Hostos CUNY Work Incentives, Planning and Assistance Program (WIPA) To receive WIPA Services call
1-800-739-0118 Or you can also call: 718-518-6746 718-518-6778
Hostos CUNY Work Incentives, Planning and Assistance Program (WIPA) Do you receive SSI or SSDI? Do you want to work? This is your call to work!
Division of Continuing Education & Workforce Development Division of Continuing Education & Workforce Development 560 Exterior Street, Bronx, New York 10451 cedu@hostos.cuny.edu www.hostos.cuny.edu/cewd/programs/wipa.html
1-800-739-0118 This Publication was made possible by funding received from the Social Security Administration, SSA. The contents of this publication Do not represent the official Views of the Social Security Administration
Do you receive Social Security Disability Benefits SSDI or SSI? Do you live in the Bronx, Manhattan or Staten Island?
Are you ready to return to work, considering work or working now?
Do you want to work but you are afraid of losing your benefits?
Are you worried about what will happen to your cash benefit and your health insurance (Medicare/Medicaid)?
WIPA has the answers to your concerns
Meeting with a WIPA Community Work Incentives Coordinator (CWIC) is especially important!
Hostos CUNY Work Incentives, Planning & Assistance Program offers accurate information, guidance and direct support, to assist Social Security disability beneficiaries “SSI, SSDI� who are considering work, are ready to return to work, or working now. WIPA will help you learn about Social Security special rules and work incentives that permit SSI and SSDI beneficiaries to work, earn more money and save.
Who is eligible to participate in WIPA? All SSA disability beneficiaries who receive SSDI and/or SSI benefits between age 14 and full retirement age, who live in the borough of the Bronx, Manhattan or Staten Island, and are working, looking for work, attending an educational/vocational program with the goal of obtaining employment, or considering a return to work.
Hostos CUNY Bilingual Community Work Incentives Coordinator (CWIC) is SSA Certified to provide in depth counseling and benefits analysis to SSI and SSDI beneficiaries who want work.
How can the CWIC help you? CWICs help you make informed choices about work and understand your options if you choose to work. How to use Social Security Administration (SSA) work incentives to test your abilities to work without fear of losing cash benefit, Medicare, Medicaid and other benefits you and your family may be receiving, such as housing subsidies. How to use work incentives to increase your earnings and make more money. The CWIC will meet with you individually to review and analyze the benefits that you are receiving, provide you with ongoing counseling and how to use applicable work incentives. CWIC offers information and referral to jobs training, job placement organizations and other resources available for people with disabilities.