Benefits Basics 101 

Are you supporting people to find employment or looking for employment? If you or individuals you work with receive disability benefits, this training is for you! Learn basics of SSI/SSDI and work incentives that can apply to benefits. This course is a 4-hour training for (but not limited to...) employment providers, advocates, teachers, payees.

Get the bare bones on benefits

• Recognizing which benefits a person receives
• How work incentives can apply to those benefits
• How earnings/income can impact a person’s benefits
• How to refer for support and available resources

Intended Audience: 

• Employment providers - job coaches, job developers, managers
• Residential providers
• Families and advocates
• Payees
• School counselors, transition educators
• Anyone that touches benefits!

Benefits Basics 101