|
Other Pages on this site:
Maine Ticket Home page
New Ticket Resources (updated Jan. 2010)
Ticket Events
New - Directory of Maine-based Employment Networks
|
Maine Ticket to Work Resources
Current Ticket to Work Services Information for Persons with Disabilities in Maine is provided by Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, Maine Department of Labor
Maine's Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) program
******
New for 2010:
New Ticket Resource Documents posted December 2009
Series of CHOICES CEO Project Newsletter articles on the new Ticket to Work:
Six 'Ticket to Work' articles that have appeared in the CHOICES CEO Project newsletter, Working Together News, can be accessed here
National Ticket to Work Resources
Social
Security Administration's Ticket Information Site
- SSA's "Ticket
Tracker" - for latest statistics on tickets issued, Employment
Networks, and other
CESSI is SSA's Ticket to Work Program Manager for Recruitment and Outreach (PMRO). As such, it has a three-fold mission:
- To recruit new Employment Networks (ENs);
- To increase beneficiary awareness of the Ticket program and other SSA Work Incentives; and
- To connect beneficiaries with ENs, and provide them with the opportunity to reach an employment goal or discover employment opportunities that may improve their overall quality of life.
|
CESSI provides a wide array of EN training and technical assistance:
- Account Managers are available to provide prospective ENs with consultation and individualized technical assistance as they complete the EN application.
- CESSI also offers EN Application Walk-Through teleconferences every other Wednesday at 2:00 pm EST. These free teleconferences will guide you through the entire application, page-by-page. It is a great opportunity for applicants to call in, ask questions, and receive step-by-step assistance on how to fill out the application. Sign up by emailing: application@cessi.net.
- Other helpful resources can be found on the CESSI Ticket to Work website, www.cessi.net/ttw/resources.html, including the EN Handbook, archived Ticket to Work training webinars, and other helpful tools for current and prospective ENs.
For more information about CESSI, the services they provide, and who to contact for additional information, please visit www.cessi.net/ttw
|
| |
MAXIMUS Ticket to Work
Site - MAXIMUS, Inc., was awarded a contract to serve as the
Program Manager (PM) to assist in the administration of the Ticket
To Work Program. It will help with recruitment of Employment Networks;
assisting in the facilitation of access for beneficiaries to ENs;
ensuring adequate employment services are available; ensuring reasonable
access to these services for beneficiaries; operating a toll-free
telephone line to answer questions about the Ticket Program, and
overall administration and oversight for ongoing Ticket Program
operations.
- Marketing Promising Practices. Maximus has
interviewed a number of Employment Networks to compile information
on different EN practices, lessons learned, partnerships and more.
Maine's Alpha One is one of the highlighted ENs. For more information,
go to http://www.yourtickettowork.com/marketing_best_practices
National Employment Network
Association - The National Employment Network Association (NENA)
desires a broad membership of stakeholders in the Ticket to Work
Program based in the Social Security Administration (SSA). We have
devoted substantial time to projects to benefit private-sector employment
networks (ENs) due to significant problems in this area of the Ticket
Program. However, NENA desires to build collaborative relationships,
on a local and national level, between ENs and all other stakeholders
in the Ticket. Please contact us if you are:--an EN or interested,
--State VR Agency,--person with a disability,--advocate or association
for people with disabilities,--career networking for people with
disabilities, --One-Stop Career Center, --Goodwill or similar "intermediary"
organization,--employment agency,--employer,--Center for Independent
Living,--Project With Industry,--disability insurance provider (carrier),
--insurance industry third-party administrator,--professional association
in disability or related fields. Did we leave anybody out? If you
think so, please contact us!
Click
here to e-mail questions, suggestions and other comments to this
web site. |