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Social Security’s futile attempt to help disabled people go back to work
Why do Trader Joe’s employees wear Hawaiian shirts and address each other as “mate”? Larry Brace, a 58-year-old disabled worker, knows the answer. When the question came up in an interview with the grocery chain’s U Street location in Washington, Brace nailed it and landed his first job in years.Brace never would have thought to have researched the company background on his own (the answer is that the Trader Joe’s founder modeled the stores’ ambience on a Caribbean vacation he took). But he had help, through a program called “Ticket to Work” intended to help Social Security Disability Insurance recipients like him find employment….Read More