PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To comply with the Ticket-to-Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act legislation passed in December 1999, requiring that the SSA establish a community-based work incentives planning and assistance program. To establish a competitive program Benefits Planning, Assistance, and Outreach Program. To disseminate accurate information to beneficiaries with disabilities about work incentives programs and issues related to such programs.

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. HEALTH;
- Education and Training;
- Program Development;
2. EMPLOYMENT, LABOR, AND TRAINING;
- Assistance and Services for the Unemployed;
3. INCOME SECURITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES;
- Specialized Services;
- Training Assistance;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- State;
- Local;
- Public nonprofit institution/organization;
- Profit organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization;

WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Profit organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);