Register Now! Social Security's Work Incentives Seminar Event (WISE) Webinar: June 27, 2012

June 11, 2012

A WISE webinar is a free, fully accessible, online event designed especially for beneficiaries and their families, community partners, and service providers to learn more about the Ticket to Work program and available Work Incentives. WISE webinars typically occur the fourth Wednesday of each month from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m., EDT. At each webinar, Ticket to Work and Work Incentives experts present engaging information on the program for an hour then conclude with a live question and answer session.

Join us for our next WISE Webinar on June 27, 2012 from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. EDT. Register online at www.choosework.net/wise or call 1-866-968-7842 (V) or 1-866-833-2967 (TTY/TDD).

Participants learn about:

Ticket to Work & Work Incentives information
Answers to frequently asked questions
Where to find more information and help

If you cannot make the live event, wish to review the information, or are looking for a particular webinar topic, all of our webinars can be downloaded from our webinar library.

Special topic webinars in the library include:

When you’re ready to find a good job that leads to a good career and a better self-supporting future, attending a WISE webinar is a great way to start. Our next WISE webinar is June 27, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. EDT. Register online or call 1-866-968-7842 (V) or 1-866-833-2967 (TTY/TDD).

May 23 Facebook Q&A Rewind: Your Questions Answered

June 6, 2012

In late May, after the WISE Webinar, "Ticket to Work: Free Support for Young Adults in Transition, " we hosted our third Facebook Q&A session where some of you asked your disability employment questions.

Denise Norris and Kendra Berry, Community Work Incentive Coordinators (CWICs) of Aspire Indiana Works joined us to share their expertise gained from their years of working with SSI and SSDI beneficiaries to secure employment. We discussed issues ranging from how graduation will affect benefits to résumé-building for young adults with little or no work experience.

Read through the Q&A transcript below. We hope you will learn something new about how Ticket to Work may be able to benefit you. If you would like to get started working, call the Ticket to Work Help Line at 1-866-968-7842 (V) or 866-833-2967 (TTY/TDD) or contact a service provider using our Find Help Tool.

Note: Questions are listed first in each section. Responses from the Ticket to Work experts are labeled “Expert Response.” Additional comments from fans are labeled “Fan Comment (or Fan Response).” Comments from the moderator are labeled “Moderator Comment.” This transcript was recorded from the chat itself and to preserve authenticity, only egregious spelling errors were corrected and some responses were rearranged to group by question. Please excuse any additional grammar or spelling errors.

Below are acronyms used throughout the chat:

EN: Employment Network

SSI: Supplemental Security Income

SSDI: Social Security Disability Insurance

TTW: Ticket to Work

VR: Vocational Rehabilitation

WIPA: Work Incentives Planning and Assistance

WISE (webinar): Work Incentives Seminar Event

Ticket to Work Question and Answer Session on Facebook, May 23

May 17, 2012

Immediately following this month’s WISE Webinar, we will be on Facebook answering your disability employment questions! Join us May 23 at 4:30 PM ET at http://www.facebook.com/choosework where we will be joined by Community Work Incentives Coordinators Denise Norris and Kendra Berry of Aspire Indiana Works. Whether you want to ask a about a special work incentive, or just how to get started with Ticket to Work, we welcome your questions and everyone is welcome to participate!