Ticket to Work

The Ticket to Work and Self Sufficiency (Ticket) Program is a Federally-funded employment program designed to provide Social Security disability beneficiaries (i.e., individuals receiving Social Security Disability Insurance and/or Supplemental Security Income benefits based on disability) the choic

How Do I Get My Ticket?

The Ticket to Work Program is available to most Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities who meet certain criteria. SSA notifies those who are eligible to participate in the Ticket Program by issuing them a Ticket. Those receiving a Ticket are referred to as Ticket-holders. More than 11 million Ticket-holders are eligible to participate in this nationwide program and many are already working.

Eligibility includes: 

  • Must be at least 18 but not yet age 65
  • Must be entitled based on the SSA's disability standard for adults
  • Currently receiving cash benefits with SSI and/or SSDI

Keep Your Medicaid or Medicare

While you participate in the Ticket to Work Program, you will keep your cash benefits and medical coverage as you transition to the workplace. In addition, Social Security has other "work incentives" that serve as a bridge between disability benefits and financial independence. You may receive:

  • Cash benefits while you work
  • Medicare or Medicaid while you work
  • Help with any extra work expenses resulting from your disability
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Social Security Redbook
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Work Incentives Planning and Assistance
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Ticket to Work Program Success Story: Kushal

Read more about Kushal's journey to financial independence and how he discovered the Ticket to Work program.

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Contact

Ticket to Work Helpline

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(866) 968-7842