Recruitment and Outreach

SSA’s Ticket to Work: The Role of Braided Funding in Mental Health Programs

February 18, 2010, 3:00 – 4:30 PM EST

The Social Security Administration (SSA), CESSI, the Ticket to Work Program Manager for Recruitment and Outreach (PMRO), and MAXIMUS, the Ticket to Work Operation Support Manager invite you to participate in a Ticket to Work Teleconference for mental health organizations currently participating in the Ticket to Work program as well as those interested in learning more about the role of braided funding in successful Program implementation. This teleconference will clarify the relationship between Ticket and Medicaid Funding as well as provide participants with examples of successful braided funding strategies currently at work in New York and Maryland.

Presenters:

• JOE RAZES, Technical Director, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• DAVID BUCCIFERRO, Director, Rehabilitation Services Unit in the Adult Community Care Group, New York Office of Mental Health
• STEVEN REEDER, Program Administrator, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Mental Hygiene Administration

Moderator:

• DAN O’BRIEN, Acting Associate Commissioner, Office of Employment Support Programs, Social Security Administration

If you would like more information on Ticket to Work please contact David Jones, Ticket Account Manager for mental health, at djones@cessi.net or (703) 448-6155 x201, or visit www.cessi.net/ttw, www.yourtickettowork.com or www.ssa.gov/work.

We will not be taking live questions during the teleconference due to the large number of participants. If you have a question you would like to ask our speakers about Braided Funding and the Ticket to Work Program, please enter it below. Our speakers will answer as many submitted questions as possible during the Q&A portions of the teleconference.

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