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WorkWORLD Case Worksheet
The free Case Worksheet is a handy tool for assisting you in creating your own WorkWORLD Case Profiles.
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WorkWORLD Tips
The free WorkWORLD Tips document offers handy advice for users who are dealing with Food Stamps and Housing benefits. Specifically this document provides invaluable information on entering data into WorkWORLD and on interpreting WorkWORLD results.
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WorkWORLD Case Profiles Overview
Stories explaining the WorkWORLD
Case Profiles are available in both Microsoft Word (DOC) and Adobe Acrobat (PDF) formats. DOC files require Microsoft Word to open. If the DOC file opens in your browser, use File, Save As on your browser menu to save the file on your computer. PDF files require Adobe Acrobat to open. If the PDF file opens in your browser, use Save a Copy on the Acrobat toolbar to save the file on your computer.
WorkWORLD
Case Profiles are available as External Case Files (ECF) in a self-extracting executable file (EXE) which, once downloaded and extracted (unzipped), must be imported into WorkWORLD in order to view the contents. Save the EXE file, then double-click on it to run the built-in self-extractor. Follow the prompts and save the ECF file for importation into WorkWORLD. Complete information about using WorkWORLD's Import feature along with step-by-step context-sensitive pictorial Help is contained in the program's Help/Information System, and is also available from the
Import a Case File - Overview and
Import a Case File - Operation topics in the WebHelp system.
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File Types section above for additional information about using the different file formats.
Andy: This profile illustrates how residents of Massachusetts can maximize the impact of Massachusetts' emphasis on transportation options through the use of WorkWORLD planning. It shows how a Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS) could be used by a beneficiary of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) to become eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), to pay for transportation during training and part-time employment, and to purchase a vehicle for eventual full-time employment.
Read the
Case Profiles Overview section above for additional information about the different types of available files.
(Development of this Profile was funded in part by the
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission.)
Download the Andy Profile story - Word Format [414 KB]
Download the Andy Profile story - PDF Format [407 KB]
Download the Andy Profile case files - EXE Format, Import ECF [50 KB]
Annie: This profile shows how significant earnings can affect the Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Medicaid, Medicare and Section 8 rent of a single Virginian. It also shows how WorkWORLD gives Virginians detailed recommendations about what they should do to ensure that they keep their Medicaid coverage - under a work incentive called 1619b - when they earn enough that their SSI cash benefit is zero, but they earn less than a "threshold" amount.
Read the
Case Profiles Overview section above for additional information about the different types of available files.
(Development of this Profile was funded in part by the
Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services.)
Download the Annie Profile story - Word Format [282 KB]
Download the Annie Profile story - PDF Format [293 KB]
Download the Annie Profile case files - EXE Format, Import ECF [50 KB]
Frank: This WorkWORLD profile features Frank, a recipient of SSI and Medicaid, who works at a NISH Community Rehabilitation Provider (CRP) worksite under a Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) contract.
He wants to grow on the job, and has the opportunity to increase his work hours and his hourly wage, which will raise his earned income to an amount that will exceed the Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) level under the Social Security Administration's rules.
Frank has received his "Ticket to Work" voucher from SSA.
He can use the voucher to obtain employment services at his NISH CRP.
The CRP where Frank works is an Employment Network (EN) that has been approved by SSA to provide employment assistance to SSI/DI recipients and beneficiaries who use their "Ticket to Work" voucher.
Frank and his employment counselors at the CRP use WorkWORLD to do some careful planning to ensure that both he and the CRP can realize the best outcomes from the evolving situation.
They use WorkWORLD to model alternatives to discover his best net income possibility and to learn how he can maintain his Medicaid coverage.
These results will be shared with significant others who are concerned that Frank will lose his eligibility for SSI benefits and Medicaid if he makes too much money.
Read the
Case Profiles Overview section above for additional information about the different types of available files.
(Development of this Profile was funded in part by
NISH.)
Download the Frank Profile story - Word Format [111 KB]
Download the Frank Profile story - PDF Format [130 KB]
Download the Frank Profile case files - EXE Format, Import ECF [49 KB]
Glenda: This WorkWORLD profile features Glenda, a recipient of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), who currently resides with her two young children and her mother in an apartment.
Glenda's mother is retired, and receives a small retirement pension as well as modest Social Security retirement benefits.
The household currently receives Food Stamps due to their low combined income.
Glenda is worried about her family's future, and realizes she needs to achieve a greater level of employment than her current part-time job.
She uses WorkWORLD to see how SSA work incentives and Food Stamps eligibility might help her improve her family's finances by becoming more fully employed and ending her dependence on welfare.
Read the
Case Profiles Overview section above for additional information about the different types of available files.
Download the Glenda Profile story - Word Format [160 KB]
Download the Glenda Profile story - PDF Format [178 KB]
Download the Glenda Profile case file - EXE Format, Import ECF [47 KB]
Jack: This profile is about Jack, a person who makes very low wages and lives at home with his mother, who depends on his Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to help her pay household expenses.
The case shows how Jack, with assistance, is ultimately able to have earnings that exceed the Social Security Administration's (SSA's) Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) amount and gain the Ticket to Work outcome - milestone payments for Jack's chosen Employment Network (EN).
Ultimately, Jack is able to earn enough that his SSI cash benefit goes to zero and the EN can begin collecting Ticket to Work outcome payments.
The case demonstrates how people making even the lowest of wages can be assisted to achieve much more.
This profile shows how Community Rehabilitation Providers (CRPs) can include many more people in their plans for gaining Ticket related income than they might have thought possible.
Read the
Case Profiles Overview section above for additional information about the different types of available files.
(Development of this Profile was funded in part by
NISH.)
Download the Jack Profile story - Word Format [93 KB]
Download the Jack Profile story - PDF Format [134 KB]
Download the Jack Profile case files - EXE Format, Import ECF [70 KB]
Jacob: This profile illustrates how earnings can affect the Auxiliary Grants and the net income of Virginians who live in licensed assisted living facilities or approved adult foster homes. It dispels the mistaken belief that Auxiliary Grant recipients who go to work would not improve their financial situations. It shows how Jacob, like most recipients of Auxiliary Grants, could improve his financial situations by going to work. The profile also shows that WorkWORLD can compute the relatively high earnings levels at which recipients could lose their Auxiliary Grant eligibility.
Read the
Case Profiles Overview section above for additional information about the different types of available files.
(Development of this Profile was funded in part by the
Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services.)
Download the Jacob Profile story - Word Format [138 KB]
Download the Jacob Profile story - PDF Format [118 KB]
Download the Jacob Profile case files - EXE Format, Import ECF [49 KB]
Jay: This WorkWORLD profile features Jay, a 15 year-old student.
He is an only-child who lives with his parents and attends school.
He is also a recipient of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) whose cash benefit is reduced from the full Federal Benefit Rate because the Social Security Administration (SSA) deems some of his parents' income as available to him.
Jay is computer literate, so he downloads WorkWORLD.
WorkWORLD shows Jay that he may be able to start putting aside money to start an at-home computer business and have that money reimbursed by an increase in his SSI cash benefit.
He can do this if SSA approves a PASS to help him prepare for his computer business.
Then Jay uses WorkWORLD to explore other changes and options.
What happens when he turns 18?
What happens if he gets a part-time job through his school's work-study program?
What happens if his business dreams come true?
This profile shows how WorkWORLD helps Jay explore and plan for the future.
Read the
Case Profiles Overview section above for additional information about the different types of available files.
Download the Jay Profile story - Word Format [277 KB]
Download the Jay Profile story - PDF Format [280 KB]
Download the Jay Profile case files - EXE Format, Import ECF [69 KB]
Jill: This WorkWORLD profile features Jill, who has been working as a cashier at a NISH Community Rehabilitation Provider (CRP) worksite earning $7.00/hr. and working an average of 15 hours a week under a Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) contract.
However, she wants to grow on the job and pursue new opportunities.
Jill's CRP, Employment Solutions (ES), has opted to be an "Outcome Milestone Payment" Employment Network (EN) under the SSA Ticket program.
ES offers Jill the opportunity to increase her work hours and her hourly wage, which would make her monthly earned income above the limit for Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) under the Social Security Administration's (SSA) current rules.
Jill is concerned about maintaining an SSI cash benefit because she believes she might lose her benefits and Medicaid if her check goes to zero.
The CRP teaches Jill how she can use WorkWORLD to model the affect of different wage levels and hours of work on her eligibility for Medicaid coverage under the 1619b SSI Work Incentive.
The CRP uses WorkWORLD to help insure that Jill really understands what will happen to her check and what she has to do to keep her Medicaid.
All parties have been empowered with knowledge-based decision support made possible by expert use of ESI's WorkWORLD software.
Read the
Case Profiles Overview section above for additional information about the different types of available files.
(Development of this Profile was funded in part by
NISH.)
Download the Jill Profile story - Word Format [107 KB]
Download the Jill Profile story - PDF Format [128 KB]
Download the Jill Profile case files - EXE Format, Import ECF [49 KB]
Ron: This WorkWORLD profile features Ron, starting out as a 15 year-old student with a visual impairment who lives with his parents.
This case scenario shows how Ron uses WorkWORLD (with its speech-enabled accessibility features) throughout his education and work career to make the best possible decisions related to his quality of life.
The profile also demonstrates the use of WorkWORLD to set aside deemed income in a PASS to save for future training or equipment purchase.
And it shows how In-Kind Support, when received under the Presumed Maximum Value (PMV) rule, can be set aside in a PASS.
Ron starts using WorkWORLD to look at options for his own situation.
He learns that he may be able to start putting aside money in a Plan to Achieve Self Support (PASS) to save for a personal assistant and other supports he will need to help him get and keep a meaningful job in the future.
Then Ron uses WorkWORLD to explore other changes and options.
What happens when he turns 18?
What happens if he gets a part-time job through his school's work-study program?
How can Ron pay for college tuition?
What happens if his career dreams come true?
This profile shows how WorkWORLD helps Ron explore and plan for the future.
Read the
Case Profiles Overview section above for additional information about the different types of available files.
(Development of this Profile was funded in part by
The Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired (DBVI).)
Download the Ron Profile story - Word Format [459 KB]
Download the Ron Profile story - PDF Format [359 KB]
Download the Ron Profile case file - EXE Format, Import ECF [90 KB]
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WorkWORLD Decision Support Article - Summer 2003
Read about our efforts to design, build, provide, and continuously improve a national WorkWORLD Knowledge Based Decision Support (
WW-KBDS) System for people with disabilities and their advocates, which helps them make informed choices about work incentives, benefits, employment supports, and wages.
A summary of our experience to date as well as background information is available in our continuously evolving WorkWORLD
KBDS article.
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File Types section above for additional information about using the different file formats.
Download WorkWORLD Decision Support Article - Word Format [289 KB]
Download WorkWORLD Decision Support Article - PDF Format [266 KB]
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Self-Determination, Funding, and WorkWORLD Article - Spring 2004
Is your State really advancing self-determination?
Can new outcome measurements focusing on individual self-support and providing decision support technology contribute to the solution?
Can we truly increase personal self-determination without redesigning the system to focus on building increased individual self-support and financial independence and growth?
Read a provocative discussion of these and related issues in the newly revised article "Self-Determination, Funding Priorities, and WorkWORLD Benefit and Work Incentive Decision Support System."
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File Types section above for additional information about using the different file formats.
Download Self-Determination Article - Word Format [211 KB]
Download Self-Determination Article - PDF Format [132 KB]
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