Ticket to Work

Didlake is proud to be an Employment Network in the Social Security Administration’s Ticket to Work program. The Ticket to Work (TTW) program helps people who are receiving disability benefits avoid some of the barriers they sometimes face when trying to return to work.

As a leading provider of jobs and employment services for people with disabilities, Didlake can help you use your Ticket to access new pathways to independence.

How does TTW work?

Ticket to Work is a voluntary program that increases opportunities and choices for Social Security disability beneficiaries to obtain employment, vocational rehabilitation and other support services. Under the Ticket program, the Social Security Administration provides disability beneficiaries with a Ticket they may use to obtain the services and jobs they need from their chosen Employment Network.

Once you have used your Ticket to find stable employment with the help of your Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS) or Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS) counselor, you can re-assign it to Didlake for long-term follow along support to help you stay employed. Long term support helps to combat barriers that may compromise your position down the road, such as changes in management, the need for reasonable accommodations, communication between employers and co-workers, medication and/or disability-related changes, etc.

What are the advantages to bringing your Ticket to Didlake?

• Didlake is the leading provider of employment services for people with disabilities in the Virginia/DC/Maryland region.
• As one of the top-producing nonprofit agencies of the federal government’s AbilityOne program, Didlake provides access to the largest source of contract employment for people with disabilities in the United States.
• Once your ticket is re-assigned to Didlake, you will have an extended timeframe for waiver of the medical continuing disability review (CDR).
• Didlake’s careful screening, job training and long term support facilitates individual job success.
• Didlake has been honored on multiple occasions for its employment of people with disabilities.
• Didlake is a CARF-accredited organization that has met the rigorous guidelines for services and quality set forth by the commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.

 Want to learn more?

To learn more about the services you can receive by assigning your Ticket to Didlake, please contact Didlake Supported Employment:

Phone:

• Northern Virginia: 703-361-4195, extension 1414
• Hampton Roads: 757-493-8000
• All other areas, please call: 866-361-4195

Email: supportservices@didlake.org

For more information about the Ticket to Work program, please click here.