After working nearly 9 years at Land o’Lakes, Lori tore her rotator cuff lifting a heavy bag while working. She was in her 50s and had always worked physically demanding jobs, often lifting heavy bags for 12 hours a day. After her work injury and surgery she wasn’t sure what she’d be able to do. Unable to do the physically …
Social Security Promotes Ticket to Work for People with Disabilities to Obtain Employment Support Services
Social Security is spreading the word about the underutilized Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program as a way for people with disabilities to achieve their employment goals. At the end of April 2015, Social Security began mailing letters to beneficiaries who qualify for the Ticket to Work program. Social Security expects to mail up to 60,000 paper Tickets every month to …
Medical Continuing Disability Reviews
If you receive disability benefits, Social Security is required by law to conduct reviews of your medical situation at scheduled intervals. This process is called a “continuing disability review” (CDR) and is intended to determine if you are medically improved and still entitled to benefits. If, during a CDR, Social Security finds that your medical condition has significantly improved, your …
Continued Medicaid Eligibility Section 1619(b)
My name is Stephanie Drum, and I am a Work Incentives Benefits Specialist (WIBS) here at ERI (Employment Resources, Inc.). If you didn’t know already, I really like working with benefits. I unfairly have favorite work incentives, which is what I am writing about today. It’s one of the more unknown and misunderstood work incentives offered to Supplemental Security Income …
Medical Cessation Protection
An important work incentive for people who are receiving Social Security disability payments and participating in work rehabilitation programs can be a protection against benefits stopping due to a medical Continuing Disability Review (CDR). The Social Security Administration (SSA) is required to conduct periodic medical reviews of all Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability beneficiaries …
Employment Retention: Take the Challenge
In general, finding a job can be challenging for someone with a disability. For example, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 2012, 17.8 percent of individuals with a disability were employed in the U.S. In contrast, the employment-population ratio for individuals without a disability was 63.9 percent. For someone with a disability, it can be challenging not only …
Partnership Plus: A New Way of Connecting Social Security, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Networks
ERI has worked several years toward the idea that Employment Networks (ENs) and state Vocational Rehabilitation agencies (VRs) could partner successfully to serve common customers under the Federal Ticket to Work Program. Together, VRs and ENs could guide a Social Security beneficiary (Ticket Holder) through the various stages of employment to ultimately transition off of Social Security benefits. Under Ticket …
Find a Benefits Specialist
Benefit Specialists understand the complexities of public benefit systems and assist individuals through various life transitions. Whether you are applying for benefits, seeking health care coverage, entering adulthood, considering employment, or retiring, a benefits specialist can help. Wisconsin has several types of benefits specialists: Disability Benefit Specialists (DBS) Wisconsin has Disability Benefit Specialists (DBS) who assist people with physical, developmental, …
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