Ticket To Work
What Can Your Ticket Can Do For You?
- FREE Employment Assistance with Employment Options Counselors who: a) are familiar with local job markets and b) have extensive experience with the placement of job-seekers with different abilities. We help with your resume, identify appropriate job goals, consider retraining and accommodation options, set up interviews, and coach you through the job search process.
- FREE follow-up for up to 6 years! During this time, Employment Options assists you during the transition to a new job, helps resolve any problems that might arise in the workplace, helps with job changes or promotions, and continues to help you grow and prosper in suitable and satisfying employment.
What About My Cash Benefits?
- For 9 to 12 months, nothing changes if you are on SSDI. You continue to receive cash benefits from the Social Security Administration as well as your income from work. You can make as much as you want during these months.
What About My Health Benefits?
- Ticket To Work ticket holders can continue to receive health benefits from Medicare for a period of 8½ years*.
- People who return to full-time work, but who are unable to maintain employment, will be able to reinstate their Social Security benefits without having to reapply.
*For more information from Social Security on how returning to work affects your individual benefits, contact your local WIPA. Click here.