Starting work while receiving SSDI or SSI can bring new questions about your Social Security benefits, work incentives, wage reporting, Medicare or Medicaid, and what happens as your earnings increase.

Ticket to Work Express™ is designed for people who are already moving forward with employment and need support for what comes next.

You may be a good fit if you:

• Recently started working or will begin a new job soon.

• Are already working while receiving SSDI or SSI and want ongoing employment support.

• Received WIPA benefits counseling and understand how earnings may affect your benefits, but now need long-term employment support.

• Completed Vocational Rehabilitation services after becoming employed and need continued support as you maintain and advance in employment.

Your Job Is the Beginning — Not the End of Support

Getting hired is an important step. But as your earnings increase, you may have questions about your SSDI or SSI, work incentives, wage reporting, Medicare or Medicaid, and Social Security notices.

Ticket to Work Express™ provides eligible working beneficiaries with ongoing employment support as they navigate these changes and continue toward greater financial independence.

Support May Include:

• Work Incentives Guidance

• Understand how Social Security work incentives may apply as you continue working.

• Wage Reporting Support

• Get help understanding your wage-reporting responsibilities and keeping your earnings records organized.

• Benefits Transition Support

• Understand how increasing earnings may affect SSDI, SSI, Medicare or Medicaid.

• Job Retention & Career Support

• Get assistance with workplace concerns, accommodations, maintaining employment and career advancement.

• Long-Term Employment Support

Continue receiving support as your employment and earnings change over time.

Through Abbott & Associates, eligible Ticket to Work participants can receive ongoing assistance with:

• Work Incentives Guidance — Help understanding how Social Security work incentives apply as you continue working.

• Wage Reporting Support — Guidance for keeping earnings information organized and reporting wages appropriately.

• Benefits Transition Support — Help understanding changes that may occur to SSDI, SSI, Medicare or Medicaid as earnings increase.

• Job Retention & Career Support — Assistance addressing employment issues, accommodations, career advancement and maintaining successful employment.

• Long-Term Employment Support — Continued contact and guidance as you move toward greater financial independence.

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Ticket to Work does not guarantee that cash benefits will continue when earnings increase. The program provides employment support and access to important Social Security work incentives and protections for eligible participants.​