83_FR_413 83 FR 411 - Request for Information on Strategies To Improve Adult Outcomes for Youth Receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

83 FR 411 - Request for Information on Strategies To Improve Adult Outcomes for Youth Receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 2 (January 3, 2018)

Page Range411-414
FR Document2017-28397

The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, which provides means-tested payments to the elderly, blind, and disabled, including children. This request for information (RFI) seeks public input on strategies for improving the adult economic outcomes of youth ages 14 to 25 with disabilities receiving SSI. The input we receive will inform our deliberations about potential policy changes and the design of future demonstration projects for transition-age SSI recipients.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2018)
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA-2017-0049]


Request for Information on Strategies To Improve Adult Outcomes 
for Youth Receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Request for information.

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SUMMARY: The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers the 
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, which provides means-tested 
payments to the elderly, blind, and disabled, including children. This 
request for information (RFI) seeks public input on strategies for 
improving the adult economic outcomes of youth ages 14 to 25 with 
disabilities receiving SSI. The input we receive will inform our 
deliberations about potential policy changes and the design of future 
demonstration projects for transition-age SSI recipients.

DATES: Comments must be received by February 2, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of three methods--
internet, fax, or mail. Do not submit the same comments multiple times 
or by more than one method. Regardless of which method you choose, 
please state that your comments refer to Docket No. SSA-2017-0049 so 
that we may associate your comments with the correct docket.
    CAUTION: You should be careful to include in your comments only 
information that you wish to make publicly available. We strongly urge 
you not to include in your comments any personal information, such as 
Social Security numbers or medical information.
    1. Internet: We strongly recommend that you submit your comments 
via the internet. Please visit the Federal eRulemaking portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Use the ``Search'' function to find docket number 
SSA-2017-0049. The system will issue a tracking number to confirm your 
submission. You will not be able to view your comment immediately 
because we must post each comment manually. It may take up to a week 
for your comment to be viewable.
    2. Fax: Fax comments to (410) 966-2830.
    3. Mail: Mail your comments to the Office of Regulations and 
Reports Clearance, Social Security Administration, 3100 West High Rise 
Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235-6401.
    Comments are available for public viewing on the Federal 
eRulemaking portal at http://www.regulations.gov or in person, during 
regular business hours, by arranging with the contact person identified 
below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Bent, Associate Commissioner 
for Research, Demonstration, and Employment Support, Office of 
Retirement and Disability Policy, Social Security Administration, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, (410) 966-9036, for 
information about this notice. For information on eligibility or filing 
for benefits, call our national toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213 or TTY 
1-800-325-0778, or visit our internet site, Social Security Online, at 
http://www.socialsecurity.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose

    The SSI program provides means-tested payments to the elderly and 
individuals with disabilities, including children. In 2016, the SSI 
program provided payments to over 9 million individuals, about 11 
percent of whom were transition age, which we define as ages 14-25.\1\ 
While studies have shown that transition-age SSI recipients are at risk 
of poor economic outcomes--lower earnings and employment--when they 
become adults, it is not clear what supports could improve these 
outcomes or who should provide them. Understanding that SSI is only one 
part of the social safety net of programs intended to support 
individuals, SSA is interested in playing an appropriate role 
supporting broader Federal, State, and local efforts to improve the 
adult outcomes of youth SSI recipients.
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    \1\ https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/ssi_asr/2016/sect01.html (table3); https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/ssi_asr/2016/sect04.html (table19); https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/ssi_asr/2016/sect06.html (table35);
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    This RFI offers interested parties, including States, community-
based and other non-profit organizations, philanthropic organizations, 
researchers, and members of the public, the opportunity to provide 
information and recommendations on effective approaches for improving 
adult outcomes for youth receiving SSI. For the purposes of this 
notice, ``transition age'' and ``youth'' are used interchangeably and 
refer to individuals ages 14 to 25; \2\ ``minors'' or ``children''

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is used to refer to individuals under the age of 18.
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    \2\ For a discussion of Federal efforts with respect to 
transition-age individuals, see Federal Partners in Transition 
Workgroup (2015) ``The 2020 Federal Youth Transition Plan: A Federal 
Interagency Strategy.'' (available at http://youth.gov/docs/508_EDITED_RC_FEB26-accessible.pdf).
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Background

    Youth receiving SSI confront challenges due to poor health, 
poverty, a lack of information to access the fragmented adult service 
system, and other barriers.\3\ Many youth face a lack of coordinated 
services, especially as they leave high school and their schools no 
longer provide youth support. SSA's redetermination of SSI eligibility 
at age 18 also generally results in 30-40 percent of youth losing SSI 
eligibility (and the accompanying automatic Medicaid access that most 
SSI recipients receive) because their condition does not meet the adult 
standard for disability.\4\ The Government Accountability Office (GAO) 
has noted that these issues contribute to the difficulties many child 
SSI recipients experience transitioning to adulthood.\5\
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    \3\ Students with Disabilities: Better Federal Coordination 
Could Lessen Challenges in the Transition from High School. 
(available at http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-594). Youth With 
Autism: Federal Agencies Should Take Additional Action to Support 
Transition-Age Youth. (available at https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-352).
    \4\ Annual Report on Medical Continuing Disability Reviews. 
(available at https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/FY%202014%20CDR%20Report.pdf).
    \5\ Students with Disabilities: Better Federal Coordination 
Could Lessen Challenges in the Transition from High School. 
(available at http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-594). Youth With 
Autism: Federal Agencies Should Take Additional Action to Support 
Transition-Age Youth. (available at https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-352). Supplemental Security Income: SSA Could Strengthen Its 
Efforts to Encourage Employment for Transition-Age Youth. (available 
at http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-485).
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    Several studies of transition-age SSI recipients suggest 
significant gaps exist in the awareness and use of services and 
policies currently available to youth. For example, prior to age 18, 
less than one quarter of SSI recipients received vocational 
training.\6\ About 40 percent of 16- and 17-year-old SSI recipients 
work,\7\ but only about 3 percent of eligible SSI recipients (of all 
ages) use the student earned income exclusion, a work incentive that 
excludes a certain amount of earned income from the SSI calculation.\8\
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    \6\ David C. Wittenburg and Pamela J. Loprest (2007) Early 
Transition Experiences of Transition-Age Child SSI Recipients: New 
Evidence From the National Survey of Children and Families. Journal 
of Disability Policy Studies 18(3): 176-187. (available at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10442073070180030601).
    \7\ Jeffrey Hemmeter, Jacqueline Kauff, and David Wittenburg 
(2009) Changing Circumstances: Experiences of child SSI recipients 
before and after their age-18 redetermination for adult benefits. 
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 30(3): 201-221. (available at 
http://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-vocational-rehabilitation/jvr00462).
    \8\ Mary Kemp (2010) Recipients of Supplemental Security Income 
and the Student Earned Income Exclusion. Social Security Bulletin 
70(2): 31-61. (available at https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v70n2/v70n2p31.html).
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    SSA has recognized the difficult transition to adulthood and that 
many of these youth return to the SSI program in early adulthood. In 
the 2000s, SSA conducted the Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD), 
which provided support, especially employment support, to transition-
age SSI recipients. Results from YTD show that employment-focused 
services can help youth achieve success in the labor market in the 
short run. Although there were mixed impact estimates, YTD projects 
that provided higher levels of employment-focused services saw higher 
impacts on earnings and employment that lasted after the period of 
service delivery.\9\ SSA is also currently evaluating the Promoting 
Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE) demonstration.\10\ PROMISE is a 
joint effort with the Departments of Education, Labor, and Health and 
Human Services to help youth as early as age 14 prepare for their 
transition to adulthood. Qualitative and anecdotal evidence from YTD 
and PROMISE suggest that many families with children receiving SSI are 
unprepared for the transition of their children to adulthood.
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    \9\ Thomas Fraker, Arif Mamun, and Lori Timmins (2015) Three-
Year Impacts of Services and Work Incentives on Youth with 
Disabilities (available at https://www.mathematica-;mpr.com/our-publications-and-findings/publications/threeyear-impacts-of-services-and-work-incentives-on-youth-with-disabilities).
    \10\ Thomas Fraker, Erik Carter, Todd Honeycutt, Jacqueline 
Kauff, Gina Livermore, and Arif Mamun (2014) Promoting Readiness of 
Minors in SSI (PROMISE) Evaluation Design Report (available at 
https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityresearch/documents/PROMISE_Eval20%20Design%20Report_Final.pdf).
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    To address some of these issues, SSA recently began sending a 
brochure to SSI recipients approaching age 18 with information about 
the age-18 redetermination, SSA policies to support youth transition, 
and community resources. This information is also highlighted in a 
special section of SSA's ``Red Book,'' \11\ which is a resource that 
summarizes SSA's work incentive policies and is used by benefits 
counselors around the country. SSA has also instructed its Work 
Incentive Planning and Assistance (WIPA) providers to make a concerted 
effort to reach out to youth.
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    \11\ https://www.ssa.gov/%redbook/.
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    SSA has also tasked the National Academies of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine's Health and Medicine Division with convening 
a consensus committee to look at improving health outcomes for children 
with disabilities.\12\ The committee will provide findings about 
programs and services aimed at improving health and functioning 
outcomes for school-aged children with disabilities. SSA expects to use 
the report to inform decisions about future research and policies. The 
final report is due in Fiscal Year 2018.
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    \12\ http://nationalacademies.org/%hmd/Activities/SelectPops/ImprovingHealthOutcomesforChildrenwithDisabilities.aspx.
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GAO Findings About SSI Transition

    Despite these efforts, a recent GAO audit recommended additional 
efforts to encourage employment for transition-age SSI recipients.\13\ 
For example, GAO recommended that SSA work with the Department of 
Education to explore options to connect SSI youth to vocational 
rehabilitation (VR) services. SSA currently does not have the authority 
to refer SSI recipients to specific VR agencies. The Ticket to Work and 
Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 \14\ removed this authority to 
provide a level playing field for employment networks, who are eligible 
for payments for successfully assisting Social Security Disability 
Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries and SSI recipients return to work. When 
SSA implemented the Ticket program, it chose not to include children 
because they ``generally are in school, still pursuing completion of 
their formal elementary and secondary education'' and the Ticket 
program ``could interfere with their pursuit of an education, 
completion of which many believe should be the primary focus and goal 
for school-age youth.'' \15\ As a result, SSA can neither refer minors 
to VR agencies, nor include those under the age of 18 in the Ticket 
program.
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    \13\ Supplemental Security Income: SSA Could Strengthen Its 
Efforts to Encourage Employment for Transition-Age Youth. (available 
at http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-485).
    \14\ Sec. 101(b), Public Law 106-170, 113 Stat. 1860.
    \15\ 66 FR 67369, Dec. 28, 2001.
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Other Agency Efforts

    While SSA has an interest in improving adult outcomes for SSI 
youth, other Federal, State, and local governments and private and 
nonprofit entities often have larger--and more direct--roles in the 
general youth transition process. The Federal Partners in Transition 
(FPT) workgroup, for example, which is composed of representatives from 
SSA and the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, is a

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voluntary partnership designed to help coordinate Federal efforts 
around transition.\16\ In 2015, FPT published a document highlighting 
the goals of the partner agencies with respect to improving the 
outcomes for youth with disabilities.\17\ SSA continues to work with 
our partners in this area.
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    \16\ Federal Partners in Transition Workgroup (2015) ``The 2020 
Federal Youth Transition Plan: A Federal Interagency Strategy'' 
(available at http://youth.gov/docs/508_EDITED_RC_FEB26-accessible.pdf.)
    \17\ Id.
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    The passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) 
\18\ in 2014 has affected many of SSA's partners in this area. WIOA 
included significant requirements for serving youth. In particular, 
WIOA expanded the services that State VR agencies provide youth and the 
eligibility requirements for services. Additionally, State VR agencies 
must spend at least 15 percent of their Federal VR funds on pre-
employment transition services for youths with disabilities 
transitioning from school to post-secondary education or 
employment.\19\ The required services include job exploration 
counseling, work-based learning experiences, post-secondary educational 
opportunity counseling, workplace readiness training, and self-advocacy 
instruction.\20\ Additionally, at least 75 percent of WIOA youth 
funding to State workforce agencies, which oversee state employment and 
workforce programs such as unemployment insurance, must be spent on 
out-of-school youth.\21\
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    \18\ Secs. 411-424, Public Law 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425.
    \19\ 29 U.S.C. 730(d), 733.
    \20\ 29 U.S.C. 733(b).
    \21\ 29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(4).
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    In 2016, the Department of Education awarded grants to five State 
agencies under the Disability Innovation Fund-Transition Work-Based 
Learning Model Demonstrations project to support the requirements of 
WIOA. These grants will help the States ``identify and demonstrate 
practices, which are supported by evidence, in providing work-based 
learning experiences in integrated settings under the vocational 
rehabilitation (VR) program, in collaboration with State educational 
agencies (SEAs), local educational agencies (LEAs), and other key 
partners within the local community, to improve post-school outcomes 
for students with disabilities.'' \22\ In addition, these models will 
be rigorously evaluated to explore their effectiveness and build the 
evidence base on effective work-based learning supports.
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    \22\ https://rsa.ed.gov/programs.cfm?pc=twblmd&sub=awards.
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Request for Information

    Through this notice, we are soliciting feedback from interested 
parties on potential policy changes and demonstration projects related 
to improving the transition of youths receiving SSI from childhood into 
adulthood. Responses to this request will inform our decisions about 
future policy changes targeting this population, whether to pursue a 
new demonstration project, and how to design such a project. This 
notice is to gather information for our internal planning purposes only 
and should not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on 
our part or on the part of any participating Federal agencies.
    We ask respondents to address the following questions, where 
possible, considering the context discussed in this document. You do 
not need to address every question and should focus on those that 
relate to your expertise or perspectives. To the extent possible, 
please clearly indicate which question(s) you address in your response.
    Questions:
    1. What specific programs or practices have shown promise at the 
Federal, State, or local level in improving the adult economic outcomes 
of youth with disabilities receiving SSI?
    2. Given the requirement of VR agencies to serve transition-age 
individuals, the availability of Individualized Education Programs 
(IEP) and Section 504 plans in school settings, and the availability of 
services and supports elsewhere available to youths, what should SSA's 
role be in assisting the transition of youths to adulthood?
    3. How might SSA better support other agencies' youth transition-
related activities?
    a. What SSA policies interact with other agencies' services and 
supports?
    b. Do SSA's and other agencies' policies need to be modified 
(technically or administratively) to improve utilization of these 
services and supports? How?
    4. Are there aspects of SSA's publications, mailings, and online 
information that SSA can improve to better support successful 
transitions to adulthood of youths receiving SSI?
    5. How can SSA improve its existing work incentive policies, such 
as the Student Earned Income Exclusion (SEIE) and Impairment-Related 
Work Expenses (IRWE), to better support and increase SSI youth 
engagement in work? Are there alternative models that SSA should 
consider to replace existing work incentives?
    6. How can SSA enhance and better target its existing service 
infrastructure including its Work Incentive Planning and Assistance 
(WIPA) program and Plan to Achieve Self Support (PASS), to increase SSI 
youth engagement in work and work activities?
    7. What lessons from SSA's youth demonstration projects, in 
particular the Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD) and the Promoting 
Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE) project, should SSA apply to new 
policies and demonstrations? What partners were not included in those 
demonstrations that should have been? Why?
    8. If SSA were to conduct a new demonstration project related to 
youth, which populations should SSA consider targeting, if any? How can 
SSA identify these populations? How many individuals enter these 
populations per year?
    9. Are there entities (for example, State VR agencies, medical 
practices, local education and training agencies, etc.) we could look 
to as exemplars based on current practices for serving youth with 
disabilities? What evidence exists to suggest these sites are 
effectively providing services that would lead to the increased self-
sufficiency of youths with disabilities?
    10. In the absence of legislation renewing SSA's ability to refer 
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries and SSI 
recipients directly to VR, how can SSA help connect youth to VR 
services?
    11. Should SSA expand the Ticket to Work (Ticket) program to 
include children or create a separate program for children with a 
similar mission (i.e., reimbursing service providers whose services 
result in increased employment and reduced need on cash benefits)?
    a. What services should such a program provide over and above the 
services youth with disabilities receiving SSI are already eligible 
for?
    b. What types of service providers should be allowed to participate 
in a youth Ticket program? Should such a program include all types of 
existing employment network providers or should it be limited 
organizations with existing providers that serve the broader youth 
population?
    c. Is there a lower age limit the Ticket program (either the 
current program or a new child-specific program) should include that is 
consistent with other common Federal, State, and local policies that 
promote self-sufficiency?
    d. Since most children are in school, what outcomes or milestones 
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program that included payments for child outcomes be tied to?
    e. How effective are such incentive payments to service providers 
likely to be when serving youth? Are there alternatives to current 
incentive payment structures that SSA should consider (e.g., a payment 
structure based on state-wide youth employment or youth SSI 
participation metrics)?
    f. How should the age-18 redetermination and the fact that over 
one-third of age-18 redeterminations result in the cessation of 
benefits because they do not have a condition that meets the adult 
standard for disability factor into such a program?
    g. Are there specific populations among SSI youth, such as youth in 
foster care, that such a program should consider for allowable 
services, providers, and expenditures?
    h. Would such a program be duplicative of the services provided by 
State VR agencies, which are already required to support the transition 
of youth with disabilities? Why or why not?
    12. Since the implementation of WIOA, are there specific examples 
of effective services that are funded through the PROMISE grants but 
not funded through State VR agencies or other Federal and State funding 
sources?

Guidance for Submitting Documents

    We ask that each respondent include the name and address of his or 
her institution or affiliation, if any, and the name, title, mailing 
and email addresses, and telephone number of a contact person for his 
or her institution or affiliation, if any.

Rights to Materials Submitted

    You should not provide any material you consider confidential or 
proprietary in response to this notice.

    Dated: December 26, 2017.
Nancy A. Berryhill,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security.
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                                                [FR Doc. 2017–28383 Filed 1–2–18; 8:45 am]              Supplemental Security Income (SSI)                     (410) 966–9036, for information about
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                                                Seeking Exemption Under Section 312                     our deliberations about potential policy
                                                of the Small Business Investment Act,                                                                          Purpose
                                                                                                        changes and the design of future
                                                Conflicts of Interest                                   demonstration projects for transition-age                 The SSI program provides means-
                                                   Notice is hereby given that Core                     SSI recipients.                                        tested payments to the elderly and
                                                Capital Partners II–S, L.P., 1717 K Street              DATES: Comments must be received by                    individuals with disabilities, including
                                                NW, Suite 920, Washington, DC 20006,                    February 2, 2018.                                      children. In 2016, the SSI program
                                                a Federal Licensee under the Small                      ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                     provided payments to over 9 million
                                                Business Investment Act of 1958, as                     by any one of three methods—internet,                  individuals, about 11 percent of whom
                                                amended (‘‘the Act’’), in connection                    fax, or mail. Do not submit the same                   were transition age, which we define as
                                                with the financing of a small concern,                  comments multiple times or by more                     ages 14–25.1 While studies have shown
                                                has sought an exemption under Section                   than one method. Regardless of which                   that transition-age SSI recipients are at
                                                312 of the Act and Section 107.730,                     method you choose, please state that                   risk of poor economic outcomes—lower
                                                Financings which Constitute Conflicts                   your comments refer to Docket No.                      earnings and employment—when they
                                                of Interest of the Small Business                       SSA–2017–0049 so that we may                           become adults, it is not clear what
                                                Administration (‘‘SBA’’) Rules and                      associate your comments with the                       supports could improve these outcomes
                                                Regulations (13 CFR 107.730). Core                      correct docket.                                        or who should provide them.
                                                Capital Partners II–S, L.P. proposes to                    CAUTION: You should be careful to                   Understanding that SSI is only one part
                                                manage assets it sold to a third-party                  include in your comments only                          of the social safety net of programs
                                                acquirer and held in a newly formed                     information that you wish to make                      intended to support individuals, SSA is
                                                Special Purpose Vehicle (‘‘SPV’’) as the                publicly available. We strongly urge you               interested in playing an appropriate role
                                                General Partner of SPV.                                 not to include in your comments any                    supporting broader Federal, State, and
                                                   The financing is brought within the                  personal information, such as Social                   local efforts to improve the adult
                                                purview of § 107.730(a) and (e) of the                  Security numbers or medical                            outcomes of youth SSI recipients.
                                                Regulations because SPV, an Associate                   information.
                                                                                                           1. Internet: We strongly recommend                     This RFI offers interested parties,
                                                of Core Capital Partners II–S, L.P., owns                                                                      including States, community-based and
                                                more than ten percent of the same assets                that you submit your comments via the
                                                                                                        internet. Please visit the Federal                     other non-profit organizations,
                                                held by Core Capital Partners II–S, LP,                                                                        philanthropic organizations,
                                                and therefore this transaction is                       eRulemaking portal at http://
                                                                                                        www.regulations.gov. Use the ‘‘Search’’                researchers, and members of the public,
                                                considered a financing in which an                                                                             the opportunity to provide information
                                                Associate is used to manage Portfolio                   function to find docket number SSA–
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                                                Concerns.                                                                                                      approaches for improving adult
                                                   Notice is hereby given that any                      tracking number to confirm your
                                                                                                        submission. You will not be able to                    outcomes for youth receiving SSI. For
                                                interested person may submit written                                                                           the purposes of this notice, ‘‘transition
                                                comments on the transaction, within                     view your comment immediately
                                                                                                        because we must post each comment                      age’’ and ‘‘youth’’ are used
                                                fifteen days of the date of this                                                                               interchangeably and refer to individuals
                                                publication, to the Associate                           manually. It may take up to a week for
                                                                                                        your comment to be viewable.                           ages 14 to 25; 2 ‘‘minors’’ or ‘‘children’’
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                                                20416.                                                     3. Mail: Mail your comments to the                  policy/docs/statcomps/ssi_asr/2016/sect04.html
                                                                                                        Office of Regulations and Reports                      (table19); https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/
                                                  Dated: December 13, 2017.                             Clearance, Social Security                             statcomps/ssi_asr/2016/sect06.html (table35);
                                                A. Joseph Shepard,                                      Administration, 3100 West High Rise                       2 For a discussion of Federal efforts with respect

                                                Associate Administrator, Office of Investment           Building, 6401 Security Boulevard,                     to transition-age individuals, see Federal Partners in
                                                and Innovation.                                                                                                Transition Workgroup (2015) ‘‘The 2020 Federal
                                                                                                        Baltimore, Maryland 21235–6401.                        Youth Transition Plan: A Federal Interagency
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–28384 Filed 1–2–18; 8:45 am]                 Comments are available for public                   Strategy.’’ (available at http://youth.gov/docs/508_
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                                                is used to refer to individuals under the               amount of earned income from the SSI                   Division with convening a consensus
                                                age of 18.                                              calculation.8                                          committee to look at improving health
                                                                                                           SSA has recognized the difficult                    outcomes for children with
                                                Background                                              transition to adulthood and that many of               disabilities.12 The committee will
                                                   Youth receiving SSI confront                         these youth return to the SSI program in               provide findings about programs and
                                                                                                        early adulthood. In the 2000s, SSA                     services aimed at improving health and
                                                challenges due to poor health, poverty,
                                                                                                        conducted the Youth Transition                         functioning outcomes for school-aged
                                                a lack of information to access the
                                                                                                        Demonstration (YTD), which provided                    children with disabilities. SSA expects
                                                fragmented adult service system, and                    support, especially employment
                                                other barriers.3 Many youth face a lack                                                                        to use the report to inform decisions
                                                                                                        support, to transition-age SSI recipients.             about future research and policies. The
                                                of coordinated services, especially as                  Results from YTD show that                             final report is due in Fiscal Year 2018.
                                                they leave high school and their schools                employment-focused services can help
                                                no longer provide youth support. SSA’s                  youth achieve success in the labor                     GAO Findings About SSI Transition
                                                redetermination of SSI eligibility at age               market in the short run. Although there                   Despite these efforts, a recent GAO
                                                18 also generally results in 30–40                      were mixed impact estimates, YTD                       audit recommended additional efforts to
                                                percent of youth losing SSI eligibility                 projects that provided higher levels of                encourage employment for transition-
                                                (and the accompanying automatic                         employment-focused services saw                        age SSI recipients.13 For example, GAO
                                                Medicaid access that most SSI                           higher impacts on earnings and                         recommended that SSA work with the
                                                recipients receive) because their                       employment that lasted after the period                Department of Education to explore
                                                condition does not meet the adult                       of service delivery.9 SSA is also                      options to connect SSI youth to
                                                standard for disability.4 The                           currently evaluating the Promoting                     vocational rehabilitation (VR) services.
                                                Government Accountability Office                        Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE)                   SSA currently does not have the
                                                (GAO) has noted that these issues                       demonstration.10 PROMISE is a joint                    authority to refer SSI recipients to
                                                contribute to the difficulties many child               effort with the Departments of                         specific VR agencies. The Ticket to
                                                SSI recipients experience transitioning                 Education, Labor, and Health and                       Work and Work Incentives
                                                to adulthood.5                                          Human Services to help youth as early                  Improvement Act of 1999 14 removed
                                                                                                        as age 14 prepare for their transition to              this authority to provide a level playing
                                                   Several studies of transition-age SSI
                                                                                                        adulthood. Qualitative and anecdotal                   field for employment networks, who are
                                                recipients suggest significant gaps exist               evidence from YTD and PROMISE
                                                in the awareness and use of services and                                                                       eligible for payments for successfully
                                                                                                        suggest that many families with                        assisting Social Security Disability
                                                policies currently available to youth.                  children receiving SSI are unprepared                  Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries and SSI
                                                For example, prior to age 18, less than                 for the transition of their children to                recipients return to work. When SSA
                                                one quarter of SSI recipients received                  adulthood.                                             implemented the Ticket program, it
                                                vocational training.6 About 40 percent                     To address some of these issues, SSA                chose not to include children because
                                                of 16- and 17-year-old SSI recipients                   recently began sending a brochure to                   they ‘‘generally are in school, still
                                                work,7 but only about 3 percent of                      SSI recipients approaching age 18 with                 pursuing completion of their formal
                                                eligible SSI recipients (of all ages) use               information about the age-18                           elementary and secondary education’’
                                                the student earned income exclusion, a                  redetermination, SSA policies to                       and the Ticket program ‘‘could interfere
                                                work incentive that excludes a certain                  support youth transition, and                          with their pursuit of an education,
                                                                                                        community resources. This information                  completion of which many believe
                                                   3 Students with Disabilities: Better Federal         is also highlighted in a special section               should be the primary focus and goal for
                                                Coordination Could Lessen Challenges in the             of SSA’s ‘‘Red Book,’’ 11 which is a
                                                Transition from High School. (available at http://                                                             school-age youth.’’ 15 As a result, SSA
                                                www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-594). Youth With
                                                                                                        resource that summarizes SSA’s work                    can neither refer minors to VR agencies,
                                                Autism: Federal Agencies Should Take Additional         incentive policies and is used by                      nor include those under the age of 18 in
                                                Action to Support Transition-Age Youth. (available      benefits counselors around the country.                the Ticket program.
                                                at https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-352).            SSA has also instructed its Work
                                                   4 Annual Report on Medical Continuing Disability
                                                                                                        Incentive Planning and Assistance                      Other Agency Efforts
                                                Reviews. (available at https://www.ssa.gov/
                                                legislation/FY%202014%20CDR%20Report.pdf).              (WIPA) providers to make a concerted                      While SSA has an interest in
                                                   5 Students with Disabilities: Better Federal         effort to reach out to youth.                          improving adult outcomes for SSI
                                                Coordination Could Lessen Challenges in the                SSA has also tasked the National                    youth, other Federal, State, and local
                                                Transition from High School. (available at http://      Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
                                                www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-594). Youth With
                                                                                                                                                               governments and private and nonprofit
                                                Autism: Federal Agencies Should Take Additional
                                                                                                        and Medicine’s Health and Medicine                     entities often have larger—and more
                                                Action to Support Transition-Age Youth. (available                                                             direct—roles in the general youth
                                                                                                          8 Mary Kemp (2010) Recipients of Supplemental
                                                at https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-352).                                                                   transition process. The Federal Partners
                                                Supplemental Security Income: SSA Could                 Security Income and the Student Earned Income
                                                Strengthen Its Efforts to Encourage Employment for      Exclusion. Social Security Bulletin 70(2): 31–61.      in Transition (FPT) workgroup, for
                                                Transition-Age Youth. (available at http://             (available at https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/     example, which is composed of
                                                www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-485).                       v70n2/v70n2p31.html).                                  representatives from SSA and the
                                                                                                          9 Thomas Fraker, Arif Mamun, and Lori Timmins
                                                   6 David C. Wittenburg and Pamela J. Loprest
                                                                                                                                                               Departments of Labor, Health and
                                                (2007) Early Transition Experiences of Transition-      (2015) Three-Year Impacts of Services and Work
                                                                                                        Incentives on Youth with Disabilities (available at
                                                                                                                                                               Human Services, and Education, is a
                                                Age Child SSI Recipients: New Evidence From the
                                                National Survey of Children and Families. Journal       https://www.mathematica-;mpr.com/our-
                                                                                                                                                                 12 http://nationalacademies.org/%hmd/
                                                of Disability Policy Studies 18(3): 176–187.            publications-and-findings/publications/threeyear-
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                                                (available at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/      impacts-of-services-and-work-incentives-on-youth-      Activities/SelectPops/ImprovingHealthOutcomes
                                                10.1177/10442073070180030601).                          with-disabilities).                                    forChildrenwithDisabilities.aspx.
                                                   7 Jeffrey Hemmeter, Jacqueline Kauff, and David        10 Thomas Fraker, Erik Carter, Todd Honeycutt,         13 Supplemental Security Income: SSA Could

                                                Wittenburg (2009) Changing Circumstances:               Jacqueline Kauff, Gina Livermore, and Arif Mamun       Strengthen Its Efforts to Encourage Employment for
                                                Experiences of child SSI recipients before and after    (2014) Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI            Transition-Age Youth. (available at http://
                                                their age-18 redetermination for adult benefits.        (PROMISE) Evaluation Design Report (available at       www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-485).
                                                Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 30(3): 201–221.    https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityresearch/documents/        14 Sec. 101(b), Public Law 106–170, 113 Stat.

                                                (available at http://content.iospress.com/articles/     PROMISE_Eval20%20Design%20Report_Final.pdf).           1860.
                                                journal-of-vocational-rehabilitation/jvr00462).           11 https://www.ssa.gov/%redbook/.                      15 66 FR 67369, Dec. 28, 2001.




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                                                voluntary partnership designed to help                  evidence base on effective work-based                  should consider to replace existing work
                                                coordinate Federal efforts around                       learning supports.                                     incentives?
                                                transition.16 In 2015, FPT published a                                                                            6. How can SSA enhance and better
                                                                                                        Request for Information
                                                document highlighting the goals of the                                                                         target its existing service infrastructure
                                                partner agencies with respect to                           Through this notice, we are soliciting              including its Work Incentive Planning
                                                improving the outcomes for youth with                   feedback from interested parties on                    and Assistance (WIPA) program and
                                                disabilities.17 SSA continues to work                   potential policy changes and                           Plan to Achieve Self Support (PASS), to
                                                with our partners in this area.                         demonstration projects related to                      increase SSI youth engagement in work
                                                                                                        improving the transition of youths                     and work activities?
                                                   The passage of the Workforce                         receiving SSI from childhood into
                                                Innovation and Opportunity Act                                                                                    7. What lessons from SSA’s youth
                                                                                                        adulthood. Responses to this request                   demonstration projects, in particular the
                                                (WIOA) 18 in 2014 has affected many of                  will inform our decisions about future
                                                SSA’s partners in this area. WIOA                                                                              Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD)
                                                                                                        policy changes targeting this                          and the Promoting Readiness of Minors
                                                included significant requirements for                   population, whether to pursue a new
                                                serving youth. In particular, WIOA                                                                             in SSI (PROMISE) project, should SSA
                                                                                                        demonstration project, and how to                      apply to new policies and
                                                expanded the services that State VR                     design such a project. This notice is to
                                                agencies provide youth and the                                                                                 demonstrations? What partners were not
                                                                                                        gather information for our internal                    included in those demonstrations that
                                                eligibility requirements for services.                  planning purposes only and should not
                                                Additionally, State VR agencies must                                                                           should have been? Why?
                                                                                                        be construed as a solicitation or as an                   8. If SSA were to conduct a new
                                                spend at least 15 percent of their                      obligation on our part or on the part of
                                                Federal VR funds on pre-employment                                                                             demonstration project related to youth,
                                                                                                        any participating Federal agencies.                    which populations should SSA consider
                                                transition services for youths with                        We ask respondents to address the                   targeting, if any? How can SSA identify
                                                disabilities transitioning from school to               following questions, where possible,                   these populations? How many
                                                post-secondary education or                             considering the context discussed in                   individuals enter these populations per
                                                employment.19 The required services                     this document. You do not need to                      year?
                                                include job exploration counseling,                     address every question and should focus                   9. Are there entities (for example,
                                                work-based learning experiences, post-                  on those that relate to your expertise or              State VR agencies, medical practices,
                                                secondary educational opportunity                       perspectives. To the extent possible,                  local education and training agencies,
                                                counseling, workplace readiness                         please clearly indicate which                          etc.) we could look to as exemplars
                                                training, and self-advocacy                             question(s) you address in your                        based on current practices for serving
                                                instruction.20 Additionally, at least 75                response.                                              youth with disabilities? What evidence
                                                percent of WIOA youth funding to State                     Questions:                                          exists to suggest these sites are
                                                workforce agencies, which oversee state                    1. What specific programs or practices
                                                                                                                                                               effectively providing services that
                                                employment and workforce programs                       have shown promise at the Federal,
                                                                                                                                                               would lead to the increased self-
                                                such as unemployment insurance, must                    State, or local level in improving the
                                                                                                                                                               sufficiency of youths with disabilities?
                                                be spent on out-of-school youth.21                      adult economic outcomes of youth with
                                                                                                                                                                  10. In the absence of legislation
                                                   In 2016, the Department of Education                 disabilities receiving SSI?
                                                                                                                                                               renewing SSA’s ability to refer Social
                                                awarded grants to five State agencies                      2. Given the requirement of VR
                                                                                                                                                               Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
                                                under the Disability Innovation Fund-                   agencies to serve transition-age
                                                                                                                                                               beneficiaries and SSI recipients directly
                                                Transition Work-Based Learning Model                    individuals, the availability of
                                                                                                                                                               to VR, how can SSA help connect youth
                                                Demonstrations project to support the                   Individualized Education Programs
                                                                                                                                                               to VR services?
                                                requirements of WIOA. These grants                      (IEP) and Section 504 plans in school
                                                                                                        settings, and the availability of services                11. Should SSA expand the Ticket to
                                                will help the States ‘‘identify and                                                                            Work (Ticket) program to include
                                                demonstrate practices, which are                        and supports elsewhere available to
                                                                                                        youths, what should SSA’s role be in                   children or create a separate program for
                                                supported by evidence, in providing                                                                            children with a similar mission (i.e.,
                                                work-based learning experiences in                      assisting the transition of youths to
                                                                                                        adulthood?                                             reimbursing service providers whose
                                                integrated settings under the vocational                                                                       services result in increased employment
                                                rehabilitation (VR) program, in                            3. How might SSA better support
                                                                                                        other agencies’ youth transition-related               and reduced need on cash benefits)?
                                                collaboration with State educational                                                                              a. What services should such a
                                                agencies (SEAs), local educational                      activities?
                                                                                                           a. What SSA policies interact with                  program provide over and above the
                                                agencies (LEAs), and other key partners                                                                        services youth with disabilities
                                                                                                        other agencies’ services and supports?
                                                within the local community, to improve                     b. Do SSA’s and other agencies’                     receiving SSI are already eligible for?
                                                post-school outcomes for students with                  policies need to be modified                              b. What types of service providers
                                                disabilities.’’ 22 In addition, these                   (technically or administratively) to                   should be allowed to participate in a
                                                models will be rigorously evaluated to                  improve utilization of these services and              youth Ticket program? Should such a
                                                explore their effectiveness and build the               supports? How?                                         program include all types of existing
                                                                                                           4. Are there aspects of SSA’s                       employment network providers or
                                                  16 Federal Partners in Transition Workgroup
                                                                                                        publications, mailings, and online                     should it be limited organizations with
                                                (2015) ‘‘The 2020 Federal Youth Transition Plan: A
                                                Federal Interagency Strategy’’ (available at http://    information that SSA can improve to                    existing providers that serve the broader
                                                youth.gov/docs/508_EDITED_RC_FEB26-                     better support successful transitions to               youth population?
                                                                                                                                                                  c. Is there a lower age limit the Ticket
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                                                accessible.pdf.)                                        adulthood of youths receiving SSI?
                                                  17 Id.
                                                                                                           5. How can SSA improve its existing                 program (either the current program or
                                                  18 Secs. 411–424, Public Law 113–128, 128 Stat.
                                                                                                        work incentive policies, such as the                   a new child-specific program) should
                                                1425.
                                                  19 29 U.S.C. 730(d), 733.
                                                                                                        Student Earned Income Exclusion                        include that is consistent with other
                                                  20 29 U.S.C. 733(b).                                  (SEIE) and Impairment-Related Work                     common Federal, State, and local
                                                  21 29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(4).                              Expenses (IRWE), to better support and                 policies that promote self-sufficiency?
                                                  22 https://rsa.ed.gov/programs.cfm?pc=                increase SSI youth engagement in work?                    d. Since most children are in school,
                                                twblmd&sub=awards.                                      Are there alternative models that SSA                  what outcomes or milestones should a


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                                                program that included payments for                      Advisory Committee on International                    officer. Prospective Committee members
                                                child outcomes be tied to?                              Postal and Delivery Services (IPoDS).                  may submit scanned copies of their
                                                   e. How effective are such incentive                                                                         letters electronically to Mr. Murphy by
                                                payments to service providers likely to                    This notice announces that                          email to murphyjp@state.gov and/or by
                                                be when serving youth? Are there                        applications are now being accepted                    U.S. Mail to IO/STA, L409 (SA1);
                                                alternatives to current incentive                       from members of the public who wish                    Department of State; 2401 E Street NW,
                                                payment structures that SSA should                      to join the IPoDS Committee, which was                 Washington, DC 20037. The deadline for
                                                consider (e.g., a payment structure                     established in accordance with the                     receipt of applications is 12 January
                                                based on state-wide youth employment                    provisions of 39 U.S.C. 407(b)(3) and the              2018.
                                                or youth SSI participation metrics)?                    Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
                                                                                                        U.S.C. Appendix.                                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                   f. How should the age-18                                                                                    Please contact Ms. Shereece Robinson of
                                                                                                           Under the terms of its authorizing
                                                redetermination and the fact that over                                                                         the Office of Specialized and Technical
                                                                                                        statute and its charter, the members of
                                                one-third of age-18 redeterminations                                                                           Agencies (IO/STA), Bureau of
                                                                                                        the IPoDS Committee represent mailers,
                                                result in the cessation of benefits                     private sector delivery companies,                     International Organization Affairs, U.S.
                                                because they do not have a condition                    stakeholders in international delivery                 Department of State, at tel. (202) 663–
                                                that meets the adult standard for                       services or others who are directly                    2649, by email at RobinsonSA2@
                                                disability factor into such a program?                  affected by international postal                       state.gov.
                                                   g. Are there specific populations                    operations. (The Committee also
                                                among SSI youth, such as youth in                                                                              Joseph P. Murphy,
                                                                                                        includes Federal members from several                  Designated Federal Officer, Advisory
                                                foster care, that such a program should                 U.S. Government agencies including the
                                                consider for allowable services,                                                                               Committee on International Postal And
                                                                                                        Postal Regulatory Commission and the                   Delivery Services, Office of Specialized and
                                                providers, and expenditures?                            United States Postal Service.) Members                 Technical Agencies, Bureau of International
                                                   h. Would such a program be                           are appointed by the Assistant Secretary               Organization Affairs, Department of State.
                                                duplicative of the services provided by                 of State for International Organization                [FR Doc. 2017–28408 Filed 1–2–18; 8:45 am]
                                                State VR agencies, which are already                    Affairs. The Committee provides advice                 BILLING CODE 4710–19–P
                                                required to support the transition of                   to the Department of State with respect
                                                youth with disabilities? Why or why                     to U.S. foreign policy related to
                                                not?                                                    international postal services and other
                                                   12. Since the implementation of                                                                             SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN
                                                                                                        international delivery services and U.S.               COMMISSION
                                                WIOA, are there specific examples of                    policy toward the Universal Postal
                                                effective services that are funded                      Union and other international postal                   Public Hearing
                                                through the PROMISE grants but not                      and delivery organizations.
                                                funded through State VR agencies or                                                                            AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin
                                                                                                        Representative members of the
                                                other Federal and State funding                                                                                Commission.
                                                                                                        Committee serve on a voluntary basis
                                                sources?                                                and without compensation.                              ACTION: Notice.
                                                Guidance for Submitting Documents                          In order to be appointed to the                     SUMMARY:   The Susquehanna River Basin
                                                                                                        Committee, interested individuals must                 Commission will hold a public hearing
                                                  We ask that each respondent include                   represent identifiable groups or entities
                                                the name and address of his or her                                                                             on February 1, 2018, in Harrisburg,
                                                                                                        that are users or providers of                         Pennsylvania. At this public hearing,
                                                institution or affiliation, if any, and the             international postal or delivery services
                                                name, title, mailing and email                                                                                 the Commission will hear testimony on
                                                                                                        or others directly affected by                         the projects listed in the Supplementary
                                                addresses, and telephone number of a                    international postal operations. There is
                                                contact person for his or her institution                                                                      Information section of this notice. Such
                                                                                                        no specified form for applications. New                projects are intended to be scheduled
                                                or affiliation, if any.                                 prospective Committee members should                   for Commission action at its next
                                                Rights to Materials Submitted                           submit a letter expressing their interest              business meeting, tentatively scheduled
                                                                                                        in serving that explicitly identifies the              for March 8, 2018, which will be
                                                  You should not provide any material
                                                                                                        group or entity they represent. They                   noticed separately. The public should
                                                you consider confidential or proprietary
                                                                                                        should also include a clear statement of               take note that this public hearing will be
                                                in response to this notice.
                                                                                                        the connection of that group or entity to              the only opportunity to offer oral
                                                 Dated: December 26, 2017.                              the use or provision of international                  comment to the Commission for the
                                                Nancy A. Berryhill,                                     postal or delivery services. Letters                   listed projects. The deadline for the
                                                Acting Commissioner of Social Security.                 should also describe the prospective                   submission of written comments is
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–28397 Filed 1–2–18; 8:45 am]              member’s relevant qualifications and                   February 12, 2018.
                                                BILLING CODE 4191–02–P                                  experience and may be accompanied by
                                                                                                                                                               DATES: The public hearing will convene
                                                                                                        supporting documentation, such as a
                                                                                                                                                               on February 1, 2018, at 2:30 p.m. The
                                                                                                        biographic statement or resume.
                                                                                                                                                               public hearing will end at 5:00 p.m. or
                                                                                                        Confirmation from the group or entity
                                                DEPARTMENT OF STATE                                                                                            at the conclusion of public testimony,
                                                                                                        represented that the prospective
                                                                                                                                                               whichever is sooner. The deadline for
                                                [Public Notice: 10238]                                  member is authorized to represent that
                                                                                                                                                               the submission of written comments is
                                                                                                        group or entity on the Committee must
                                                                                                                                                               February 12, 2018.
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                                                Advisory Committee on International                     be submitted. Inclusion of an email
                                                                                                                                                               ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be
                                                Postal and Delivery Services                            address and/or telephone number in
                                                                                                        each applicant’s submission will speed                 conducted at the Pennsylvania State
                                                AGENCY:   Department of State.                          communications.                                        Capitol, Room 8E–B, East Wing,
                                                ACTION:  Solicitation of expressions of                    Letters of interest should be no more               Commonwealth Avenue, Harrisburg,
                                                interest from members of the public                     than four pages in length and should be                PA.
                                                wishing to serve as representative                      addressed to Joseph P. Murphy, the                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                members of the Department of State’s                    IPoDS Committee’s designated federal                   Jason Oyler, General Counsel,


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ActionRequest for information.
DatesComments must be received by February 2, 2018.
ContactKatherine Bent, Associate Commissioner for Research, Demonstration, and Employment Support, Office of Retirement and Disability Policy, Social Security Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, (410) 966-9036, for information about this notice. For information on eligibility or filing for benefits, call our national toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213 or TTY 1-800-325-0778, or visit our internet site, Social Security Online, at http://www.socialsecurity.gov.
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