Social Security expands program, incentives for disabled to find jobs
Originally established under the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Program Act of 1999
, it was first rolled out in 2002, though with not much success. A 2007 report to Congress by Mathematica Policy Research, concluded that while the numbers of individuals using employment services increased slightly, it did not produce a corresponding increase in beneficiary earnings or a reduction in benefit payments. They suggested that further shifts in beneficiary behavior would be needed to produce the desired decrease in benefits.
Social Security expands program, incentives for disabled to find jobs