Ticket to Work

About the Ticket to Work

Information on the Ticket to Work program and employment and benefit supports.
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Employment Network Directory for the Ticket to Work

Find an employment network in your area to assist you in using your Ticket to Work.
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Employment Support for People with Disabilities

Information on the Social Security Administration's Office of Employment Support Programs (OSEP), which promotes the employment of Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities.
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FAQs for Employment Networks

Answers frequently asked questions such as "How Do Employment Networks Get Paid?" and "How Do Employment Network's and Ticket-Holders Connect?"
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Find a Job in Your State

This resource map from Choose Work has information about work incentives programs, employment networks, vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies and other contacts in your state that can help you find and keep a job. Career One Stop also has information about job banks in every state.

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Frequently Asked Questions about the Ticket to Work Program for People Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Answers common questions about the Ticket to Work program, which can help people receiving disability benefits access vocational rehabilitation, education, job training and placement services, as well as other services and supports to help reach employment goals.
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Increasing Options: The Ticket to Work & Self Sufficiency Program

Fact sheet provides information on the Ticket to Work program, which helps people with disabilities who want to join or reenter the workforce.
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Information for Social Security Beneficiaries Who Want to Return to Work

If you are interested in working, the Ticket to Work Program is the key to unlocking vocational rehabilitation, training, job referrals, and other services to help you reach your employment goals. The program is available for people who are between the ages of 18 and 65 and receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits because they are disabled or blind.
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National Center on Secondary Education & Transition

Coordinates national resources, offers technical assistance and sends out information about secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities in order to create opportunities for youth to achieve successful futures.
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Overview of the Ticket to Work Program

In 2008 the Social Security Administration (SSA) issued revised regulations to improve the Ticket to Work (Ticket) program and encourage more organizations to become Employment Networks (ENs). This link opens a PDF document.
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Social Security Administration Office of Employment Support Programs (OESP) Forms & Publications

Contains many types of forms, booklets, pamphlets and other resources related to employment of people with disabilities.
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Social Security Administration's Ticket to Work Program

Learn more about the Ticket to Work program, who is eligible for a ticket, what services are available with your ticket, and how to redeem your ticket.
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State Work Incentives Activities

Charts with Ticket to Work Program statistics for Employment Networks (ENs) and Ticket Assignments.
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The Ticket to Work Program & Other Work Incentives

Information from the Social Security Administration (SSA) on the Ticket to Work Program and other work incentive programs.

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Ticket to Work & Work Incentives Advisory Panel

The Ticket to Work legislation established the Advisory Panel within the Social Security Administration to advise the President, the Congress and the Commissioner of Social Security on issues related to work incentive programs, planning and assistance for individuals with disabilities and the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program.
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Ticket to Work & Work Incentives Advisory Panel Annual Reports

Includes the findings, issues, conclusions and recommendations of the Panel regarding implementation of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act by the Social Security Administration and other federal agencies whose programs have an effect on the employment of people with disabilities.

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Ticket to Work Podcast

Topics covered include an overview of the program, a summary of 2008 regulatory changes and the benefits of the Ticket to Work for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)/Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries and employers. This information is also available in video form in ASL.

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Ticket to Work Program & Youth in Transition

Information on how the Ticket to Work Program can help ensure the successful transition of youth with disabilities from school to work and adulthood through employment services and work incentives.
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Ticket to Work Program Information

Offical website of the Ticket to Work Program, which provides most people receiving Social Security benefits (beneficiaries) more choices for receiving employment services. Under this program SSA issues a ticket to eligible beneficiaries who, in turn, may choose to assign those tickets to an Employment Network (EN) of their choice to obtain employment services, vocational rehabilitation services or other support services necessary to achieve a vocational (work) goal.
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Understanding Asset Development for Individuals with Disabilities

Learn all about asset development. Asset development is about encouraging people to save money and to make investments that increase in value over time. It is believed that by building assets, individuals and their families will be able to move out of poverty and remain out of poverty. However, many people mistakenly think that work and saving money will automatically make them ineligible for Social Security Disability benefits.
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Work & Benefits

Information from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center outlines government programs that allow people with disabilities to work and keep health care benefits.
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Work Incentive Planning & Assistance (WIPA) Projects

List of Community Work Incentive Coordinators who offer information and technical assistance in your state on the work incentives that help Social Security Disability (SSDI) and Supplementary Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries return to work.

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Work Incentive Plans Under the Work Incentives Planning & Assistance Project (WIPA)

Discusses what a Work Incentive Plan (WIP) is, ways to update your plan and how WIP compares to a Benefits Summary and Analysis. This link opens a Word document.
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Work Incentives Planning & Assistance Services Defined

Defines Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Services and offers information about Program Managers for Recruitment and Outreach (PMRO). This link opens a Word document.
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Your Ticket to Work: What You Need to Know to Keep it Working for You

Information about participation in the Ticket to Work Program.
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