Summary of AOI Advisory Group Recommendations for Improving the Ticket to Work and Self Sufficiency Program

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Summary of AOI Advisory Group Recommendationsfor
Improving theTicket to Work and Self Sufficiency
Program
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My Background
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Purpose of Ticket Program
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The Ticket Program is Not Working From Three
Perspectives Beneficiaries, ENs, and SSA.
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Recommendation 1 Modify the Payment System to
ENs.
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Recommendation 2 Beneficiary Independence
Incentives
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Recommendation 3Ticket Plus
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Recommendation 4 Documentation of Earnings for
Purposes of EN Payments
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Recommendation 5 Overpayments to Beneficiaries
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Recommendation 6Case-by-Case Determination of
Payment
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Recommendation 7 Blending of Funding Sources
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Recommendation 8 Eligibility for a Ticket
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Recommendation 9 Suspension of CDRs and
Determining Whether a Person is "Using a Ticket"
and "Making Progress"
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Recommendation 10 Develop a National Network of
Training and Technical Assistance Centers