§411.166 Glossary of terms used in this subpart.

(a) Active participation in your employment plan means you are engaging in activities outlined in your employment plan on a regular basis and in the approximate time frames specified in the employment plan.

(b) Extension period is a period of up to three months during which you may reassign a ticket without being subject to continuing disability reviews. You may be eligible for an extension period if the ticket is in use and no longer assigned to an Employment Network (EN) or State VR agency (see §411.220).

(c) Inactive status is a status in which you may place your ticket if you are temporarily unable to participate or not actively participating in your employment plan. You may place a ticket in inactive status only during the initial 24-month period. Months during which your ticket is in inactive status do not count toward the time limitations for making timely progress toward self-supporting employment. You may keep your ticket in inactive status as long as you choose. However, because the ticket is not in use during months in which it is in inactive status, you will be subject to continuing disability reviews during these months.

(d) Initial 24-month period means the 24-month period that begins with the month following the month in which you first assigned your ticket. We do not count any month in which the ticket is not assigned to an EN or State VR agency, as described in §411.145, or any month during which the ticket is not in use because it is in inactive status (see §411.190(a)(2)) or because you were determined to be no longer making timely progress toward self-supporting employment under §411.190(a)(3) or §411.205.

(e) Progress review means the reviews the program manager (PM) conducts to determine if you are meeting the timely progress guidelines described in these regulations. (See §411.115(k) for a definition of the PM.) The method for conducting the 24-month progress review is explained in §411.195 and the method for conducting 12-month progress reviews is explained in §411.200.

(f) Timely progress guidelines means the guidelines we use to determine if you are making timely progress toward self-supporting employment. In general, we determine if you are making timely progress toward self-supporting employment using two distinct criteria with defined time frames. These criteria are active participation in your employment plan during the initial 24-month period and increased work and earnings during subsequent 12-month progress review periods (see §411.180 to §411.190, §411.195 and §411.200).

(g) 12-month progress review period means the 12-month period that begins either following the end of the initial 24-month period or following the previous 12-month progress review period. We do not count any month during which your ticket is not assigned to an EN or State VR agency, as described in §411.145.

(h) Using a ticket means that you have assigned a ticket to an EN or State VR agency and are making timely progress toward self-supporting employment. (See §411.171 for a discussion of when the period of using a ticket ends.)