Americans with Disabilities Act 25th Anniversary Timeline - Disability & Employment

Ticket to Work Program

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2001

The Social Security Administration launches the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency program—the centerpiece of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act passed two years earlier. The voluntary program aims to increase the financial independence of Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries ages 18 – 64 by providing improved options for receiving employment services and maintaining publicly funded healthcare. In 2008, the regulations implementing the program are altered to revise the payment structure available to employment service providers participating in the program, called Employment Networks.

Two workers, one of whom is visually impaired and uses a cane, walking in an office. — John Minchillo