Disability Services - Ticket to Work offered at Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region - Milgard Work Opportunity Center
714 South 27th Street, Tacoma, WA 98409
Office is located between Yakima and Tacoma Avenue South.
Three Pierce Transit lines serve the area: 3, 26, 45.
Location serves as the Tacoma job training center and Goodwill's regional corporate offices.
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The Ticket to Work (Ticket) program is a free and voluntary program that can help Social Security beneficiaries go to work, get a good job that may lead to a career, and become financially independent, all while they keep their Medicare or Medicaid. Individuals who receive Social Security benefits because of a disability and are age 18 through 64 probably already qualify for the program. The Ticket to Work program provides work Incentives and allows you to keep your benefits while you explore employment, receive job training and gain work experience. If you are age 18 through 64 and receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and/or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) you already qualify! To figure out if Ticket to Work may be right for you, visit www.ssa.gov/work. What You Receive Individualized career counseling, personalized work plan, and analysis of impact on your medical benefits for returning to work Pre & post-employment services Three to five years of support during program enrollment Potential waiver of medical review (CDR) by Social Security Work incentives for SSDI and SSI beneficiaries are built into the program to provide support for cash and medical benefits
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Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region
Provides free job training and support services such as education, job placement, and career pathway services.