Employment Network
for Service Providers
Grow Your
Bottom Line
By Putting
Social Security
Beneficiaries to Work
DRAFT
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Letter from Dan O’Brien,
Acting Associate Commissioner,
Office of Employment Support Programs
Dear Service Provider:
We are pleased to provide this handbook to you on how to become an Employment
Network (EN) under the “new” Ticket to Work (Ticket) program. By using this guide
you will see that becoming an EN is an exciting opportunity for your organization to tap
into a unique funding stream as you assist Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities to
enter and maintain employment.
There is no fee to become an EN and many organizations are qualified to participate. We
have assembled a first-rate team to provide ongoing support to you every step of the way.
Two important benefits of becoming an EN are:
1.
You can connect with hundreds of Social Security disability beneficiaries who want to
work; and
2. There is the potential to generate over $4,800 in income within the first 9 months of a
beneficiary’s employment. There is even more to be earned over time. To see what your
earning potential may be, check out the Employment Network Revenue Estimator at:
www.cessi.net/en_estimator/.
Although the ultimate goal of the Ticket program is to reduce dependence on Social
Security disability benefits, beneficiaries who participate also have the opportunity to
increase their financial independence and improve their quality of life through gainful
employment. The vast majority of people with disabilities want to work. We cannot
achieve the goal of employment for beneficiaries without a variety of service providers
functioning as ENs. As such, we have made it easy for organizations to participate and
access a new source of revenue as they are successful in getting our beneficiaries to work.
This handbook outlines nearly every aspect of becoming and operating as an EN. We hope
you will join hundreds of organizations nationwide that have experienced great success
through the Tick