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Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TWWIIA)

Federal Cash Assistance Programs (SSI and SSDI) and Health Entitlement Programs (Medicaid and Medicare):

1. Jensen, Allen; Silverstein, Robert; Folkemer, Donna. A Summary of the Federal Income Maintenance and Health Care Programs for Disabled Persons Who Are Working or Want to Work (May 2002)
   This paper provides a summary of the federal income maintenance programs (SSI and SSDI) and the health care entitlement programs (Medicaid and Medicare) for working disabled persons.
   · http://www.gwhealthpolicy.org/downloads/ssd-ssdi.html
2. Silverstein, Robert; Jensen, Allen. Policy Brief: Improvements to the SSDI and SSI Work Incentives and Expanded Availability of Health Care Services to Workers with Disabilities Under the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (February 2000)
   This policy brief provides a background about Federal income maintenance and Federal health care programs, and to describe the major provisions in the Act relating to: Improving work incentives under the Social Security Disability Insurance Program (SSDI) and the Supplemental Security Income Program (SSI) and expanding health care services under Medicare and Medicaid programs for persons with disabilities who are working or who want to work but fear losing their health care.
   · http://disability.law.uiowa.edu/csadp_docs/SSDI_SSI.doc (MS Word file)
   · http://www.communityinclusion.org/publications/pdf/pb2.pdf (Adobe PDF file)
   · http://disability.law.uiowa.edu/csadp_docs/SSDI_SSI.txt (text file)

Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program

1. Silverstein, Robert. Policy Brief: One Stop Centers and the New Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program (August 2002)
   This policy brief provides an overview of the major provisions in the final regulations implementing the Ticket to Work program. This policy brief also describes the policy tradeoffs and other factors a One-Stop Career Center may want to consider before determining whether and how to get involved in this new program.
   · http://www.onestops.info/article.php?article_id=136&subcat_id=61 (html)
2. Silverstein, Robert. Policy Brief: Final Regulations Implementing the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program (The Ticket to Work Program) (March 2002)
   This policy brief describes the major provisions in the final regulation implementing the new Ticket to Work program. The Appendix to the policy brief describes (in outline form) the major policy differences between the proposed and the final regulations.
   · http://disability.law.uiowa.edu/csadp_docs/ticketregs_pb0202.doc (MS Word version)
   
3. Silverstein, Robert. Policy Brief: Proposed Regulations Implementing the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program (The Ticket to Work Program) (January 2001)
   This policy brief describes the major provisions in the proposed regulation implementing the new Ticket to Work program.
   · http://www.communityinclusion.org/publications/text/pb6text.html (text file)
   · http://www.communityinclusion.org/publications/pdf/pb6.pdf (Adobe PDF version)
4. Silverstein, Robert. Policy Brief: The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program and Established Under the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (February 2000)
   This policy brief describes the major provisions in Title I of the Act, which creates the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program (the Program).
   · http://disability.law.uiowa.edu/csadp_docs/tow_self.doc (MS Word version)
   · http://www.communityinclusion.org/publications/pdf/pb3.pdf (Adobe PDF version)
   · http://disability.law.uiowa.edu/csadp_docs/tow_self.txt (text version)
5. Recommendations for Improving Implementation of the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program (Regulatory and Administrative Changes)
   Interim Report: Prepared by the Adequacy of Incentives (AOI) Advisory Group. September 2003.
   
   The first section of this paper provides a brief overview of the Ticket program. The second section describes some of the major reasons why changes are needed to the current regulatory structure. The third section sets out the guiding principles for our recommendations. The final section sets out our recommendations with rationales, a cautionary note, and cost/benefit implications for the proposed payment systems.
   · Download Interim Report (MS Word format)