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Jensen, A., & Silverstein, B. (2002). SSDI state work incentive policy demonstration projects: Purposes, principles, and issues. University of Iowa, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workforce Investment and Employment Policy.
Abstract
The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (TWWIIA) authorized SSA to establish demonstration projects that allow SSDI benefits to be gradually reduced rather than abruptly ended when beneficiary earnings exceed the level of "substantial gainful activity." The demonstrations are to consider the needs of people with significant disabilities who rely on access to health care and long-term services and supports such as PAS and assistive technology in order to work.
This paper outlines principles and policy options involved in providing protections for participants; creating new options for gradual reduction of benefits and continued attachment to SSDI benefits; making SSDI demonstrations complement SSI, Medicaid, and the Ticket to Work program; evaluating enrollment and net fiscal impact; and designing equitable cost-sharing between federal, state, and local governments.
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