Making Work Pay

Date:
Tuesday: March 6, 2012

Time:
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (Eastern)
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Central)

Presenters:

• Elizabeth Jennings
  National Disability Institute & Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University

Moderator

• Abby Cooper
  President, Kennedy Douglas Consulting

Description:

** Third of five sessions in the Asset Building Series .

This session will explain the different work incentives connected to SSA and how to use them  as a tool in asset building strategies. The audience will learn:

• What VRCs needs to know to assist clients in thinking about how to use their work incentives.
• How to work in partnership with a benefits planner or WIPA
• What benefit information should be addressed at what point in the rehabilitation process.

Objectives & Outcomes

It is expected that VR staff who participate in the webinar will have a basic understanding of work incentives, know how to connect their clients to a benefits planner, why this information matters and how it can place clients on the pathway to financial stability.