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FCIC Webinar - 7/21/2011

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SSA (Social Security Administration Eligibility/Benefits/Work Incentives)

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**This WEBINAR is FREE and registration is not required**

WHEN: Thursday, July 21, 2011

TIME: 5:00 – 6:30 PM ESTWEBINAR DESCRIPTION: Several million individuals with disabilities receive monthly benefits from the Social Security Disability Programs. Many also utilize Medicare or Medicaid to aid them with their medical expenses. Often individuals with disabilities worry that working or attempting to work may make them ineligible for these benefits forever. Social Security recognizing this fear has responded with developing the Ticket to Work Program. The presenters will introduce you to the Social Security Disability Programs, the Work Incentive Provisions, and the Ticket to Work Program. Social Security Work Incentives are design to accommodate

the needs and circumstances of individuals with disabilities so they can go to work. Participants will leave with a clear understanding of the subject.PRESENTERS: Toraño - Area Work Incentives Coordinator Toraño has over 30 years of experience working for the Social Security Administration. serves as Social Security South Florida Area Work Incentives Coordinator for the South Florida Area, the largest area in the Atlanta Region. He networks with the disability advocates located within these service areas. represents SSA in public forums, symposiums, seminars, training sessions, television and radio programs, and support groups providing technical training on the Employment Support programs offered by The Social Security Administration to individuals with disabilities who wish to join or return to the workforce. He is the Social Security voice in the South Florida Area on issues

of disability and work related issues. Bloodworth - Community Work Incentive Coordinator Bloodworth, a 21 year employee of Lakeview Center, Inc.'s Vocational division, located in Pensacola, FL, is a Community Work Incentive Coordinator (CWIC) whose service area covers 12 counties in the Panhandle of Florida. A Work Incentive Planning and Assistance (WIPA) grant awarded by the Social Security Administration to Goodwill Industries of North Florida resulted in a partnership between Goodwill and Lakeview Center that allows and other CWICs to provide work incentive benefits planning and assistance to Social Security beneficiaries that are working and/or interested in working, and are receiving Social Security benefits.FACILITATOR: , FCICTO ATTEND THE WEBINAR: Go to http://usf.adobeconnect.com/ssa/

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