Ticket Tuesdays

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Ticket Tuesdays

• Getting Involved

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Welcome
Thank you for joining us for the Ticket Training
Tuesday Series. We look forward to working with
you.
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Agenda

• Ticket Assignment Basics
• Getting Involved

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Ticket Assignment Basics

• What is a ticket?
• Who is eligible to receive a ticket?
• How is a ticket assigned?
• What is an IWP?
• When is a ticket in use?
• How is a ticket unassigned?

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What is a ticket?
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Ticket Eligibility

• Who is ticket eligible?
• Any person who is between the ages of 18 to 64
• And is in current pay status based on disability
  (SSI and/or SSDI)

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In-Take Process

• Pre-Screening Survey
• - What is the ticket holder looking for?
  Full-time or part-time employment? What are their
  needs?
• -18 month prior earnings history
• Choice
• - TTWP is all about choice!
• WIPA (Work Incentives Planning and Assistance)

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Ticket Assignability

• Ticket Status
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Terminology
• Assignable
• Assigned
• Not assignable
• Terminated
• Not in database

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Unassigning a Ticket

• Choice
• EN/VR OR ticket holder can unassign the ticket at
  any given time
• Process
• Fax unassignment statement that contains ticket
  holder name, SSN, organization name, signature,
  date
• Unassignment effective the first day of the
  following month

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CDR

• Reviews conducted by SSA to determine if a
  beneficiary is still disabled under SSA
  guidelines
• If a Ticket is currently assigned, SSA will not
  begin a Medical CDR during the period that the
  Ticket is in use.
• Services may begin the Ticket may be assigned
  if a CDR has already begun

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Ticket Assignment

• Individual Work Plan (IWP)
• Official agreement
• Template on website
• Process
• Download, print, complete, fax to MAXIMUS
• MAXIMUS will verify, send confirmation
• SSA will notify beneficiary

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18 Month Look Back Tool
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SSI Telephone Wage Reporting

• Beneficiaries can now report monthly wages with
  just a telephone call
• Beneficiaries must be on SSI or concurrent
  benefits (SSI and SSDI)
• Callers must also have some prior earnings on
  record
• Service not available for SSDI or for
  beneficiaries who are self-employed

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SSI Telephone Wage Reporting

• How to use this service
• The wage earner calls 866-772-0953 and provides
  their name and SSN
• Then the caller keys in the total gross earnings
  for the previous month
• Key Points
• Calls must be placed by the 6th of the month
  following the earnings
• SSA recommends that clients consult with the
  local SSA field office before using the service

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SSI Telephone Wage Reporting

• Benefits of using the service
• EN gets paid faster as SSA has verified earnings
  in a more timely manner
• The beneficiary is saved a trip to the field
  office each month to provide pay stubs

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Website
www.yourtickettowork.com
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Ticket Use

• Beginning Ticket Use
• Effective on IWP date
• Ticket holder works towards stated goals
• Ending Ticket Use
• End of the 60th month for which an Outcome
  Payment is made to the EN for Supplemental
  Security Income (SSI) or the 36th month for
  Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or
• Day before effective date of the decision that
  the beneficiary is no longer making timely
  progress toward self-supporting employment or
• Close of the 90-day extension period that begins
  with the first month in which the Ticket is no
  longer assigned to an EN
• Month when benefits end, or day on which the
  Ticket terminates

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Getting Involved

• MAXIMUS
• Website
• EN Directory
• Ticket Training Tuesdays
• Promising Practices
• Connecting with Ticket Holders
• Partnership Plus

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MAXIMUS

• EN/VR Education and Communications Specialists

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Website
www.yourtickettowork.com
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EN Directory (cont.)
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Ticket Training Tuesdays
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Promising Practices
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Connecting with Ticket Holders

• Make Contact
• Beneficiary Referral CD
• Orientations
• Follow-Up

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Partnership Plus

• EN VR Partnership
• VR Cost Reimbursement
• EN Phase 2 Milestones and
  Outcome Payments

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Contact Us

• MAXIMUS Ticket to Work
• Toll Free 1-866-949-ENVR (3687)
• TDD 1-866-833-2967
• Fax [phone]
• www.yourtickettowork.com
• ENOperations_at_yourtickettowork.com

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Questions?