Social security work rehabilitation program

A Ticket to Work participant who assigns their Ticket to a workforce EN will either work with a workforce EN directly or via other providers in the workforce system, including American Job Centers.

Learn more about choosing the right service provider on the Path to Work: Ready to Work. Once you and your service provider decide to work together, you will collaboratively develop a plan to help you reach your work goals.

Your employment team will then help you make progress towards those goals and, eventually, a more financially independent future. Your road to employment through the Ticket Program is a two-way street: You receive free assistance from your service provider to prepare for, find and keep a job, while you work your way towards financial independence. In return, you pledge to Social Security that you will take specific steps — determined by the plan you developed with your service provider — within specific timeframes set by Social Security to:.

Taking the agreed-upon steps toward employment within Social Security's timeframes is called making "timely progress" towards:.

For you, the return for making "timely progress" is that you succeed in achieving a more financially independent life. Ordinarily, Social Security reviews your medical condition from time to time to see whether you still have a disability through a process called the medical Continuing Disability Review , or CDR. If you assign your Ticket to an approved service provider before you receive a CDR notice and make "timely progress" following your employment plan, Social Security will not conduct a review of your medical condition.

If you assign your Ticket after you receive a CDR notice, Social Security will continue with your scheduled medical review. Vocational Rehabilitation Cost Reimbursement Program. To request for more information, please email: VR. Helpdesk ssa. We have established a working relationship with the Social Security Administration and understand the benefit issues that impact going to work. Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation knows that individuals have many other concerns when considering going to work such as health care, childcare, and accessibility.

We are knowledgeable about community resources and can assist individuals with these concerns. Unlike other Employment Networks, Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation works with individuals with disabilities regardless of whether an individual wants to work full time or part time. OVR helps individuals find work whether the individual wants to supplement the individual's check or eventually discontinue Social Security benefits entirely.

OVR urges an individual to take advantage of benefits counseling so the individual understands exactly what will happen to the individual's monthly check and medical insurance when the individual goes to work. If the agency does not house such expertise, Social Security offers the following free sources of information on work incentives. Orders ssa.