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• Ticket to Work Program Introduces Ticket Talk

  The Social Security Administration's (SSA) Ticket to Work program introduces its new monthly podcast series called Ticket Talk. Tune in for interviews with program and disability experts, audio success stories, and information about Work Incentives. Listen to or read the transcript of the first podcast featuring Associate Commission of SSA's Office of Employment Support and Programs, Bob Williams.

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• Federal Benefit Paper Checks to Stop in 2013 - Sign Up for Direct Deposit

  By March 1, 2013, people who receive Social Security, SSI, Veterans or other federal government benefits by check in the mail will be required to have their money deposited directly into their savings or checking accounts. Beneficiaries also have the option to receive their benefits on a debit card. Learn more about this change and sign up for direct deposit or the prepaid Direct Express debit card.

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• Social Security Administration (SSA) Adds New Services to Personalized Online Accounts

  SSA is expanding the services available through “my Social Security account”, a personalized online account that people can use during their working years and while they are receiving benefits. Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income recipients can now access their benefit verification letter, payment history and earnings record.  Social Security beneficiaries also can change their address and start or change direct deposit information online.

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• VA Launches New Initiative to Reduce Disability Claim Processing Time

  The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched a new initiative called Acceptable Clinical Evidence (ACE) that could eliminate in-person medical examination for some Veterans. This would shorten the time it takes to process disability compensation claims. The initiative is part of a five-year transformation plan to eliminate the claims backlog and process all claims within 125 days by 2015.

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• Disability Determination Process (DDP) Small Grant Program - Application Deadline March 1

  The DDP Small Grant Program is a $10,000, one-year stipend program for graduate students to conduct supervised, independent research on improving the disability determination processes for Social Security’s two disability programs. Policy Research, Inc. has announced the third round of this federally funded stipend program. Application deadline is March 1, 2013.

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