The EM-GTW (Eastern Montana Graduate to Work) Project METNET Broadcasts:

An Introduction to SSA
December 13th, 2004, from 1:00 - 4:00 PM

Part 2 - Social Security Work Incentives
January 6th, 2005, from 1:00 - 4:00 PM

“An Introduction to SSA” will provide an introduction to SSI (Supplemental Security Income) and SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance) benefits, examine the impact of wages on these benefits, and review the application process for SSI. The PABSS (Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security) program coordinated by the Montanan Advocacy Program will be introduced as a statewide resource.

“Part 2 - Social Security Work Incentives”
Concerned about losing your SSA benefits and Medicaid or Medicare if you go to work??? Come to this session to learn about SSA programs which allow you try out work or return to the Medicaid or Medicare system after an unsuccessful work attempt. We will review both SSI and SSDI Work Incentives, such as: Impairment Related Work Expenses, Plan for Achieving Self Support, Blind Work Expense, Subsidy and Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA).

Presenters: Marsha Katz of the Rural Institute on Disabilities and Kathy Kuntz from the Montana Advocacy Program.

METNET is an interactive video system. This allows the audience and the presenters to see and hear one another. We will broadcast to these locations simultaneously:

Missoula: University of Montana Gallagher Building, Room 104, Corner of Arthur and Eddy
Glendive: Glendive Medical Center, 202 Prospect Drive
Glasgow: Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital, 621 Third Street South
Miles City: Miles Community College, 2715 Dickenson, room 106
Billings: Montana State University – Billings, downtown at 214 N. Broadway in the first floor conference center

If you have questions, please contact Ellen Condon at 888-648-7267, or 406-243-4134 or by e-mail at condon@ruralinstitute.umt.edu; or Kim Brown at 406-243-4852 or by e-mail at brown@ruralinstitute.umt.edu.

PLEASE RSVP TO ELLEN BY 12/6/04 (for METNET 1) AND 12/27/04 (for METNET 2), via e-mail, mail or fax (406-243-4730).

These trainings are an activity of the Eastern Montana Graduate to Work Project (EM-GTW), which is sponsored by the Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities and the University of Montana’s Rural Institute with local partners:
Region I CSPD, Region III CSPD, MAP, and the Montana Center on Disabilities and MSU-Billings.

There is no cost to attendees.