number of schools/colleges that are ENs under TWWIA

[Guest guest]

Is your school-District /college/university an Enterprise Network under

Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act?

Are there ANY schools anywhere that are Employment Networks? Do they offer

this as part of the transition services or options?

for more information see:

_http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/151/IMPACT_Volume15_Issue1.pdf_

(http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/151/IMPACT_Volume15_Issue1.pdf)

If no--why not? (see below about ENs and schools)

Visit the _Ticket Tracker_

(http://www.ssa.gov/work/Ticket/ticket_info.html#TicketTracker) for the latest

statistics on the Ticket to Work Program. Quite

a wide range from tickets issued and those assigned --For my state of VA

Ticket Tracker

Updated August 4, 2006

State (_State Abbreviation Table_ (javascript:stateWindow()) )

Tickets Issued

(Net)

_Employment Networks_

(http://www.ssa.gov/work/ResourcesToolkit/networks.html)

Awards Cumulative

Ticket Assignments to Employment Networks

VA

238,911

32

160

Of course when I spoke to the Maximus representative it was explained that

the sole reason for such a wide discrepancy between tickets issued and those

assigned is because it's a voluntary program, implying that a significant

number of people have volunteered NOT to participate...because they don't have

to...It's voluntary after all.

_The Work Site Social Security Online_

(http://www.ssa.gov/work/Ticket/YouthTicketFactSheet.html)

The Ticket to Work Program can provide supplemental funding to the schools

for 18-21 year old students who receive SSI or SSDI benefits and have been

re-determined as eligible for disability benefits as an adult. A school that

provides services to those beneficiaries that are 18 years of age or older,

can apply to become an Employment Network (EN). Schools that already

collaborate with community agencies in order to provide services to

beneficiaries

may also collaborate as a partner with an EN and split the EN payments. The

Ticket can help to offset expenses utilized to provide transition services to

beneficiaries receiving SSI or SSDI. The assignment of the Ticket requires

that the beneficiary be actively involved in the plan. This encourages best

practices in transition planning, as the EN will have to meet these outcomes in

order to qualify for the Outcome or Milestone payments. The beneficiary that

receives the Ticket does not have to assign the Ticket immediately but can

wait until he/she leaves the school system at age 21.

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