Section 2: Eligibility

Section 2 - Eligibility

Part 1 - Who is Eligible for a Ticket?
Part 2 - So does that mean that not all SSI or SSDI recipients will get a Ticket?

Part 1 - Who is Eligible for a Ticket?

A. An Individual Must Reside in a Ticket State

To be eligible to receive a Ticket, an SSDI and/or SSI beneficiary must reside in a Ticket state. The Ticket to Work program is being implemented in three phases. The table below outlines the three phases, with a schedule for when beneficiaries should expect to get Tickets in each of the States and territories.

Phase I - January 2002
Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Vermont and Wisconsin
Phase II - November, 2002 through October, 2003
Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Phase III - Beginning in November, 2003
Alabama, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, North Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

B. Most Beneficiaries, Ages 18 to 64, will be Eligible for a Ticket

In addition to residing in a Ticket State, an individual who is entitled to title II disability benefits or title XVI (SSI) disability or blindness benefits must also meet several criteria to be eligible for a Ticket:

• be 18 through 64 years of age;
• if an SSI recipient, be eligible for benefits under the adult disability standard;
• be receiving a Federal cash benefit from Social Security;
• have a disabling impairment which is classified by SSA as either medical improvement not expected or medical improvement possible, or, if the impairment is classified as medical improvement expected, have undergone at least one Continuing Disability Review (CDR) and been found to have a continuing disability.

A person is not eligible to participate in the Ticket program if they are receiving: "section 301" payments, i.e., continued SSDI or SSI benefits following a determination of medical improvement, because they are participating in an approved VR program; continued benefits while appealing a cessation of benefits based on a finding of medical improvement; provisional cash benefits while SSA is considering a request for expedited reinstatement of SSDI or SSI; or presumptive disability payments.

For beneficiaries classified as medical improvement expected (MIE), SSA will issue a Ticket once they go through one continuing disability review and are found still disabled. An individual who was classified as MIE and has been on the disability rolls for at least three years, will be presumed to have had a medical CDR and will be eligible for a Ticket. SSI beneficiaries who are 18 years old and received SSI as children will not automatically be provided a Ticket upon Turning age 18. However, they will qualify for a Ticket later if SSA finds them disabled based on the adult standard after conducting an age 18 redetermination.

C. Eligibility for a Second Ticket

The individual is eligible for only one Ticket during a period of entitlement to SSDI or SSI based on disability. However, if entitlement to SSDI or SSI ends or is terminated, and is later reinstated, a new Ticket will be issued. There is no limit to the number of new Tickets an individual could receive.

Part 2 - So does that mean that not all SSI or SSDI recipients will get a Ticket?

Yes. That is correct.

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