Work Incentives Analysis and Planning

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Work Incentives Analysis and Planning

• A Blueprint for Success

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Talking to beneficiaries about their employment
goal

• A guide for CWICs
• Mary Ridgely,M.S.

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Employment CareerGoal Planning

• Are you interested in working?
• Consider short and long term goals
• What knowledge, skills and attitudes are needed
  for the chosen job/field?
• What are the barriers?
• List the resources/services/support needed to
  overcome the barrier
• What resources, services, etc are available?
• List the steps to begin planning

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Resource Partnership
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Minnesota Work Incentives Connection
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Work Incentives Plans

• Define or explain the work incentive
• Show how the work incentive makes a difference
• Customize to the individuals situation
• Give step-by-step instructions to put work
  incentive in place
• Documentation needed
• Claims Representative contact information
• How to submit
• Checking on approval
• Our follow-up
• Consumers follow-up

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Why This Approach to Work Incentives?

• It is a WIPA responsibility to insure people are
  getting access to work incentives
• W.I. can be a solution to some overpayments
• Ideal is to have work incentives in place upfront
• Capacity building strategy
• Not the most technical thing WIPAs do
• Provide a detailed tool
• Teach consumer and others in the community to
  identify and help put work incentives into place.