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FYI 07/2008 - WIPA Projects serving

the SFL Area

Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Project

The 104 Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) projects across the

U.S. and the U.S. territories work with SSA beneficiaries with disabilities

on job placement, benefits planning, and career development.

By working with a WIPA, SSA beneficiaries will be better equipped to make

informed choices about work. Each WIPA is staffed with Community Work

Incentive Coordinators (CWICs) to:

provide work incentives planning and assistance;

help beneficiaries and their families determine eligibility for

Federal or State work incentives programs;

refer beneficiaries with disabilities to appropriate Employment

Networks or State VR agencies based on individual needs and

impairment types;

provide general information about potential employer-based or

federally subsidized health benefits coverage available to

beneficiaries once they enter the workforce; and

inform beneficiaries with disabilities of further protection

and advocacy services available to them.

WIPAs are authorized to serve all SSA beneficiaries with disabilities,

including transition-to-work aged youth, providing benefits planning and

assistance services on request and as resources permit.

WIPA PROJECTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA

WIPA INFORMATION - UPDATED 07/2008

Counties:

SFL is comprised of 16 counties extending from Monroe to Palm Beach

county on the east coast and

from Monroe to Hernando County on the west coast covering a land area

of 16075 square miles.

Broward Glades

Lee Palm Beach

Charlotte Hendry

Manatee Pasco

Collier Hernando

Miami-Dade Pinellas

DeSoto Hillsborough

Monroe Sarasota

Abilities, Inc. of Florida

2735 Whitney Road

Clearwater, FL 33758

ext. 365

Serving the counties of—Citrus, De Soto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands,

Hillsborough, Levy, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, and Sumter

Chad Yeardley, CWIC and Program Manager

2735 Whitney Rd

Clearwater, FL 33770

x365

Horton, CWIC

7361 Forest Oaks Blvd, Ste 101

Spring Hill, FL  34606

x238

Strong, CWIC

1112 Managee Avenue E ste 212

Bradenton, FL  34208

x183

Victor , CWIC

9215 Florida Ave. Ste 105

Tampa, FL  33612

Battles, CWIC

202 Lake Miriam Drive

Lakeland, FL  33813

Chad Yeardley

WIPA Project Coordinator

Abilities of Florida

2735 Whitney Rd.

Clearwater, Fl. 33760

ext. 365

Center for Independent Living in Central Florida, Inc.

Project Manager, Debbie Baker, Phone: Fax: , TDD:

Email: dbaker@...

720 N Denning Drive, Winter Park, FL 32789 The CWICs for Center for

Independent Living in Central Florida, Inc.,are: Fay Bullock, working in

Broward County; Guy Lemcoe, working in Miami/Dade County; Marti Graf-Nagler

(at the CWIC training at the present time.) Upon completion and when she

completes her certification she will be covering, Charlotte, Lee, Collier,

Glades and Hendry Counties.

Brevard Achievement Center

Don Hendricks, Project Manager

Brevard Achievement Center

300 N. Drive, Suite 104

Melbourne, Florida 32934

dhendricks@...

Project Manager, Don Hendricks Phone: ext.207.

The Toll Free # is 1- ext: 207 The CWIC for Brevard Achievement

Center in the South Florida Area is Ms. Angie Hoffman Community Work

Incentives Coordinator (CWIC) - Palm Beach County Brevard Achievement

Center PO Box 22712 West Palm Beach, FL

33416

(Cell phone)

(FAX)

ahoffman@...

Toraño

Area Work Incentives Coordinator

South Florida Area

Social Security Administration

3415 E Frontage Road, Suite A

Tampa, FL 33607

Ph: ext 3061

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