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Community Work Incentives Coordinator (CWIC) Responsibilities & Competencies January 2011
The following information has been taken directly from Cooperative Agreements for Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Projects; Program Announcement No.SSA-OESP-06-1 which was published in the Federal Register Vol. 71, No. 94, Tuesday, May 16, 2006.
The WIPA cooperative agreement awardees shall select individuals who will act as Community Work Incentives Coordinators (CWICs). The CWICs will provide work incentives planning and assistance directly to beneficiaries with disabilities to assist them in their employment efforts. CWICs will also conduct outreach efforts in collaboration with SSA’s Program Manager for Recruitment and Outreach (PMRO) contractor to beneficiaries with disabilities (and their families) who are potentially eligible to participate in Federal or State work incentives programs.
Applicants must ensure that CWICs have the skills required to competently provide work incentives planning and assistance services that assist beneficiaries in their employment efforts. WIPA awardees will be required to provide documentation to SSA that CWIC personnel meet the requirements below. SSA will use this documentation to credential CWIC personnel before they may begin providing beneficiary services.
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