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Ticket to Work
Interim Evaluation
Overview
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Interim ReportMajor Findings
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Beneficiaries National Beneficiary Survey
• Only about 36% of ticket eligible beneficiaries reported that they had heard of the program.
• TTW participants are far more likely than other beneficiaries to have employment goals and expectations
• Although most TTW participants clearly have employment-related aspirations, many still do not see themselves earning enough to leave disability benefits.
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Employment Networks
• Increasing EN participation continues to be challenging.
• To break even, ENs need about 23 payments per SSI-only Ticket and 11 payments per DI Ticket.
• ENs average less than1½ payments in the first two years a Ticket is assigned
• It generally takes more than two years for SSA/VR clients to reach 0-benefit status, so we may see improvement in Ticket outcomes.
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Vocational Rehabilitation
About 90% of all assignments are with VR under
the traditional reimbursement payment option.
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Other Work Incentive Programs
SSA’s Extended Period of Eligibility and Medicaid While Working (1619 a & b)
provisions were both associated with higher levels of Ticket participation.
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DATA DEMOGRAPHICS
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Participation continues to grow steadily.
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0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
1.00
1.20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Months Since Ticket Rollout Start
Per
cen
t
Phase 1 States
Phase 2 States
Source: January 2005 extract of SSA Disability Control File
Participation by Months Since Rollout
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Ticket participation rate is higher in younger age groups.
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2.79
2.00
1.68
1.46
1.22
0.90
0.51
0.230.06
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
18-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64
Age Group
Per
cen
t
Source: January 2005 extract of SSA Disability Control File
Participation by Age
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Relatively few beneficiaries are in the younger age groups.
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Beneficiaries by Age
10.4%15.1%
26.5%
48.0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%
Under 30 30-40 40-50 Over 50
Age Group
Per
cen
t
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Ticket assignments rise steadily with months after
ticket mailing.
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0.21
0.38
0.56
0.75
0.98
1.15
1.33
1.57
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
0-3 4-6 7-9 10-12 13-15 16-18 19-24 24+
Months Since Ticket Mailed
Per
cen
t
Source: January 2005 extract of SSA Disability Control File
Assignments by Months after Mailing
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Beneficiaries with higher levels of education participate at higher
rates.
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Participation Rate by Education
0.35
1.03
1.53
0.00
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
No high school Some high school Some college
Years of School
Par
tici
pat
ion
Rat
e
Data includes all records with education level reported
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Four diagnosis groups had participation rates above 2%.
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Participation Rates by Diagnosis
2.03% 2.18%2.78%
5.97%
0.00%
2.00%
4.00%
6.00%
Injuries Severe visualimpairment
Severe speechimpairment
Severe hearingimpairment
Diagnosis Group
Par
tici
pat
ion
Rat
e
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Participation for major disability diagnosis groups is
modest.
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Participation by Diagnosis
1.2
1.5 1.5 1.61.7
1.9 1.9
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
Mental
retardation
Circulatory
system
Musculoskeletal
system
Other mental
disorders
Nervous
system
Schizophrenia,
psychoses, neuroses
Major aff ective
disorders
Primary Impairment
Per
cen
t
Source: January 2005 extract of SSA Disability Control File
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Gender seems to have no bearing on participation
rates.
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Participation by Gender
1.00% 1.02%
0.00%
0.20%
0.40%
0.60%
0.80%
1.00%
1.20%
Female Male
Gender
Par
tici
pat
ion
Rat
e
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As expected, the participation rate is higher based on
Phase sequencing.
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PARTICIPATION BY PHASE
1.12%
0.58%
0.43%
0.00%
0.20%
0.40%
0.60%
0.80%
1.00%
1.20%
1 2 3
Phase
Par
tici
pat
ion
Rat
e
Source: January 2005 extract of SSA Disability Control File
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