Quarterly All Employment Network (EN) Call November 15, 2018 3:00 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Quarterly All Employment Network (EN) Call November 15, 2018 • 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. ET This communication is printed, published or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer expense.

1 Quarterly All EN Call Call Agenda 1. Webinar user/chat instruction 2. Welcome and Social Security updates 3. Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Research and Outcomes • Questions 4. Work Incentives and Benefits Counseling Training • Questions 5. EN Updates 6. EN Foundations Training 7. Questions/Answers

2 Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Research and Outcomes Emily Roessel

3 WIPA Research and Outcomes Background  Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) program provides free work incentives information to SSDI and SSI disability beneficiaries  Community Work Incentive Coordinators (CWICs) at WIPA organizations: • Provide counseling about benefits and the effect of work on benefits • Provide ongoing work incentives monitoring and assistance • Develop long-term work plans to guide the effective use of work incentives  WIPAs serve beneficiaries who are employed or seeking employment

4 WIPA Research and Outcomes Analysis of Employment Outcomes  Looked at two groups of SSDI and SSI disability beneficiaries who enrolled in WIPA services for the first time in 2009 • Looking for work at intake • Employed at intake  Compared to 2009 beneficiaries who did not receive WIPA services • All beneficiaries • Employed in 2009  Looked at employment outcomes through 2015

5 WIPA Research and Outcomes Findings: Outcomes are Better for WIPA Enrollees than for Working Beneficiaries who Do Not Receive WIPA Services  Many WIPA enrollees worked in the 6 years following enrollment and many had their benefits suspended or terminated due to work, leading to benefits forgone for work  Outcomes are better than those for beneficiaries who work without getting WIPA services  Those looking for work at WIPA enrollment have better long-term outcomes than those who were working in 2009 but did not get WIPA services  These are not causal impacts – WIPA participants may have had better outcomes even without receiving services. But there is a clear positive relationship between WIPA services and employment outcomes

6 WIPA Research and Outcomes Work and Benefit Suspense for WIPA Enrollees Percent who worked Percent who had benefits suspended or terminated for work 24.4 All (13,673,056) beneficiaries Non-WIPA 2.9 100.0 Employed (2,111,200) 12.6 WIPA enrollees 71.4 Looking for work (8,091) 14.1 100.0 Employed (4,875) 26.7 Source: November 2012 Efforts to Outcomes database, IRS Master Earnings File, and 2015 Disability Analysis File. Notes: The number in parentheses is the beneficiary count for that group. WIPA = Work Incentives Planning and Assistance.

7 WIPA Research and Outcomes Average Number of Months in Benefit Suspense/Termination for Work beneficiaries All (13,673,056) 0.6 Non-WIPA Employed (2,111,200) 2.8 WIPA enrollees Looking for work (8,091) 3.2 Employed (4,875) 7.3 Source: November 2012 Efforts to Outcomes database, IRS Master Earnings File, and 2015 Disability Analysis File. Notes: The number in parentheses is the beneficiary count for that group. WIPA = Work Incentives Planning and Assistance.

8 WIPA Research and Outcomes Average Benefits Forgone for Work ($) All (13,673,056) 919 beneficiaries Non-WIPA Employed (2,111,200) 4,359 WIPA enrollees Looking for work (8,091) 4,510 Employed (4,875) 9,914 Source: November 2012 Efforts to Outcomes database, IRS Master Earnings File, and 2015 Disability Analysis File. Notes: The number in parentheses is the beneficiary count for that group. WIPA = Work Incentives Planning and Assistance.