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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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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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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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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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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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A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that among the 46.0 million adults who received income-based government assistance in 2011, 30.4 percent of them had a disability. "Disability Characteristics of Income-Based Government Assistance Recipients in the United States: 2011" provides information on the types of disabilities among people 18 and older who received income-based government aid. Types of disability include vision, hearing, cognitive, ambulatory, self-care or independent living difficulties.
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