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xivFigureIII.5III.6III.7III.8III.9PageHEALTH STATUS OF WORKING-AGE BENEFICIARIES, BY TTW ANDEMPLOYMENT STATUS....................................................................................................35NUMBER OF ADL/IADL DIFFICULTIES OF WORKING-AGEBENEFICIARIES, BY TTW AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS .............................................35PREVALENCE OF DIFFICULTY PERFORMING SPECIFICACTIVITIES OF WORKING-AGE BENEFICIARIES, BY TTWAND EMPLOYMENT STATUS...........................................................................................36BODY MASS INDEX OF WORKING-AGE BENEFICIARIES, BY TTWAND EMPLOYMENT STATUS...........................................................................................37CURRENT HEALTH COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR OF WORKING-AGEBENEFICIARIES, BY TTW AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS .............................................38III.10 DISABILITY PROGRAM STATUS OF WORKING-AGE BENEFICIARIES,BY TTW AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS...........................................................................39III.11 HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS AT INTERVIEW OF WORKING-AGEBENEFICIARIES, BY TTW AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS .............................................41III.12 SOURCES OF PRIVATE COVERAGE AMONG THOSE WITH PRIVATE INSURANCE OFWORKING-AGE BENEFICIARIES, BY TTW AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS ................42III.13 HEARD OF TTW OR A PROGRAM LIKE TTW AMONG WORKING-AGEBENEFICIARIES ................................................................................................................44III.14 EMPLOYMENT AMONG WORKING AGE BENEFICIARIES ..........................................45III.15 EXPECTATIONS ABOUT FUTURE EMPLOYMENT .........................................................48IV.1IV.2IV.3IV.4PHASE 1 TICKET RECIPIENTS WITH ZERO BENEFITS (ELIGIBLEFOR TTW ON 1/12/2002)..............................................................................................54PHASE 1 TICKET RECIPIENTS WITH ZERO BENEFITS AND SUBSTANTIALEMPLOYMENT (ELIGIBLE FOR TTW ON 1/12/2002)................................................56AVERAGE MONTHLY BENEFIT OF PHASE 1 TICKET RECIPIENTS(ELIGIBLE FOR TTW ON 1/12/2002) ..........................................................................57PHASE 1 TICKET RECIPIENTS WITH ZERO BENEFITS, BYTICKET ASSIGNMENT (ELIGIBLE FOR TTW ON 1/12/2002) ...................................60Figures
xvFigureIV.5IV.6PagePHASE 1 TICKET RECIPIENTS WITH ZERO BENEFITS ANDSUBSTANTIAL EMPLOYMENT, BY TICKET ASSIGNMENT(ELIGIBLE FOR TTW ON 1/12/2002) ..........................................................................61AVERAGE MONTHLY BENEFIT OF PHASE 1 TICKET RECIPIENTS,BY TICKET ASSIGNMENT (ELIGIBLE FOR TTW ON 1/12/2002).............................62V.1 CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF ENS, BY MONTH ..............................................................67V.2 NUMBER OF EN TERMINATIONS, BY MONTH............................................................72V.3 CUMULATIVE PAYMENTS TO ENS.................................................................................75V.4 PAYMENTS TO ENS BY MONTH.....................................................................................75VI.1VI.2VI.3VI.4SSA BENEFICIARIES AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL SVRA CASECLOSURES FY 1997-2003 ...............................................................................................95SSA CLAIMS ALLOWED AND SSA PAYMENTS TO SVRAS UNDERTHE TRADITIONAL PAYMENT PROGRAM, BY YEAR ...................................................97TOTAL SSA PAYMENTS TO SVRAS AND ENS.............................................................98PERCENTAGE OF COMPETITIVELY EMPLOYED SSA CASESVS. NON-SSA CASES FY 1997-2003 ...........................................................................100VIII.1 SUMMARY OF CORE EN ACTIVITIES IN TICKET TO WORK ....................................129VIII.2 PERCENTAGE OF TICKETS GENERATING PAYMENT IN EACHMONTH AMONG TICKETS THAT GENERATE AT LEAST ONEPAYMENT........................................................................................................................135VIII.3 PERCENTAGE OF TICKETS ASSIGNED IN THE SECOND YEAR AFTERTTW ROLLOUT THAT GENERATE ANY PAYMENT IN MONTHS 0-11THAT GENERATE PAYMENT IN EACH MONTH.........................................................137IX.1 TICKET-ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES IN AOI GROUPS 1 AND 2,MARCH 2004...................................................................................................................144IX.2DISTRIBUTION OF ASSIGNED TICKETS FOR BENEFICIARIES WHONEED ONGOING SUPPORT AND WHO NEED HIGH-COSTACCOMMODATIONS, MARCH 2004 .............................................................................144Figures
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Page 20 and 21: xxIn Phase 3, which began in Novemb
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Page 48 and 49: 24Figure II.8. Ticket Participation
Page 50 and 51: 26Adjustments for all other charact
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40Table III.1.Income and Program Pa
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42coverage through their own employ
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44sizable percentage of TTW partici
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46Overall, 9 percent of working-age
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48leave the rolls in the next year,
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50next year and in the next five ye
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52in their characteristics, levels
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54percentage points to 3.7 percent.
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56Figure IV.2. Phase 1 Ticket Recip
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58situation described in the preced
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60the end of the follow-up period w
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62Figure IV.6. Average Monthly Bene
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66ENs were reluctant to expand serv
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68As of July 2004, there were about
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70But most EN representatives saw T
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72Figure V.2. Number of EN Terminat
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74received a total of just about $2
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76Relatively few ENs have received
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78According to their representative
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80Five EN officials recognized that
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82This was particularly true for so
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84• Another EN representative fou
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86• A third EN received 50 calls
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88resolve administrative issues suc
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90• Raise payments for SSI benefi
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92Finally, the real and perceived w
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94efforts to obtain Ticket assignme
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96SSA payments to SVRAs under the T
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98Figure VI.3. Total SSA Payments t
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100assigning their Tickets to ENs (
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102Table VI.1. SVRA Ticket Assignme
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104case, the counselor selects the
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106• Most of the agreements requi
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108needs of SSA beneficiaries and,
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110to the SVRA under the traditiona
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112Tickets each month from November
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114about submitting virtually ident
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116To make EN recruiting efforts mo
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118E. EN ENROLLMENTThe Program Mana
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120beneficiaries who have achieved
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122quarterly basis if they have rec
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124SSA’s approval of systems spec
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128have accepted. But even at that
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130For beneficiaries who express an
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132rehabilitation counselors (Burea
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134generated a payment to an EN gen
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136the milestone-outcome payment ge
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138system is used so infrequently t
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140One option is for ENs to try to
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142approximations. Our planned anal
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144Figure IX.1. Ticket-Eligible Ben
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146Table IX.2.TTW Participation Rat
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148Figure IX.3. Earnings of Benefic
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150Compared with other beneficiarie
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152Like all other beneficiaries who
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This kind of mixed success in the e
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C. SVRA PARTICIPATION REMAINS STRON
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serving beneficiaries who are simil
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observe changes in their employment
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Mashaw, Jerry L., and Virginia P. R
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A-2Table A.1 (continued)Time Period
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Table B.1. DefinitionsB-2Variable D
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Table B.1 (continued)B-4Variable De
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Table B.1 (continued)Variable Defin
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B-8Table B.3. Participation Rate by
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B-10C. PARTICIPATION RATES BY BENEF
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Table B.6. Participation Rates by C
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Table B.6 (continued)Group Definiti
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Table B.6 (continued)B-16Group Defi
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C-2survey. Whenever possible, the i
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C-4given the large number of benefi
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C-6• Young SSI recipients who are
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C-8beneficiary may have had with EN
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C-10Table C.2. Overview of the Nati
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C-12Sample completes (n=1,178) and
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C.14Table C.3 (continued)AllIntervi
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C.16Table C.5. Final Weighted and U
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C.18Table C.7. Sociodemographic Cha
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C.20Table C.9. Health Status (Figur
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C.22Table C.11. Program Participati
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C.24Table C.14. Awareness of TTW (F
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C.26Table C.16. Employment Expectat
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D-2Table D.1. Selected Characterist
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D-4information from two pretest int
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