Research & Data

Ticket to Work Evaluation
The National Survey of SSI Children and Families (NSCF)
State Partnership Initiative (SPI) Evaluation

Ticket to Work Evaluation

The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act of 1999, P.L. 106-170, requires the Commissioner of Social Security to provide for independent evaluations to assess the effectiveness of the Ticket to Work program, and to submit a report to Congress with recommendations for a method or methods to adjust payment rates to ensure adequate incentives for the provision of services by employment networks. 

For more information, continue to the Ticket to Work Evaluation page.

The National Survey of SSI Children and Families (NSCF)

The NSCF collected data on the health status and functional limitations, health care utilization, health insurance coverage, receipt of services, SSI experience, the socioeconomic status of children’s households and housing characteristics f over 3000 children who were receiving,  had received or were applying for, SSI.  The study was limited to the non-institutionalized population in the continental United States (residents of Alaska, Hawaii and the territories were not included in the survey).  Data collection began July 2001 and concluded July 2002.  

For more information, continue to the NSCF page.

State Partnership Initiative Evaluation

SSA partnered with the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to fund eighteen State demonstrations to develop innovative projects to assist individuals with disabilities in their efforts to reenter the workforce.  These awards helped States develop State-wide programs of services and support for their residents with disabilities that increased job opportunities for them and decreased the dependence on benefits, including SSDI and SSI.  The projects began in May of 2001 and ended in September of 2004.