets significantly increased service enrollment, there was little evidence of increased suspensions or terminations of benefits due to work.

This paper presents results from an impact analysis of the Ticket to Work program, as implemented by the Social Security Administration from 2002 through 2007. The analysis found substantial impacts on enrollment for employment services with qualified providers, but no consistent evidence of...