Evaluation of the Ticket to Work Program, Implementation ...

146Table IX.2.TTW Participation Rates for Beneficiaries Who Need Ongoing Support andWho Need High-Cost Accommodations (Percent)Eligible BeneficiariesOverall Ticket Assignment RatesNeed OngoingSupport(AOI Group 1)Need High-CostAccommodations(AOI Group 2)All OthersTotal 0.63 1.46 0.54Phase 1 States 1.01 2.35 0.84Phase 2 States 0.44 1.01 0.38Phase 3 States a 0.31 0.80 0.27Source: Ticket Research File data on beneficiaries eligible as of March 2004.Note: These data are not directly comparable to a similar table in the Initial Evaluation Report,as more precise data on beneficiary eligibility were available by March 2004.a Not all beneficiaries in Phase 3 states had received a Ticket by March 2004.Table IX.3.Ticket Assignments to Different Provider Types and Payment Systems forBeneficiaries Who Need Ongoing Support and Who Need High-CostAccommodations (Percent)Assigned TicketsNeed Ongoing Support(AOI Group 1)Need High-CostAccommodations(AOI Group 2)All OthersProvider TypeSVRA 91 96 88EN 9 4 12Payment SystemTraditional payment system 85 91 83Outcome-only 3 2 4Milestone-outcome 12 8 13Source: Ticket Research File data on beneficiaries eligible as of March 2004.B. INDIVIDUALS WHO EARN A SUBMINIMUM WAGE OR WHO WORK AND RECEIVEPARTIAL CASH BENEFITS (AOI GROUPS 3 AND 4)As with groups 1 and 2, beneficiaries in group 3, those who work at subminimum wage,cannot be identified accurately in the SSA administrative data used for this report. We can,however, identify beneficiaries who work at very low levels and who may therefore be seenby ENs as having a low attachment to the labor force and a correspondingly low chance ofleaving the rolls and generating outcome payments. We can identify beneficiaries in group 4more accurately because the administrative data for SSI beneficiaries clearly indicate thosewho receive partial benefits because of earnings.IX: Adequacy of Incentives