[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR411.166]

[Page 695]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 411_The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C_Suspension of Continuing Disability Reviews for Beneficiaries 
                         Who Are Using a Ticket
 
Sec. 411.166  Glossary of terms used in this subpart.

    (a) Active participation in your employment plan means you are 
engaging in activities outlined in your employment plan on a regular 
basis and in the approximate time frames specified in the employment 
plan.
    (b) Extension period is a period of up to three months during which 
you may reassign a ticket without being subject to continuing disability 
reviews. You may be eligible for an extension period if the ticket is in 
use and no longer assigned to an Employment Network (EN) or State VR 
agency (see Sec. 411.220).
    (c) Inactive status is a status in which you may place your ticket 
if you are temporarily unable to participate or not actively 
participating in your employment plan. You may place a ticket in 
inactive status only during the initial 24-month period. Months during 
which your ticket is in inactive status do not count toward the time 
limitations for making timely progress toward self-supporting 
employment. You may keep your ticket in inactive status as long as you 
choose. However, because the ticket is not in use during months in which 
it is in inactive status, you will be subject to continuing disability 
reviews during these months.
    (d) Initial 24-month period means the 24-month period that begins 
with the month following the month in which you first assigned your 
ticket. We do not count any month in which the ticket is not assigned to 
an EN or State VR agency, as described in Sec. 411.145, or any month 
during which the ticket is not in use because it is in inactive status 
(see Sec. 411.190(a)(2)) or because you were determined to be no longer 
making timely progress toward self-supporting employment under Sec. 
411.190(a)(3) or Sec. 411.205.
    (e) Progress review means the reviews the program manager (PM) 
conducts to determine if you are meeting the timely progress guidelines 
described in these regulations. (See Sec. 411.115(k) for a definition 
of the PM.) The method for conducting the 24-month progress review is 
explained in Sec. 411.195 and the method for conducting 12-month 
progress reviews is explained in Sec. 411.200.
    (f) Timely progress guidelines means the guidelines we use to 
determine if you are making timely progress toward self-supporting 
employment. In general, we determine if you are making timely progress 
toward self-supporting employment using two distinct criteria with 
defined time frames. These criteria are active participation in your 
employment plan during the initial 24-month period and increased work 
and earnings during subsequent 12-month progress review periods (see 
Sec. 411.180 to Sec. 411.190, Sec. 411.195 and Sec. 411.200).
    (g) 12-month progress review period means the 12-month period that 
begins either following the end of the initial 24-month period or 
following the previous 12-month progress review period. We do not count 
any month during which your ticket is not assigned to an EN or State VR 
agency, as described in Sec. 411.145.
    (h) Using a ticket means that you have assigned a ticket to an EN or 
State VR agency and are making timely progress toward self-supporting 
employment. (See Sec. 411.171 for a discussion of when the period of 
using a ticket ends.)

                      Definition of Using a Ticket