Benefits Counseling
What is Benefits Counseling?
Benefits Counseling offers informed choices about employment and your benefits. This service is available to people between the ages of 18 and 59. You can access this service through your long-term care funder or DVR.
One of the biggest barriers to people working is the loss of benefits. Benefits counseling can alleviate these fears by demonstrating how earnings from work will impact your Social Security benefits and informing you about available work incentives. An experienced Benefits Specialist offers benefits counseling to explain the impact of employment on your Federal and State benefits.
This can include:
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Disabled Adult Child (DAC) benefits
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits
Long-Term Care services including IRIS and Family Care
Healthcare benefits, including Medicare and Medicaid
Housing assistance
FoodShare
Special Needs Trust Funds
When to connect with a Benefits Specialist?
If you are considering employment
If there has been a change to your benefits situation
If a parent retires, passes away or becomes disabled
If you transition from childhood benefits to adult benefits
If you are new to benefits
Want More Information?
Email Becky Scott at bscott@dsaw.org OR call our Think Ability Wisconsin Center at 414.327.3729
About Becky Scott, DSAW’s Benefits Specialist
Becky comes to DSAW with over 14 years of experience as a Benefits Specialist. Becky completed her certification in 2010 and is a Certified Work Incentive Coordinator. Throughout her career, she has supported beneficiaries in achieving financial independence, navigating the complexities of Social Security regulations, understanding their benefits and associated rules and limitations, leveraging various available work incentives, and accessing other resources and benefits available.
