Mission

The Task Force on Work Incentives Implementation was formed in the wake of the passage of PL 106-170, the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act [TTWWIIA]. The goal of TTWWIIA is to broaden choice of vocational rehabilation options for Social Security disability beneficiaries, to assure adequate and affordable health care coverage for beneficiaries who return to work and to alleviate other barriers to employment for SSDI and SSI recipients. The task force monitors and works with agencies and Congressional committees responsible for the implementation of TTWWIIA to ensure that the law's intent is met. 

Co-chairs

• Cheryl Bates-Harris
  National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
  202-408-9514 phone 
  202-408-9520 fax 
  Cheryl.Bates-Harris@ndrn.org

• Andrea Harles 
  Inter-National Association of Business, Industry and Rehabilitation (INABIR)
  202-427-6352 phone 
  andrea@harles.com

• Susan Prokop
  Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
  202-416-7707
  susanp@pva.org

Update

• Met with Congressional staff to discuss legislative improvements to Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TTWWIIA)
• Attended quarterly meeting of TTWWIIA Advisory Panel
• Submitted comments to TTWWIIA Advisory Panel from task force co-chairs concerning Panel Transformation Committee proposal on a National Employment Policy