Benefits Planning Assistance and Outreach is a program that resulted as part of the Ticket to
Work Work Incentives Act (TWWIA) signed in to law by the Clinton Administration in 1999.
As part of that legislation, the Social Security Administration requested applications from the
States in order to provide Benefits Planning Assistance and Outreach to people between the ages
of 14 and 65 who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability
Income (SSDI), or both which is based on a medical condition. This service provides