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Information About the Social Security Ticket to Work Program and How Benefits, Earnings and Work Incentives Impact Life for People with Disabilities
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Indiana providers receive new Ticket to Work info and supports |
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As part of an ongoing partnership with Vocational Rehabilitation Services, the Center on Community Living and Careers (CCLC) at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Indiana University, will be providing consultation and technical assistance to improve Ticket to Work outcomes in Indiana. Watch for: quarterly newsletters, monthly fact sheets, and more. Brianne Lott, CCLC project coordinator, is leading the project and can be reached at brilott@indiana.edu. |
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Federal agencies will be hiring!
Thanks to Executive Order 13548, signed July 26, 2010, federal agencies are planning to hire, train, and retain 100,000 people with disabilities over the next five years.
Things to know:
· Applies to posted and non-posted jobs and allows federal agencies to hire people with disabilities competitively and non-competitively.
· Those eligible: individuals currently receiving disability benefits as well as those not currently receiving benefits because of an increase in their earnings (not as a result of medical improvement). |
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Dennis Born taking on regional
Ticket to Work responsibilities |
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Dennis Born is now senior accounts manager with MAXIMUS for Region 5 of the Social Security Administration Ticket to Work program. Born, a longtime disability advocate, will be providing training and technical assistance to partners providing services in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. During his past tenure with Aspire Indiana, Born administered several grants and initiatives, including Ticket To Work, supporting individuals with disabilities and assisting them with their employment efforts ...continued here. |
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Introducing: Common Myths and Straight Talk
A series of fact sheets about working, earning money, and receiving Social Security benefits
Click here to download our first issue, which provides information on Trial Work Period, Extended Period of Eligibility, Substantial Gainful Activity and more! |
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Did you know….?
The number one reason cited by providers for not becoming an Employment Network (EN) is that they're unsure how the program works. The top two benefits of the TTW program cited by current ENs are 1) fast processing and minimal paperwork, and
2) additional revenue. Want more information or survey results?
Click here. |
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