Ticket-to-Work Resource Links

Employment support, a new mission for Social Security disability programs, is coordinated by the Office of Employment Support Programs (OESP)

The Work Site is the Social Security Administration's comprehensive resource for employment and its disability programs.

SSA provides a useful fact sheet on the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 .

The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel website has information on Panel Members, meetings, calendar of events, news, progress reports and panel recommendations.

Worksupport.com , Virginia Commonwealth University's employment support website, contains information, research and resources for supported employment for people with disabilities. Topics range from work accommodations to workforce training and includes links to a variety of business partners.

Onestops.info is the official website for the National Center on Workforce and Disability's adult program, and includes information about one-stop career centers.

The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability's Youth provides resources and publications and discusses promising practices.

The SSA Work! at the Institute for Child Health Policy is a good source for links and videos on Plans for Achieving Self-Support (PASS) and the Ticket to Work Program. Users can order a CD-ROM about this website.

Barrier Breakers contains planning information on the Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS) program. This web-site also includes action-alerts, links and a Social Security chat room.

The Work Incentives Transition Network works with school-aged youth with disabilities. The site provides downloadable documents, links to collaborating agencies and an online course on SSI Work Incentives for youth.

Beneifts planning resources by RCEP7 University of Missouri-Columbia

Social Security and other organizations provide a range of resources to fully understand Social Security disability programs. Some local Social Security field offices provide trained staff to explain certain programs so that you can use them when needed. Social Security provides many web and written resources on key topics.

The official website of the Social Security Administration is at http://www.ssa.gov . You'll find comprehensive information on the Social Security Administration including frequently asked questions, contact information, service and benefit descriptions, news articles and legislative information.

Use the Social Security Office Locator to find local Social Security Offices.

SSA provides a thorough reference to Social Security program rules .

SSA publishes the Blue Book that lists levels of impairment. This Blue Book is used to classify medical conditions Social Security considers severe enough to prevent a person from engaging in any Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA). When the Blue Book was first in print, this guide’s cover was blue and became commonly known as The Blue Book.

The Social Security Administration's Red Book is a complete overview of Social Security's disability programs and work incentives.

Look here for SSA's easy to read explanation of the steps, called the sequential evaluation process , that Social Security uses to determine whether a claimant is disabled and eligible for benefits.

Social Security's easy-to-read guide to the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program includes an explanation of how Social Security considers other public disability income such as Workers’ Compensation and California’s State Disability Insurance .

SSA's online description of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program includes a supplement providing a complete list of 2003 California maximum monthly payments for SSI.

Social Security describes benefits for a Childhood Disability Beneficiary (CDB) , formally known as a Disabled Adult Child (DAC).

SSA has a resource on Social Security Retirement Benefits and wages .

Congress funded the Social Security Benefits Planning Assistance and Outreach Project (BPAO) to enhance the ability of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries to work or return to work in all 50 states and US territories.

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

Plan to Work

Positive Solutions

Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities (HWD) is the Medicaid buy-in for Washington State.

Frequently Asked Questions about HWD

Eligibility for HWD

Websites including instructions and examples for applying for a Plan for Achieving Self Support(PASS):

http://www.nls.org/pass-art.htm#Time%20limits%20for%20the%20pass

http://www.passplan.org

The Northwest Justice Project provides self-help materials and tools that provide information about non-criminal legal problems affecting low-income people in Washington State.