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

42coverage through their own employer (29 to 36 percent compared with 14 and 17 percent,respectively) (Appendix Table C.12).Figure III.12. Sources of Private Coverage Among Those with Private Insurance ofWorking-Age Beneficiaries, by TTW and Employment Status60%50%52%49%42%40%33%36%30%27%20%10%14%12%14%7%5%7%0%Own employment Spouse's employment Self/family purchased OtherSources of Private Insurance Among Those with Private InsuranceAll beneficiaries TTW participants Beneficiaries employed at interviewSource: 2004 National Beneficiary Survey.C. USE OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND AWARENESS OF TTW1. Employment ServicesA little over half of all working-age beneficiaries have used some type of employmentservice since they became disabled (Table III.2). 7 An even higher proportion of TTWparticipants and those employed at interview reported that they used employment services(85 percent and 64 percent, respectively). Among all beneficiaries, mental health serviceswere used more commonly than any other type of service (about 50 percent). TTWparticipants are much more likely to have reported receiving employment-related training (44percent) and education (34 percent) since the onset of disability compared with allbeneficiaries (about 17 percent for both service types).Twenty-eight percent of all beneficiaries reported that they received services in 2003(Table III.2). Compared with all beneficiaries, TTW participants and those employed atinterview are much more likely to have reported using services in 2003 (55 percent and 377 Employment services are defined as services intended to improve ability to work and/or liveindependently.III: Beneficiary Characteristics and Employment Perspectives