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

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November 15, 2018 • 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. ET

Quarterly All Employment Network (EN) Call

Quarterly All EN Call

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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

Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Research and Outcomes

Emily Roessel

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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

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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

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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
• utcomes even without receiving services. But there is a clear positive

relationship between WIPA services and employment outcomes

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WIPA Research and Outcomes

Work and Benefit Suspense for WIPA Enrollees

26.7 14.1 12.6 2.9 100.0 71.4 100.0 24.4 Employed (4,875) Looking for work (8,091) Employed (2,111,200) All (13,673,056) WIPA enrollees Non-WIPA beneficiaries Percent who worked Percent who had benefits suspended or terminated for work

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.

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WIPA Research and Outcomes

Average Number of Months in Benefit Suspense/Termination for Work

7.3 3.2 2.8 0.6 Employed (4,875) Looking for work (8,091) Employed (2,111,200) All (13,673,056) WIPA enrollees Non-WIPA beneficiaries

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.

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WIPA Research and Outcomes

Average Benefits Forgone for Work ($)

9,914 4,510 4,359 919 Employed (4,875) Looking for work (8,091) Employed (2,111,200) All (13,673,056) WIPA enrollees Non-WIPA beneficiaries

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.

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