Factsheets
- What is Social Security's Ticket to Work Program?
- Virtual Service Delivery
- Medicare and Medicaid Employment Supports
- Benefits Counseling and the Path to Employment
- Trial Work Period (TWP)
- Attending WISE Webinars Using American Sign Language (ASL)
- Using Your PASS
- Presenting Your Best Self to Employers
- Work Incentives for People Who Are Blind
- Preventing and Managing Overpayments
- Impairment-Related Work Expenses
- Unincurred Business Expenses
- Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS)
- Planning Your Employment Goals with the Ticket To Work Program
- Ticket to Work for America's Veterans
- Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act
- Finding an EN and Assigning Your Ticket Worksheet
- Partnership Plus
- Debunking the Three Biggest Myths about Disability Benefits and Work
- Choosing the Right Employment Network for You
What is Social Security's Ticket to Work Program?
Ready to work and looking for support on your employment journey? If you are age 18 through 64, receive Social Security disability benefits (SSDI/SSI) and want to work, the Ticket to Work (Ticket) Program can help you reach your employment goals! This fact sheet tells you what you need to know to get started.
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Virtual Service Delivery
During 2020, many businesses changed the ways they engage with their customers and with the public. This fact sheet highlights the experiences of some Employment Networks (EN) who use remote service delivery to meet the needs of Ticketholders and to achieve successful employment outcomes and offers resources for ENs seeking to move to or improve their own virtual service delivery.
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Medicare and Medicaid Employment Supports
Many people believe that they will automatically lose their Medicare or Medicaid as soon as they start working. But that's a myth. We understand how important your healthcare coverage is to you. Our new resource offers information about how that extra income will affect your Medicare or Medicaid. You may be surprised by what you learn.
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Benefits Counseling and the Path to Employment
If you receive Social Security disability benefits (SSDI/SSI) and are considering returning to work, or working for the first time, you may be wondering how your earnings will affect your benefits. Benefits counseling is a free service offered by many Ticket to Work service providers to explain how working will affect your federal and state benefits.
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Trial Work Period
The Trial Work Period (TWP) is one of the many Work Incentives available to Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries and can help job seekers test their ability to work and transition to financial independence. This blog provides information on how eligible job seekers with disabilities can receive support reaching their work goals while maintaining their benefits!
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Attending WISE Webinars Using American Sign Language (ASL)
Social Security's Work Incentives Seminar Event (WISE) webinars are online seminars using video-conferencing software. If you are fluent in American Sign Language (ASL), you can use these instructions to connect with an interpreter through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Video Relay Service (VRS).
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Attending WISE Webinars Using American Sign Language (ASL) Factsheet
Work Incentives for People Who Are Blind
Most people receiving a disability payment can access Work Incentives or employment supports, but some of the rules are more generous if your disability is blindness. For more information see this Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document about Social Security Work Incentives for People who are Blind.
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Impairment-Related Work Expenses
Social Security Work Incentives can help you through the transition to work and the move toward financial independence. In this Work Incentives Series fact sheet, discover what Impairment-Related Work Expenses are and how they may be able to help you pay for the items and services you need to be able to work if you receive SSDI or SSI.
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Unincurred Business Expenses
Social Security Work Incentives can help you through the transition to work and the move toward financial independence. In this Work Incentives Series frequently asked questions, discover answers to popular questions about Unincurred Work Expenses and find out how this Work Incentive can help people who receive SSDI and want to pursue self-employment goals.
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Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS)
Social Security Work Incentives can help you through the transition to work and towards financial independence. Discover answers to popular questions about one Work Incentive, the Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS), and find out how PASS can help you on the path to success.
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Planning Your Employment Goals with the Ticket To Work Program
When you work with a Ticket to Work service provider, they will help you develop a work plan that serves as a roadmap to your success. Learn more about work plans, such as what work plans include and what your responsibilities are in this Ticket to Work Frequently Asked Questions.
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Planning Your Employment Goals with the Ticket To Work Program Factsheet
Finding an EN and Assigning Your Ticket Worksheet
Did you receive a list of service providers from the Ticket to Work Help Line or the Choose Work website’s Find Help tool? If so, this worksheet may help you call, email or visit Employment Networks (EN) to find one that is right for you. This worksheet gives you a list of questions to ask and space to write your answers, which may help you with your decision to assign your Ticket.
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Choosing the Right Employment Network for You
Social Security Work Incentives can help you through the transition to work and the move toward financial independence. In this Work Incentives Series frequently asked questions, discover answers to popular questions about Unincurred Work Expenses and find out how this Work Incentive can help people who receive SSDI and want to pursue self-employment goals.
