Ticket to Work 49th Month Report: Impact of Regulatory Changes

Ticket Eligibility
All SSDI beneficiaries and SSI beneficiaries receiving disability or blindness payments who are at least age 18 but not yet age 65 are eligible to participate in the Ticket Program.

Tickets 8/31/11 5/31/12 8/31/12
# of active tickets (tickets issued to beneficiaries who are currently ticket eligible 12.5 M 13.3 M 13.4 M
# of beneficiaries receiving employment services (tickets assigned or “In Use”) 288,624 228,807 300,635
# Tickets In Use under VR Cost Reimbursement 226,016 228,807 239,297
# Tickets assigned to ENs 41,655 40,042 37,879
# Tickets assigned to VR agencies 19,993 22,670 23,494


Employment Networks (ENs) (Point in Time Data) 8/31/11 5/31/12 8/31/12
# of ENs under contract (i.e. EN awards) 1,257 1,061 1,029
# of ENs providing employment services (Have Tickets assigned) 957 844   834  
# of ENs getting jobs for our beneficiaries (ENs received payment) 253 260 250


Payments 8/31/11 5/31/12 8/31/12
# of job placement and rentention payments (payments made to ENs) 137,720 167,952 180,243
# of Milestone payments 39,686 52,187 57,476
# of Outcome payments 98,034 115,765 122,767
Percent of milestone/outcome payments 29%/71% 31%/69% 32%/68%
Value of job placement and retention payments (Payments made to ENs) $71.4 M $90.73 M $98.34 M
$ Milestone payments made to ENs $35.5 M $47.31 M $52.14 M
$ Outcome payment made to ENs $35.9 M $43.42 M $46.19 M


Beneficiaries 8/31/11 5/31/12 8/31/12
# of beneficiaries who ENs got a job for or supported in keeping a job (earnings generated payments to ENs) 15,842 19,203 20,443
# of beneficiaries with EN support for which benefits were not paid due to work and earnings 5,397 6,471 6,848
# months for which benefits were not paid due to work and earnings (EN outcome payment months) 98,034 115,765 122,767
# benefit years not paid 8,170 9,647 10,231
Approximate benefit savings Over $98 M Over $115 M $122.767 M