SSDI Question of the Day

What is the Ticket to Work Program, and how would it affect my current disability benefits?

Under the purview of the Social Security Administration, the Ticket to Work Program is designed to help assist individuals collecting Social Security Disability or Supplemental Security Income re-enter the workforce if they are able to do so. It is designed to, "ensure that Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities receive the services needed to obtain and maintain gainful employment."

While SSDI recipients are often unable to return to work, many would like to do so but are in need of additional vocational training, require special accomodation by potential employers or fear losing current benefits. The Ticket to Work program helps to combat all these issues by giving participating recipients benefits while in the midst of vocational training, matching workers with employers in need of their services (and readily able to accomodate disability-driven restrictions), as well as giving participants assurances about the ability to resume SSDI benefits immediately if the attempt to begin work again is not successful.

For more information about the Ticket to Work program, click here.