Ticket to Work Fact Sheet
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Myths about TTW Below are several common myths about how New York Employment working will affect disability benefits and Services System health care coverage. If I go to work, I will lose my Medicare or Medicaid As long as you keep receiving a benefit check of any amount, you will keep your health insurance. If you earn enough that your SSDI For more information about the Ticket to Work stops, Medicare can continue for up to 93 Program visit: months. TICKET www.chooseworkttw.net If I use my Ticket to go to work, Social Security www.socialsecurity.gov/work will conduct a medical review If you participate in the Ticket program with TO either an EN or a State VR agency and make Or Call: “timely progress,” Social Security will not 1-866-968-7842(V) conduct review of your medical condition. 866-833-2967(TTY) If you had a review scheduled before you M-F 8:00AM-8:00PM EST WORK signed your ticket, Social Security will continue with your medical review. Developed by the Office of Mental Health (OMH) and the Research Foundation Because of working, I will have to reapply for benefits for Mental Hygiene (RFMH) You will not need to reapply if your benefits FACT ended within the past five years due to your earnings. You also still need to have the original medical condition or one related to it SHEET that prevents you from working. What is Ticket to Work? Work Incentives The Ticket to Work and Self Sufficiency (Ticket) program was created in 1999 to Trial Work Period (TWP) provide Social Security disability beneficiaries 1 TWP allows you to test your the choices, opportunities and support ability to work for nine months. needed to become and stay employed, During TWP, you will receive full increase their earnings, and eventually SSDI benefits no matter your leave and remain off benefits by becoming earnings as long as your work fully self-supportive. Through the Ticket to activity is reported and you have Work program, you can receive free support services to help you prepare for, find or a disability. maintain employment. 2 Expedited Reinstatement (EXR) Employment Network (EN) Who Qualifies? If your benefits stopped because of your earning level, you can Providers, such as NYESS, known as EN’s Adults 18 through 64 who receive Social request to have your benefits offer a range of support services to help you Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and/or reinstated without having to prepare for, find, or maintain employment. Social Security Income (SSI). complete a new application. Such services include career counseling, job placement, and ongoing support services. Is There a Cost? Protection from Medical You and your EN will jointly develop an 3 Continuing Disability Reviews Individualized Work Plan (IWP) that defines No, participation is free and voluntary. (CDR) your employment goals and describes the If you assign your Ticket to an specialized services the EN will provide to approved EN before you receive help you meet those goals. Who Can Help Me? notice of a medical CDR, you will not have to undergo the review You can find providers in your state by You can receive help you need from two types while you are participating in the using the “Find Help” tool online at: www. of providers: an Employment Network (EN) ; socialsecurity.gov/work or New York State’s Vocational Rehabilitation TTW program. (VR) agency, ACCES-VR and/or NYS Commission for the Blind. Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Under an arrangement called “Partnership Plus”, you may also receive services from a VR agency. Like an EN, you will create an IWP to assist in obtaining job placement. Your VR counselor can also help you connect with an EN to provide support services that continue after VR services end..