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Ticket To Work & Iowa State Workforce Partners
Employment Network
Ticket to Work
• A voluntary employment program• Available to persons age 18-64 receiving
Social Security Disability Insurance or SSI• Goal: Reduce reliance on Social Security
disability benefits, increase self-sufficiency, and improve the quality of life for beneficiaries
Your questions and concerns
Will I lose my benefits?Cash paymentsHealth care
Help for you to answer these Questions
Iowa Work Incentive Planning and Assistance (WIPA brochure)
Health InsuranceMedicare Continuation1619B & MEPD
Employment Networks in Des Moines area
• Iowa State Workforce Partners• Iowa Department for the Blind
• Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Iowa State Workforce Partners Employment Network provide the
following services…– Skills assessment / interest inventory– Resume preparation– Interviewing skills training– Job search and labor exchange – Work Incentives information– Tax Incentive information
Benefits for you
No medical review while ticket is assigned
You select the Employment Network & change your Employment Network if necessary
You support other job seekers with disabilities seeking employment
3 Simple Steps to Assign Your Ticket
• Use your current IowaWORKS employment plan
• Agree to the Individual Work Plan• Provide history of earnings
1 question
Are you currently receiving or have you in the past received services from Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation or Iowa Dept for the Blind?
If yes, your Ticket is being used by them and we want you to keep your Ticket with them.
Individual Work Plan & 18–month Look Back
• Together let’s review the information on the IWP handout & timely progress review handout
• Questions• Together let’s complete the 18-month Look
back handout
Sign on the Line
• Together we need to review your information and then both sign.
• You will get a letter from Social Security stating your Ticket has been assigned.
REMINDER
• Report if you start a job / end a job• Monthly report your earnings to us• Let us know if you need any assistance
even while you are working
Jade HuntDisability Program Navigator
430 E. Grand AvenueDes Moines, IA 50309
(W) 515-281-7050 (C) 515-250-8641Deaf/Hard of hearing use 711