6042 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 11 / Friday, January 17, 2025 / Notices 

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(202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the President’s major disaster 

declaration for the Crow Nation, dated 

November 14, 2024, is hereby amended 

to extend the deadline for filing 

applications for physical damages as a 

result of this disaster to February 28, 

2025. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Rafaela Monchek, 

Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of 

Disaster Recovery & Resilience. 

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2024–0019] 

Youth Transition Exploration 

Demonstration 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Social Security 

Administration (SSA) is announcing the 

Youth Transition Exploration 

Demonstration (YTED) project for the 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 

program under title XVI of the Social 

Security Act (Act). This project is a 

randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an 

employment intervention for youth with 

disabilities, who are transitioning into 

the adult workforce. SSA will modify 

the program rules that apply to income 

for certain project participants who 

receive SSI payments under title XVI of 

the Act. This modification will not 

apply to income for project participants 

who receive Old-Age, Survivors and 

Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits 

under title II or receive concurrent 

benefits under title II and title XVI of 

the Act. 

DATES: This project begins January 17, 

2025 and ends by December 31, 2028. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eunsong Park, Social Security 

Administration, Office of Retirement 

and Disability Policy, Youth Transition 

Exploration Demonstration, 6401 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD, 

21235. Telephone: (410) 965–3570; 

Email: eunsong.park@ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Youth Transition Exploration 

Demonstration 

Under the YTED, youth with 

disabilities may receive enhanced 

counseling services and referrals to 

training programs and other 

employment services. We are 

conducting this project under section 

1110 of the Social Security Act, which 

authorizes the Commissioner to conduct 

demonstration projects that are likely to 

assist in promoting the objectives or 

facilitate the administration of the title 

XVI program. This demonstration will 

test the effectiveness of providing 

enhanced counseling and referral 

services to youth with disabilities in 

achieving long-term employment 

outcomes. 

Through SSA’s Interventional 

Cooperative Agreement Program (ICAP), 

we acquired a cooperative agreement 

with Mathematica to implement and 

evaluate YTED. Mathematica is a 

research and data analytics consultancy 

driven by a mission to improve public 

well-being. Other partners for the YTED 

are the Pennsylvania Office of 

Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) and 

University of Maryland’s Center for 

Transition and Career Innovation. 

For the evaluation, we will modify the 

program rules that apply to certain 

project participants and provide 

individual level SSA data to 

Mathematica that will compare 

outcomes between treatment group and 

control group participants regarding 

benefits, earnings, and application 

frequency. Mathematica and OVR will 

recruit participants, and OVR will 

provide enhanced counseling and 

referral services. 

Potential participants are youth with 

disabilities ages 16 through 24 who are 

eligible for services from OVR, but do 

not have an open case with OVR. They 

must be residents of the state of 

Pennsylvania in the following counties: 

• City of Philadelphia, 

• Montgomery, 

• Chester, 

• Delaware, and 

• Bucks. 

Mathematica expects to recruit up to 

700 individuals to participate in the 

YTED. Participation is voluntary and 

individual participants will sign an 

informed consent. Mathematica will 

randomly assign participants to a 

treatment group and a control group. 

The treatment group will receive 

enhanced counseling and referral 

services by a vocational rehabilitation 

counselor with specialized YTED 

training (VRC–YTED). The VRC–YTED 

will provide services, including 

connections to intensive training 

programs, submitting an application for 

training programs on behalf of the 

youth, coordinating placement with a 

program representative, and benefits 

counseling including information on 

waiving earned income counting and 

deeming. The control group will only be 

eligible for standard OVR services, such 

as case management, and will receive 

information on how to apply for the 

OVR services. 

Under title XVI of the Act, we make 

SSI payments to persons who are aged, 

blind, or disabled, and who also have 

limited income and resources. We 

expect that some YTED participants 

may currently receive SSI payments. 

Additionally, we expect some YTED 

participants may apply for SSI once 

they learn about the program and seek 

eligibility for benefits per 20 CFR 

416.202. All participants can withdraw 

from the project at any time. We will 

apply all usual program rules, including 

reporting requirements, to all applicable 

participants no later than December 31, 

2028. Especially relevant, SSI recipients 

must report changes in their work and 

generally must report their wages 

monthly. We will also apply the 

alternate rules, as described below, to 

those participants in the treatment 

group who consent to sharing their data 

with us in the informed consent and 

who are SSI recipients (not OASDI or 

concurrent recipients) no later than 

December 31, 2028. 

Provisions of the Act and Regulations 

We are Waiving For the YTED 

Treatment Group 

We are waiving rules that offset SSI 

payments based on YTED participants’ 

earnings. The following alternate 

program rules will apply to the YTED 

treatment group participants who are 

SSI recipients: 

• The first waiver applies to earnings 

that directly affect participants’ own 

benefits. SSA will not offset SSI 

payments for participants when the 

participants earn income. In other 

words, all earned income by 

participants is excluded from SSI 

income counting. 

• The second waiver applies to any 

deeming that results from participants’ 

earnings. For example, a participant’s 

earnings will not count against the SSI 

benefit of their child who receives SSI 

or their spouse who receives SSI. 

However, if a person under the age of 

18 is a participant, any income (earned 

or unearned) from their non-participant 

deemor parent(s) will still be subject to 

deeming. Additionally, if a participant 

is married, any income from the nonparticipant spouse will still be subject to 

deeming. 

Applying these alternate rules 

involves waiving or altering certain 

provisions included in sections of: 

• Statutory Waivers 


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1Public Law 115–174, codified at 42 U.S.C. 405b. 

2The Banking Bill defines ‘‘Fraud Protection 

Data’’ to mean a combination of an individual’s 

name (including the first name and any family 

forename or surname), SSN, and date of birth 

(including month, day, and year). Public Law 115– 

174, title II, 215(b)(3), codified at 42 U.S.C. 

405b(b)(3). 

3The Banking Bill defines a PE to mean a 

financial institution or service provider, subsidiary, 

affiliate, agent, subcontractor, or assignee of a 

financial institution. Public Law 115–174, title II, 

215(b)(4), codified at 42 U.S.C. 405b(b)(4). They 

must possess an Employer Identification Number 

and a Data Universal Number System (DUN) and 

Bradstreet number. 

4Under the eCBSV User Agreement, valid written 

consent must meet the requirements of applicable 

Federal law, SSA’s regulations, and section IV of 

the eCBSV User Agreement. Valid written consent 

must include a wet or electronic signature. Section 

IV A.1. eCBSV User Agreement. Electronic 

signatures must meet the definition in section 106 

of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National 

Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. 7006). 42 U.S.C. 

405b(f)(2); section IV. E. eCBSV User Agreement. 

The written consent must clearly specify to whom 

the information may be disclosed, the information 

to be disclosed (e.g., SSN verification) and, where 

applicable, during which timeframe the information 

may be disclosed (e.g., whenever the subject 

individual is receiving specific services). 20 CFR 

401.100. 

5The PE must certify that (1) the entity is a PE; 

(2) the entity is in compliance with section 215; (3) 

the entity is, and will remain, in compliance with 

its privacy and data security requirements in title 

V of 15 U.S.C. 6801, et seq., with respect to the 

information the entity receives from the 

Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to this 

section; and (4) the entity will retain sufficient 

records to demonstrate its compliance with its 

certification and section 215 for a period of not less 

than 2 years. 42 U.S.C. 405b(e)(1)–(3). 

6Our projected enrollment is 20 PEs each year 

and a total annual usage of 58 million transactions 

per year. These figures align with reported usage in 

the last few years. 

Social Security Act 1611(a)(1)(A), 

(a)(2)(A), (a)(3)(A) as applicable to 

earned income; 1612(b)(1), (b)(3)(B), 

(b)(4); 1614(f)(1), (f)(2)(A) as applicable 

to earned income; and 1619(a)(1). 

• Regulatory Waivers 

20 CFR 416.202 (c); 416.1104; 

416.1110; 416.1111; 416.1112; 416.1163 

as applicable to earned income; and 

416.1165 as applicable to earned 

income. 

Authority for the Waivers Under YTED 

Section 1110(b) of the Act authorizes 

us to waive any requirements, 

conditions, or limitations of title XVI 

necessary to carry out demonstration 

projects. Consistent with the 

requirements in section 1110(b)(2)(B) of 

the Act, participation in the YTED is 

voluntary and based on informed 

consent, and the voluntary agreement to 

participate may be withdrawn by the 

participant at any time. 

Carolyn Colvin, the Acting 

Commissioner of the Social Security 

Administration, having reviewed and 

approved this document, is delegating 

the authority to electronically sign this 

document to Erik Hansen, who is a 

Federal Register Liaison for the Social 

Security Administration, for purposes of 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Erik Hansen, 

Associate Commissioner, Office of Legislation 

and Congressional Affairs, Legislative 

Development and Operations, Social Security 

Administration. 

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA 2024–0045] 

Notice of Tier Subscription Expansion 

and Fee Decrease for Our Electronic 

Consent Based Social Security 

Number Verification Service 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of Tier Subscription 

Expansion and Fee Decrease for the 

Electronic Consent Based Social 

Security Number Verification Service. 

SUMMARY: The Social Security 

Administration (SSA) is announcing 

two additional subscription tiers and a 

decrease in the fees across all tiers for 

the electronic Consent Based Social 

Security Number (SSN) Verification 

(eCBSV) service. In accordance with 

statutory requirements, a permitted 

entity (PE) is required to provide 

payment to reimburse SSA for the 

development and support of the eCBSV 

system. 

DATES: The revised subscription tier 

structure will go into effect for 

subscription payments made on or after 

February 3, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Worstell, Office of Data Exchange, 

Policy Publications, and International 

Negotiations, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235– 

6401, (866) 395–8801, email: eCBSV@

ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

215 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory 

Relief, and Consumer Protection Act 1

(the Banking Bill) directed SSA to 

modify or develop a database for 

accepting and comparing fraud 

protection data 2 provided electronically 

by a PE.3 In response to this statutory 

directive, we created eCBSV, a fee-based 

SSN verification service. The eCBSV 

allows SSA to verify and disclose to a 

PE, based on the number holder’s 

consent,4 whether a number holder’s 

SSN, name, and date of birth match 

SSA’s records. The PE’s request for 

SSA’s verification of the fraud 

protection data must be in connection 

with a credit transaction or a 

circumstance described in section 604 

of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Each 

PE must submit a certification 

statement 5 that the PE is compliant 

with the Banking Bill as part of their 

application to SSA. 

Based on feedback from PEs received 

by email and during monthly direct PE 

conference calls, we are adding two 

additional tiers for purchase within the 

eCBSV program. We are adding a new 

smaller eCBSV tier capped at a 

maximum of 75,000 transactions to 

better serve smaller eCBSV customers. 

This addition will give smaller PEs 

additional and more affordable tier 

options. Additionally, we are adding a 

new eCBSV tier capped at 500,000 

maximum transactions. These new tiers 

allow us to maintain our pricing 

structure and provide small and 

medium customers an avenue to 

directly use the eCBSV service instead 

of having to go through a third-party 

service. We anticipate that this new fee 

structure will incentivize higher 

transactional volume. In addition, we 

are decreasing the annual fee for all 

tiers, which we explain in more detail 

in the Fees section below. 

Fees 

The public cost burden is dependent 

upon the number of PEs using the 

service and the annual transaction 

volume. We based the revised tier fee 

schedule below on 20 participating PEs 

in fiscal year (FY) 2025. The total cost 

for developing and operating the service 

is approximately $66.5 million through 

FY 2024. Of this amount, $25.7 million 

remains unrecovered. The subscription 

fees are set to ensure we collect these 

remaining costs in a reasonably timely 

manner to ensure that we break-even on 

prior year and ongoing costs for the 

development and operation of the 

program. By breaking even, we mean 

that we will have collected enough 

revenue to fully cover our costs of 

developing and operating the eCBSV 

service. Assuming projected enrollment 

and transactions are met,6 we will 

collect the outstanding balance of $25.7 

million through FY 2027. Upon 

breaking even, we will further adjust 

our fee structure to ensure that ongoing 

costs of the program are covered. 

During our evaluation for FY 2025, we 

noted the following: 

• We collected approximately $16.1 

million in FY 2024. 

• Operating costs of approximately $5 

million per year in FY 2023 and FY 

2024 continued to be lower than historic 


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