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CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
August 14, 2007, Vol. 07-124

Comments Solicited on Changes to Ticket to Work Program

Please see below for beginning information from a recent Federal Register notice regarding proposed changes to the Ticket to Work program as proposed by the Social Security Administration. Access to the full proposed regulation is noted at the end.

[Federal Register: August 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 155)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 45191-45199]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr13au07-19]

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

20 CFR Part 411

[Docket No. SSA-2006-0084]
RIN 0960-AG44

Improvements to the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: We are proposing to revise our regulations for the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program (Ticket to Work program), authorized by the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999. The Ticket to Work program provides beneficiaries with disabilities expanded options for access to employment, vocational rehabilitation, and other support services. The program is an important part of the comprehensive SSA work opportunity initiative which is focused on helping beneficiaries with disabilities who want to work to do so. We are proposing revisions to our current Ticket to Work program rules to simplify and improve the definition of ``using a ticket'' and our related requirements for measuring ``timely progress toward self-supporting employment.''

DATES: To be sure your comments are considered, we must receive them by October 12, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may give us your comments by: using the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov; e-mail to regulations@ssa.gov; FAX to (410) 966-2830; or letter to the Commissioner of Social Security, P.O. Box 17703, Baltimore, MD 21235- 7703. You may also deliver them to the Office of Regulations, Social Security Administration, 107 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on regular business days. You may also inspect the comments on regular business days by making arrangements with the contact person shown in the preamble.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan O'Brien, Office of Employment Support Programs, Social Security Administration, 107 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, e-mail to regulations@ssa.gov, or telephone (410) 597-1632 or TTY (410) 966-5609 for information about these rules. For information on eligibility or filing for benefits, call our national toll-free number 1-800-772-1213 or TTY 1-800-325-0778, or visit our Internet site, Social Security Online, http://www.socialsecurity.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Version

The electronic file of this document is available on the date of publication in the Federal Register at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.

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