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Building on the Ticket: A New Paradigm for Investing in Economic Self-Sufficiency for People with Significant Disabilities

12/09/2007 | Requests *

Summary

The Ticket to Work Panel released its final report to the President and Congress. Included are five recommendations including the idea of extending the Medicaid Infrastructure Grant and Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment program through 2014, creating a panel and an advocate position within the Social Security Administration to enhance beneficiary perspective, publish the final rule, create a demonstration project and examine the impact of changing the disability definition.

Author

Available Files

Report PDF (881K, 181 pages)

Keywords

Ticket to Work; Work Incentives; Beneficiary Voice; Self-Sufficiency; Disability Program Modernization;

Topic

Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities, Medicaid Infrastructure Grant, Physical Disabilities, Workforce/Direct Care

Type/Tool

Reports

Source

Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel

State

All States/Territories

Date Created

01/09/2008

Contact

Nanette Relave
Director, Center for Workers with Disabilities

nrelave@aphsa.org
202-682-0100

Short URL

www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/2124

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* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007

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