SSA Invites Comments on Disability Work Program Forms
Published Date: 9/3/2025
Notice
Summary
The Social Security Administration wants your thoughts on a new and updated set of forms they use to collect info, especially for a program helping people with disabilities find work. They’re asking for comments by November 3, 2025, to make sure the forms are clear and not too much work. This could affect folks receiving disability benefits and aims to improve how the program works without costing extra time or money.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
SSN Application Process Streamlining
SSA is revising SSN card application collections by combining iSSNRC and oSSNAP screens to streamline electronic replacement/applications and continues the Enumeration at Birth (EAB) process for newborns. The notice reports a Grand Total of 17,077,505 annual respondents across modalities, an annual burden of 2,739,720 hours, and a theoretical annual opportunity cost of $226,521,160; SSA states there is no charge to respondents to complete applications.
Disability Update Report Mailings
SSA is revising the Disability Update Report (Form SSA-455) used to check continued eligibility for Title II and Title XVI disability payments; SSA mails the form to selected recipients to determine whether to refer them for a full medical Continuing Disability Review (CDR). The notice estimates 1,138,380 respondents annually, 284,595 total annual burden hours, and a theoretical annual opportunity cost of $3,789,106; SSA notes it pre-fills data and uses automated processing after receipt.
Ticket to Work Evaluation Interviews
SSA will collect new data to evaluate the Ticket to Work programs by contracting with Mathematica. The plan includes surveys of 572 provider organizations (353 TTW, 59 WIPA, 46 PABSS respondents totaling 458 provider-survey responses), and about 100 qualitative interviews with Ticketholders (70 TTW users, 10 TTW non-users, 20 WIPA users) administered over a four-month period; total planned annual burden for these collections is 366 hours and the notice reports a theoretical annual opportunity cost of $12,670. There is no charge to respondents for participating, and SSA is requesting public comments by November 3, 2025.
Work-History Form for Disability Hearings
SSA is revising the Claimant's Work Background information collection (Form HA-4633) used when a claimant requests a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge; the form asks about work performed in the past 15 years. SSA estimates 285,000 respondents annually with an aggregate annual burden of 142,500 hours and a theoretical opportunity cost of $490,036.
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