$10.4 million SSA award

MAXIMUS has been awarded a five-year, $10.4 million contract by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to continue its work as the program data operations center manager for the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program. MAXIMUS will maintain and update databases; access and retrieve information from SSA control files; accept data inputs; generate management information and program data reports; and provide database access and technical assistance. The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program, part of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, is an employment program serving individuals with disabilities. The goal of the program is to increase opportunities and choices for Social Security disability beneficiaries to obtain employment, vocational rehabilitation, and other support services from public and private providers, employers, and other organizations.