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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