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• What Happens to Medicaid Buy-In Participants After They Leave the Program

  The Medicaid Buy-In program makes it easier for people with disabilities to work without losing health benefits. The program allows states to expand Medicaid coverage to workers with disabilities whose income and assets would ordinarily make them ineligible for Medicaid. This issue brief looks at Medicaid Buy-In participants who leave the program, as well as their participation in other public programs and their employment outcomes after they are no longer enrolled. This link opens a PDF document.

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• Evaluation of the Ticket to Work Program - May 2007

  Review of the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency program (TTW), which was designed to enhance the market for services that help disability beneficiaries become economically self-sufficient. This study looked at three key components: beneficiary demand for services; the supply of providers willing to serve those beneficiaries; and the Social Security Administration's (SSA) efforts to facilitate market operations. This link opens a PDF document.

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• Ticket to Work & Work Incentives Advisory Panel Annual Reports

  Includes the findings, issues, conclusions and recommendations of the Panel regarding implementation of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act by the Social Security Administration and other federal agencies whose programs have an effect on the employment of people with disabilities.

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• GAO Reports on Challenges & Progress on How SSA Determines Disability

  This is a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) testimony on the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) efforts to modernize its disability determination criteria. One GAO finding is that SSA needs to consider not only the person’s medical condition, but also whether technology and accommodations on the job may increase a person's ability to work.

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• Federal Employee Disability Retirement - Are You Eligible?

  If you are a federal employee with at least 18 months in a job under the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS), you may qualify for FERS disability benefits. Learn all requirements, including ability to work, time limits, filing instructions and how these benefits may be affected by other disability benefits you receive.

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• Disability Retirement Computation for Government Employees

  Learn how disability benefit payment amounts are determined under the Civil Service Retirement System. Payment amounts are based on your age at retirement and your highest salary during a three year period while working.

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• Federal Employment Retirement Disability Computation

  Learn how disability benefits payments amounts are determined under the Federal Employee Retirement System. Payment amounts are based on your age at retirement and your highest salary during a three year period while working.

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• Ohio Family & Children First

  The Ohio Family and Children First Cabinet Council coordinates all of Ohio’s child and youth serving agencies to better meet the needs of Ohio’s children, youth and families. The Cabinet works to make sure that children, youth and families have the services and resources they need to have healthy lives, including education, health and social services.

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• Documentation in Support of Disability Retirement Application

  This package contains the forms for disability retirement that federal employees need to complete. It includes the Applicant’s Statement of Disability form which covers employees under both FERS and CSRS. This link opens a PDF document.

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• Civil Service Employee Disability Retirement - Are You Eligible?

  If you are a federal employee with at least five years in a job under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), you may qualify for CSRS disability benefits. Learn all requirements, including ability to work, time limits, filing instructions and how these benefits may be affected by other disability benefits you receive.

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