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Past Event: "Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel Quarterly Public Meeting" How the Social Security Disability Work Incentive Programs Including the New Work Incentive Improvement Act of 1999 (TWWIIA) Implemented in 2001 Chuck Finney's KALW Radio Show "Your Legal Rights" Guest Speaker: Steven Bruce, Executive Director
of PWDF Steven Bruce, Executive Director of PWDF provided public testimony before the 12 member national Ticket to Work Advisory Panel. Topics included: Other Disability Work Incentive Programs including PASS (Plan to Achieve Self Support), Trial Wok Period (TWP), Extended Period of Eligibility (EPE), 2 for 1 program for SSI disability beneficiaries ($2.00 earned means $1.00 subtracted from SSI benefits), and other Work Incentives Impacts Adversely on people with psychiatric impairments due to the episodic nature of the disorders. Other panel topics included: The panel presented about private insurance industry commentary on the value of the Ticket to Work reforms; how to improve recruitment of ticket holders using companies in the private sector, e.g. how to work with the private sector to manage/leverage claims; how to reduce SSA overpayment confusion; how to ensure that the one-stop employment centers and the employment networks are fully accessible to individuals that are visually impaired; training and information sharing within the Ticket to Work program.
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