Ticket Tracker

The Ticket Tracker is a monthly report of Ticket to Work (Ticket) program activity. It shows activity for each of the 50 states, and includes 9 U.S. Commonwealths and U.S. territories.

The report distinguishes activity of Employment Networks (EN) from that of State Vocational Rehabilitative (VR) agencies. It further differentiates according to the payment method chosen by either the EN or the VR. The two methods are milestone/outcome (M/O) or Outcome (O).

Information on payment methods

The count of beneficiaries is reported for three groups, each being a subset of the group above it:

Gross: A national figure not broken out by states.
Net: ticket- eligible beneficiaries reported for each state. The Net national total is a subset of Gross.
Target Group: Reported for each state, this is an estimate of those work-focused beneficiaries within the eligible beneficiaries (Net) group, who are most likely to assign a ticket and to return to work.

Informational data items for each state show EN coverage and EN office locations. EN coverage reflects the number of unique EN’s actively operating (at least one ticket assigned) in a given state. Since there may be EN’s in the state without a ticket assigned, this number may be less than the actual number of EN’s in the state. “Office locations” is a count of total EN offices (not EN’s) in the state. Since an EN may have more than one office in a given state, this number will ordinarily be greater than the number of ENs.

Key indicators by state include tickets assigned, tickets in use, and the percentage of target group tickets in use or assigned. The first two are captured counts. The percentage calculation, while mathematically substantiated, is an estimate because the target group size is an estimate.

Detailed explanations of each report item appear below:

Ticket to Work Program Monthly Report

Data Item Descriptions

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M/O	Milestone/Outcome
O	Outcome
TOD	Tickets on Demand
EN	Employment Network
State VR agency	State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency

State represents the 50 United States, and nine (9) U.S. Commonwealths and U.S. Territories including Micronesia (FM), Marshall Islands (MH), Northern Mariana Islands (MP), and Palau (PW).

Eligible Beneficiaries (Net) represent the current number of ticket-eligible beneficiaries. Net means terminated tickets (most commonly due to death or retirement age) are excluded from this count. Ticket counts reflect a ticket-holding beneficiary’s state of residence at the time the monthly report is created.

EN Coverage represents the total number of local, regional, and national ENs that have a ticket assigned in that state, by beneficiary residence. If an EN has tickets assigned in three different states, that EN is counted three times, once in each of the three states.

EN Locations is the total number physical EN office locations by state.

Total Tickets – In-Use State VR agency & Assigned is the net number of “In-Use State VR agency” tickets plus tickets assigned by beneficiary state of residence. Net means that unassigned and terminated assignments are excluded. Both EN and State VR ticket assignments are included in this total.

Tickets Assigned to ENs is the net number of tickets assigned to ENs by beneficiary state of residence.

Tickets Assigned to ENs – M/O represents the net number of tickets assigned to ENs by beneficiary state of residence for which the M/O payment method was selected by the EN.

Tickets Assigned to ENs – O represents the net number of tickets assigned to ENs by beneficiary state of residence for which the O payment method was selected by the EN.

Tickets In-Use State VR agency represents the net number of tickets by beneficiary state of residence for which the ticket is considered “in use” with the State VR agency, but not “assigned” to the State VR agency.

Tickets Assigned to State VR agencies is the net number of tickets assigned to State VR agencies by beneficiary state of residence.

Tickets Assigned to State VR agencies – M/O represents the net number of tickets assigned to State VR agencies by beneficiary state of residence for which the M/O payment method was selected by the State VR agency.

Tickets Assigned to State VR agencies – O represents the net number of tickets assigned to State VR agencies by beneficiary state of residence for which the O payment method was selected by the State VR agency.

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