What payment options exist for employment networks under the Ticket to Work program?
When an organization first enrolls as an EN, it must choose between two types of payment – outcome and outcome-milestone. SSA will provide opportunities to change the payment type, but the change is prospective. The EN will receive the type of payment in effect for that EN at the time of ticket assignment for a given ticket-user. Outcome payment is payment for a month during which the ticket-user does no receive a cash benefit because of earnings. Outcome payments can be received for a maximum of 60 months, which need not be consecutive. The monthly payment is 40 percent of the national average monthly benefit for the previous year (SSDI or SSI, depending upon the ticket-user s entitlement). The outcome-milestone payment system consists of the outcome payment system plus two milestone payments made when the ticket-user s gross earnings are at or above the Substantial Gainful Activity 1 level for three and seven months. Outcome-milestone pays out less than outcome over the long run. The
