To celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), we will be posting Daily Question & Answer Tips about the Work Incentives Planning & Assistance (WIPA) program and how that helps to promote disability employment. Check back each day in October to learn more about benefits and employment.
Day 1 – SSI Monthly Wage Reporting Application
Day 2 – TWP and Self-Employment
Day 3 – The ABLE Act
Day 4 – PASS and Transitioned Aged Youth
Day 5 – When Social Security can apply UWA to Substantial Gainful Activity decisions
Day 6 – Treatment of Mileage Reimbursement from Employer
Day 7 – SSI and Financial Aid
Day 8 – What is myRA?
Day 9 – Job Coaching as a Special Condition
Day 10 – Requesting Immediate Payments
Day 11 – SSDI, Section 301 Payments, and Work
Day 12 – Tax Refunds and SSI
Day 13 – State Tax Refunds
Day 14 – Amount of Deduction for IRWE
Day 15 – Effect of Work on Suspended SSDI While Incarcerated
Day 16 – Current Child Support for an Adult Child
Day 17 – Disability Freeze
Day 18 – Older Worker’s Employment Program
Day 19 – SSI and Garnishments
Day 20 – SSDI and Employer-Provided Shelter
Day 21 – SSI and Marital Separation
Day 22 – SSI -Termination of Wages Evidence
Day 23 – Expedited Reinstatement (EXR) While Appealing Termination
Day 24 – Continued Benefits During Appeal
Day 25 – SGA When Blind and Age 55 or Older
Day 26 – SSI and Early Retirement
Day 27 – Ticket Eligibility and Turning 65
Day 28 – SSI at Age 65
Day 29 – Initiating the SSITWR and SSIMWR Methods?
Day 30 – Arrearages Child Support for an Adult Child
Day 31 – Expedited Reinstatement and the Initial Reinstatement Period
What is WIPA?
WIPA projects are organizations within your community that provide free benefits counseling to Social Security disability beneficiaries to help them make informed choices about work. WIPA projects offer a range of services to help you understand your options if you choose to pursue work. WIPAs are staffed by Community Work Incentive Coordinators (CWICs) who provide in-depth counseling about working, earning more money, and how working may affect your benefits.
Working with a WIPA project can help you:
- Understand the rules of specific Work Incentives and how they apply to you
- Decide whether the Ticket to Work program is right for you
- Understand the potential benefits of employment as a person who receives disability benefits from Social Security while dispelling the myths about working
- Analyze how work and earnings may impact your Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), health care, and other public benefits
- Understand the services provided by a State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agency or an Employment Network (EN), and how they might fit best with your needs
Would you like to find out more about WIPA and your benefits? Contact your statewide WIPA Program-Project 20/20 if you have questions like our Daily Tips or want to learn more about working while receiving social security disability benefits. Call our North Augusta office at 803-279-9611 or the Ticket to Work Helpline at 1-866-968-7842. You can also complete a Contact Us or Self-referral Form.