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1. Enter into an agreement with SSA
2. Designate the geographic area(s) in which they will provide services, the types of
services they will provide, and the types of beneficiaries they will serve.
3. Select one of the two available payment systems (outcome or milestoneoutcome)
4. Provide the beneficiary with a comprehensive explanation of both the services
they offer and the beneficiary’s responsibilities
5. Verify Ticket-holder eligibility and whether any payments have been made to
another EN
6. Develop an IWP with each beneficiary and ensure that services provided are
appropriate to the IWP
7. Submit the appropriate documentation to the Program Manager, which assigns
the Ticket
8. Provide employment services, vocational rehabilitation services, or other
support services to beneficiaries, either directly or by entering into agreements
with other entities
9. Submit claims for payments to the Program Manager with the documentation
needed to support the claim for payment
10. Notify the beneficiary and the Program Manager in writing when a beneficiary’s
ticket is terminated
d. Beneficiary Responsibilities
To be eligible for a Ticket, a person must be receiving SSI or DI benefits and be
between the ages of 18 and 64 (inclusive). Their impairments may be either permanent
(improvement is not expected) or nonpermanent (improvement is either expected or cannot
be accurately predicted). Two small groups (accounting for about six percent of all
beneficiaries) are ineligible: (1) SSI beneficiaries who had been entitled to benefits under the
childhood regulations but who have very recently turned 18 and have not undergone the
process to determine whether they are disabled under the adult eligibility criteria and (2) both
SSI and DI beneficiaries for whom medical improvement was expected at the time of benefit
award but who have not passed at least one medical continuing disability review.
The primary responsibilities of beneficiaries are to:
1. Obtain sufficient information to decide whether to participate in TTW, and if
so, to select an appropriate EN
2. Locate and contact, with the help of the Program Manager, an appropriate EN
or SVRA willing to accept the Ticket
3. Participate in the development of the IWP with the EN
II: Structure and Background of the Ticket to Work Program