Consultation & Training Center
"...to expand, improve, and enhance quality employment services
for individuals with serious mental illness."
Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (Indiana Works)
Program & Contact Information
Our mission is to provide informed choices to individuals with disabilities who receive a Social Security Disability benefit about the effect of employment on their benefits; not only Federal benefits but State and Local benefits as well such as Medicaid, Food Stamps, and Housing. Our services are free to Hoosiers between the ages of 14 to full age retirement who are currently receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
Work Incentives Planning & Assistance (WIPA) program funded through a grant by the Social Security Administration. We have five Community Work Incentives Coordinators (CWICs) that serve Northern and Central Indiana.
Do you have questions about how wages from a job will affect your benefits? Are you concerned about losing your healthcare when you go to work? Call 1-866-646-8161 to find out how you can speak with a Community Work Incentive Coordinator to get answers to your questions. We are here to help and our services are free! Indiana Works – WIPA Brochure.
| Dennis Born, Director | Service Area Map |
| Email: Dennis.Born@ASPIREindiana.org | |
| Dawn Wagoner, Community Work Incentives Coordinator | Service Area Map |
| Email: Dawn.Wagoner@ASPIREindiana.org | |
| Counties served: Lake, Porter, LaPorte, St. Joseph, Elkhart, Newton, Jasper, Starke, Marshall, Kosciusko, Pulaski, and Fulton | |
| Doug Stevens, Community Work Incentives Coordinator | Service Area Map |
| Email: Dudley.Stevens@ASPIREindiana.org | |
| Counties served: LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, DeKalb, Whitley, Allen, Huntington, Wells, and Adams | |
| Denise Norris, Community Work Incentives Manager | Service Area Map |
| Email: Denise.Norris@ASPIREindiana.org | |
| Counties served: : Blackford, Jay, Madison, Delaware, Randolph, Henry, Wayne, Rush, Fayette, Union, Decatur, and Franklin | |
| Kendra Berry, Community Work Incentives Coordinator | Service Area Map |
| Email: Kendra.Berry@ASPIREindiana.org | |
| Counties served: Fountain, Montgomery, Putnam, Morgan, Hendricks, Boone, Hamilton, Tipton, Clinton, Benton, White, Cass, Miami, Warren, Tippecanoe, Carroll, Howard, Wabash, and Grant | |
| Jill Skehan, Community Work Incentives Coordinator | Service Area Map |
| Email: Jill.Skehan@ASPIREindiana.org | |
| Counties served: Marion, Johnson, Shelby, Brown, and Bartholomew | |
Documents:
Indiana Work Incentive Coordinators for Central and Northern Indiana - Served Areas Map
MED Works Request for Independence and Self-Sufficiency Account
Northern and Central Request for Information
Links:
Benefits Information Network Documents
Web Links:
VCU Work Incentives Planning and Assistance National Training Center
New or Revised Social Security Benefit Publications