20 C.F.R. § 411.180 What is timely progress toward self-supporting employment?
Title 20 - Employees' Benefits
(a) General. The purpose of the Ticket to Work program is to provide you with the services and supports you need to work and reduce or eliminate your dependence on Social Security disability benefits and/or SSI benefits based on disability or blindness. We consider you to be making timely progress toward self-supporting employment when you show an increasing ability to work at levels which will reduce or eliminate your dependence on these benefits. (b) Definitions. As used in this subpart— (1) Initial 24-month period means the 24-month period that begins with the month following the month in which you first assigned your ticket. (See §§411.220(e) and 411.225(c) for when a new initial 24-month period may be established for you.) We do not count any month during which the ticket is not assigned to an EN or State VR agency, as described in §411.145, or any month during which the ticket is not in use because it is in inactive status (see §411.190(a)(2)) or because you were determined to be no longer making timely progress toward self-supporting employment under §411.190(a)(3) or §411.205. (2) 12-month progress review period means the 12-month period that begins either following the end of the initial 24-month period or following the previous 12-month progress review period. We do not count any month during which your ticket is not assigned to an EN or State VR agency, as described in §411.145. (c) Guidelines. We will determine whether you are making timely progress toward self-supporting employment by using the following guidelines: (1) During the initial 24-month period after you assign your ticket, you must be actively participating in your employment plan. “Actively participating in your employment plan” means that you are engaging in activities outlined in your employment plan on a regular basis and in the approximate time frames specified in the employment plan. These activities may include employment, if agreed to in the employment plan. At the end of the initial 24-month period, you must successfully complete the 24-month progress review, as described in §411.195. If you worked in one or more months during the initial 24-month period at the level of work applicable to the work requirement for the first 12-month progress review period, each such month of work may be used to reduce by one month the number of months of work referred to in §411.195(a)(2) and §411.195(a)(3) for purposes of meeting the requirements of those sections regarding a goal of three months of work during the first 12-month progress review period. (2) During your first 12-month progress review period, you must work (as defined in §411.185) for at least three of these 12 months. The three months do not need to be consecutive. If you worked one or more months during the initial 24-month period at the level of work applicable to the work requirement for the first 12-month progress review period, each such month of work may be used to reduce by one month the number of months of work required for the first 12-month progress review period. (3) During your second 12-month progress review period, and in later 12-month progress review periods, you must work (as defined in §411.185) for at least six of these 12 months. The six months do not need to be consecutive.
Title 20: Employees' Benefits
PART 411—THE TICKET TO WORK AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM
Subpart C—Suspension of Continuing Disability Reviews for Beneficiaries Who Are Using a Ticket
Guidelines for Timely Progress Toward Self-Supporting Employment
§ 411.180 What is timely progress toward self-supporting employment?
