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Benefits Counseling can be one of the most important tools for the successful obtainment and maintaining of employment of individuals with a disability. It can also be complicated but very much worth the effort. That is why members of the PaRC have recently created a 'Benefits Corner' which is a compiled list of helpful resources of both benefits counseling topics and OVR services, included below and within the PaRC News Webpage. Please check back regularly for updates or reach out with any questions you may have at parc@parehabilitationcouncil.org
Benefits Counseling Videos, Web Courses, and Webinars
Wage Reporting for Beneficiaries of SSA Disability Programs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewuw8dNeWQE
SSI Monthly Wage Reporting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ANRODRfuc
Social Security Disability Benefits and Self Employment Work Incentives:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDuoDDEl_RI
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Self-Employment by Lucy Miller:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UuI5WjE5qM
K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability:
https://yti.cornell.edu/
WIP-C™ credentialing program impacts thousands of lives:
As a trained work incentive practitioner, Milton Johnson assists people with disabilities with managing benefits while returning to work and gaining financial independence
https://www.yti.cornell.edu/impact/story/wip-c-credentialing-program-impacts-thousands-of-lives#
Virginia Commonwealth University - Work Incentives and Planning Assistance (WIPA) - National Training and Data Center (NTDC):
https://vcu-ntdc.org/
Ticket to Work Success Stories:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc9Y6cCoTgpvauR1zUQxeg_OBxS33zzKX
What is Ticket to Work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXiiFIjrBMk
WISE Webinars
Are you interested in learning about how work will affect your Social Security benefits? Social Security hosts free online Work Incentive Seminar Event (WISE) webinars. WISE webinars can help you and your family members learn about the Ticket to Work Program and other Social Security work incentives. They're generally held on the 4th Wednesday of each month.
https://choosework.ssa.gov/wise/
Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR)
and other PA Commonwealth Resources
OVR Individualized Employment Services:
https://www.dli.pa.gov/Individuals/Disability-Services/ovr/Pages/Individualized-Employment-Services.aspx
Work Without Losing Benefits:
https://www.dhs.pa.gov/WeCanWork/Resources/Pages/Work-Without-Losing-Benefits.aspx
We Can Work! Success Stories:
https://www.dhs.pa.gov/WeCanWork/Success-Stories/Pages/Success%20Stories.aspx
Rehabilitation Services Handbook:
https://www.dli.pa.gov/Individuals/Disability-Services/ovr/Pages/Rehabilitation-Services-Handbook.aspx
Transition and Education Resources
OVR Early Reach Program
https://www.dli.pa.gov/Individuals/Disability-Services/Documents/OVR-515_Early%20Reach_Accessible.pdf
Transition from School to Work Programs
https://www.dli.pa.gov/Individuals/Disability-Services/ovr/Pages/Transition-from-School-to-Work.aspx
BSE/OVR - Benefits Counseling Toolkit for Educators and Families
https://www.pattan.net/Publications/BSEOVR-Benefits-Counseling-Toolkit-for-Educators-a
Determination, dreams | PaTTANpod [S5E20]
Ground-breaking musician and co-founder of the Deaf Professional Arts Network (D-PAN), Sean Forbes joins PaTTANpod to discuss how determination and persistence help shape dreams into achievable goals.
https://www.pattan.net/Videos/Determination-dreams-PaTTANpod-S5E20
Ticket to Work and
Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA)
How Will Working Affect Your Benefits?
https://choosework.ssa.gov/blog/2019-06-25-how-will-working-affect-your-benefits
Benefits Counseling and the Path to Employment
https://choosework.ssa.gov/library/fact-sheet-benefits-counseling-and-the-path-to-employment
Ask a Benefits Counselor
https://choosework.ssa.gov/blog/2019-09-24-ask-a-benefits-counselor
Trial Work Period (TWP)
https://choosework.ssa.gov/library/fact-sheet-trial-work-period-twp
Service Provider Outreach Toolkit
https://yourtickettowork.ssa.gov/resources/service-provider-outreach-toolkit.html
Factsheet
https://choosework.ssa.gov/Assets/cw/files/Library/2021/factsheet-what-is-social-security-ticket-to-work-program.pdf
Success Stories
https://choosework.ssa.gov/success-stories/
Ticket to Work Blog
https://choosework.ssa.gov/blog/
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