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Work Incentives Planning and Utilization For Benefit Practitioners Certificate Series
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WIP-C™ Full Credentialing
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Work incentives pave the way to work and financial independence for recipients of public benefits. All public benefits programs and pensions provide incentives for recipients with disabilities to return to work. During the first set of 7 webinars (Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income and Work), participants will explore the principal benefits provided by the Social Security Administration as well as the work incentives pertaining to each benefit. While SSA provides some of the most significant cash and health care benefits, reality indicates that recipients with disabilities may receive benefits from a myriad of public sources. The second set of 6 webinars (The Effect of Work on Other Federal Programs and Their Relationship the Disability Programs) participants will review the various federal programs providing benefits to individuals with disabilities, including TANF, Workers Compensation, and Veterans Benefits, as well as how each relate to one another and are impacted by earned income. Finally, the third set of 4 webinars (The Ins and Outs of Becoming a Benefits Practitioner) will introduce the practice to participants by providing suggestions as to how this complex variety of work incentives, critically needed benefits and earnings can be described and explained to an individual with a disability to both encourage work and financial independence.
This intensive certification program for Benefits Practitioners requires participation in 17 webinars, completion of a provisional certification on line examination as well as a file review that, upon successful completion, will result in full certification. The webinars are presented twice weekly over a period of eight and a half weeks. The on line examination will be administered two weeks after the conclusion of the webinar series and participants will be allowed a full work week (24/7) to complete the examination. Finally, within 6 months of successfully completing the examination a file review will be completed by Cornell faculty to ensure that the provisionally certified Benefits Practitioner is actually able to effectively use the information obtained through the webinar courses and written materials.
Full certification can be maintained by securing 60 hours of continuing education units (CEU) over the 5 year period immediately following the attainment of full certification. An on line “portal” will be made available for logging CEU activity.
Audit Only
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Work incentives pave the way to work and financial independence for recipients of public benefits. All public benefits programs and pensions provide incentives for recipients with disabilities to return to work. During the first set of 7 webinars (Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income and Work), participants will explore the principal benefits provided by the Social Security Administration as well as the work incentives pertaining to each benefit.
While SSA provides some of the most significant cash and health care benefits, people with disabilities may receive benefits from a myriad of public sources. In the second set of 6 webinars (The Effect of Work on Other Federal Programs and Their Relationship the Disability Programs) participants will review the various federal programs providing benefits to individuals with disabilities, including TANF, Workers Compensation, and Veterans Benefits, as well as how each relate to one another and are impacted by earned income.
Finally, the third set of 4 webinars (The Ins and Outs of Becoming a Benefits Practitioner) will introduce the practice to participants by providing suggestions as to how this complex variety of work incentives, critically needed benefits, and earnings can be explained to an individual with a disability to encourage both work and financial independence.
This intensive training program for Benefits Practitioners requires participation in 17 webinars. At the completion of the 17 webinars, participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance. Credentialing can be received if the participant chooses the Work Incentives Planning and Utilization for Benefit Practitioners Certificate Series (with Credentialing as a Benefits and Work Incentives Practitioner) course.
Part 1: Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income and Work
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Participants interested in completing a course in SSA Work Incentive Knowledge and Utilization must complete all seven webinar classes in this concentration area. Individuals considering the delivery of benefits and work incentive planning and assistance should consider also completing the Work Incentive Planning course and the Federal Benefit Programs course. Individuals completing all three courses and passing an online examination will be eligible for the Cornell University Certificate in Work Incentives Planning and Utilization for Benefit Practitioners.
Part 2: The Effect of Work on Other Federal Benefit Programs and Their Relationship to the Disability Programs
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Participants interested in completing a course in SSA Work Incentive Knowledge and Utilization must complete all seven webinar classes in this concentration area. Individuals considering the delivery of benefits and work incentive planning and assistance should consider also completing the Work Incentive Planning course and the Federal Benefit Programs course. Individuals completing all three courses and passing an online examination will be eligible for the Cornell University Certificate in Work Incentives Planning and Utilization for Benefit Practitioners.
Part 3: The Practical Aspects of Becoming a Benefits Practitioner
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Participants interested in completing a course in SSA Work Incentive Knowledge and Utilization must complete all seven webinar classes in this concentration area. Individuals considering the delivery of benefits and work incentive planning and assistance should consider also completing the Work Incentive Planning course and the Federal Benefit Programs course. Individuals completing all three courses and passing an online examination will be eligible for the Cornell University Certificate in Work Incentives Planning and Utilization for Benefit Practitioners.
INDIVIDUAL WEBINARS
Webinar - 1.1 : Benefits and Work Incentives Planning, Professional Standards and Code of Conduct and Effective Communication
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Webinar - 1.2 : Administration of SSA Entitlements and Benefits Eligibility: Application, Disability Reviews and Appeals Process
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Webinar - 1.3 : Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment Supports and the SSA
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Webinar - 1.4 : Overview of Title II and Impact of Earnings
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Webinar - 1.5 : Title II Work Incentives and Medicare
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Webinar - 1.6 : Overview of Supplemental Security Income
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Webinar - 1.7 : Supplemental Security Income Work Incentives
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Webinar - 2.1 : Overpayments and Title II and SSI Benefits
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Webinar - 2.2 : Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Special Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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Webinar - 2.3 : Federal Housing Subsidies
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Webinar - 2.4 : Unemployment Insurance (UI) & Workers Compensation (WC)
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Webinar - 2.5 : Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) & Veterans Benefits (VA)
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Webinar - 2.6 : Healthcare: Medicaid & Medicare
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Webinar - 3.1 : Information Gathering, Analysis, Advising and Reporting
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Webinar - 3.2 : Work Incentives Support Planning
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Webinar - 3.3 : Work Incentives Long-Term Assistance
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Webinar - 3.4 : Integrating Work Incentives Planning into Employment Services and Caseload and File Management
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3-PART WEBINAR SERIES: Leading by Design
View Full Listing for 3-PART WEBINAR SERIES: Leading by DesignA three-part webinar series that looks at the impact of system responses to the social reality that faces people with disabilities.
LEADING BY DESIGN WEBINAR SERIES
Leadership, in the context of true person-centered practice,
is a “waking up to people’s capacities and the organizational
and systemic practices that devalue and demean those
capacities. Once leadership wakes us up, we face a choice.
We can go back to sleep, we can leave the field, or we can
join in inventing ways that bring us closer to our highest purposes.”
- John O’Brien (from Conversations on Citizenship
and Person-Centered Work, 2011. p. 114)
When positive change comes for people with disabilities, it’s
because people come to realize that most service organizations
have the tendency to engage in actions that avoid addressing
the social reality that faces people with disabilities.
This three-part webinar series invites participants to explore
what it means to be person-centered through a variety of
lenses. Each 90 minute session will offer a different contextual
framework in which to examine the degree to which
disability service organization designs lead to authentic
person-centered practice.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The webinar series is primarily intended for audiences
who are interested in understanding the influences of person-
centered service design and implementation in a system-
centered service culture. Those who influence decisions
that impact the lives of people with disabilities, particularly
in structured services and programs may find these webinars
most useful.
- Executive Directors
- Program Managers
- Program/Service Coordinators
- Advocates of Persons with Disabilities
15-WEEK ONLINE COURSE: Citizen-Centered Leadership Community of Practice (Spring into 2020 with 20% off)
View Full Listing for 15-WEEK ONLINE COURSE: Citizen-Centered Leadership Community of Practice (Spring into 2020 with 20% off)A 15-week online course requiring an investment in an “inside-out” approach to working with people with disabilities. Participants actively commit to sit throughout 15 weeks of discovery and exploration of what it means to be person-centered and inclusive.
A ONE-OF-A-KIND LEARNING EXPERIENCE
A provocative 15-week program that combines interactive webinars with a self-paced online theory- to-practice curriculum. This course is designed to take the guesswork out of what it means to be truly person-centered and to build social inclusion with people with disabilities.
Participants will be immersed in a learning experience that is guided by people with disabilities, recorded interviews with experts, reflective and field-based applied learning, facilitated discussion and more. Be prepared for an “inside-out” experience. Participants are required to work with a minimum of two learning partners,* one of whom must be a person with a disability—throughout the course. These partners, along with the other participants in the course, serve as guides and supporters throughout the learning journey.
*Participants are responsible for finding your own learning partners.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Value-driven principles like inclusion, belonging, contribution and leadership are universal, and as such, this course is appropriate for anyone wishing to explore or study them. It is important to note that this course was written to provide disability service providers and practitioners a safe place to return to the roots of person-centered planning and practice; to listen to the voices of experience; apply theory to practice; and to share thoughts and ideas with others on a similar quest. This course is especially recommended for:
- Executive directors
- Program managers
- Service and/or program coordinators
- Direct support professionals
- Social workers
- Counselors
- Community inclusion practitioners/specialists
- Person-Centered Planners
15-WEEK ONLINE COURSE: Citizen-Centered Leadership Community of Practice
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A 15-week online course requiring an investment in an “inside-out” approach to working with people with disabilities. Participants actively commit to sit throughout 15 weeks of discovery and exploration of what it means to be person-centered and inclusive.
A ONE-OF-A-KIND LEARNING EXPERIENCE
A provocative 15-week program that combines interactive webinars with a self-paced online theory- to-practice curriculum. This course is designed to take the guesswork out of what it means to be truly person-centered and to build social inclusion with people with disabilities.
Participants will be immersed in a learning experience that is guided by people with disabilities, recorded interviews with experts, reflective and field-based applied learning, facilitated discussion and more. Be prepared for an “inside-out” experience. Participants are required to work with a minimum of two learning partners,* one of whom must be a person with a disability—throughout the course. These partners, along with the other participants in the course, serve as guides and supporters throughout the learning journey.
*Participants are responsible for finding your own learning partners.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Value-driven principles like inclusion, belonging, contribution and leadership are universal, and as such, this course is appropriate for anyone wishing to explore or study them. It is important to note that this course was written to provide disability service providers and practitioners a safe place to return to the roots of person-centered planning and practice; to listen to the voices of experience; apply theory to practice; and to share thoughts and ideas with others on a similar quest. This course is especially recommended for:
- Executive directors
- Program managers
- Service and/or program coordinators
- Direct support professionals
- Social workers
- Counselors
- Community inclusion practitioners/specialists
- Person-Centered Planners