Work Incentives Planning & Assistance

If you are employed, or plan to get a job, ARISE’s Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Coordinator works with you to develop your employment goals and assists with:

Writing a Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS). A PASS lets you set aside income and other resources for a specific period of time so you can achieve an employment goal
Developing a plan that ensures work incentives and other benefits successfully support you and overcome barriers to employment.
Identifying and guiding you in using Ticket to Work, and in putting work incentives in place
Answering questions about how earning an income from working affects disability and healthcare benefits.