WDBN – Wisconsin Disability Benefits Network

The WDBN provides training, technical assistance and a professional forum for Benefit specialists throughout Wisconsin. The WDBN seeks ways to reach out and better serve people with disabilities, their supporters and professional service providers regarding the impact of employment on government benefits.

Getting Started with WDBN

The WDBN Exists to:

Train Work Incentives Benefits Specialists (WIBS):

  • Opportunities to for initial training for new benefit specialists
  • Access to ongoing technical assistance and mentoring to improve practice and information accuracy
  • Training and networking events
  • Seminars and workshops
  • Online technical resources and current news

Train Benefits Specialists in partnership with Disability Rights Wisconsin (DRW) and Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources (GWAAR):

  • Intensive initial training for new benefit specialists
  • Online Training Curriculum
  • Seminars and workshops
  • Networking events
  • Quality assurance initiatives

Educate people with disabilities, social service professionals, and the public regarding public benefit programs, work incentives and the relationship between employment on public benefits:

  • Conference participation including displays and exhibits
  • Agency In-service training
  • Seminars and workshops
  • Web resources and newsletter

Participate in quality assurance standard development. Initiatives include:

  • Development of standards of practice that will offer a level of protection for consumers; professional recognition for practitioners; and quality assurance for purchasers and employers.
  • Wisconsin Work Incentives Benefits Specialists Association (WIBSA) members who maintain a prescribed level of training, adopt a code of conduct, and participate in a peer review process
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