[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61129-61130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8730]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. SSA-2006-0077]
Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program Pre-
Application Teleconference Seminars
AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).
ACTION: Notice of Teleconferences.
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DATES: October 26, 2006
Time: 1 p.m. (Eastern Time) duration two hours.
Call-in telephone number: (toll free) 877-922-4780.
Pass code: WIPA.
Leader: Debbie Morrison.
October 27, 2006
Time: 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) duration two hours.
Call-in telephone number: (toll free) 877-922-4780.
Pass code: WIPA.
Leader: Debbie Morrison.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Type of meeting: Informational pre-application teleconference
seminars open to all potential applicants for the Work Incentives
Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program (formerly the Benefits Planning,
Assistance and Outreach (BPAO) Program).
Purpose: SSA will hold informational pre-application teleconference
seminars to solicit interest and encourage community-based
organizations to apply for cooperative agreement awards. All interested
applicants are invited to attend this call.
Section 1149(d) of the Social Security Act (as added by Section 121
of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999,
Public Law 106-170) required SSA to establish community based benefits
planning and assistance in every State, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and
the Virgin Islands. As authorized by Ticket to Work and Work Incentives
Improvement Act, SSA established a program of cooperative agreements
(monetary awards) granted to community-based organizations. These
programs were formerly called the Benefit Planning and Assistance
programs (BPAO). The new name for this program is the Work Incentive
Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Projects. The WIPA program is to provide
all of SSA's beneficiaries with disabilities access to work incentives
planning and assistance services. Section 407 of the Social Security
Protection Act (Pub. L. 108-203) extended the authorization of this
program through Fiscal Year 2009.
SSA released a competitive Request for Applications in May 2006 but
did not receive sufficient qualifying proposals to provide full
national coverage. In October 2006 SSA released a competitive Request
for Applications to announce funding availability for new cooperative
agreements awards for the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance
(WIPA) Program, for these specific areas:
State of Alabama, the counties of Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour,
Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw,
Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Lowndes,
Macon, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, Washington,
and Wilcox;
State of Indiana, the counties of Clark, Crawford, Davies,
Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Grant, Greene, Harrison, Hendricks,
Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Ohio,
Orange, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Ripley, Scott, Spencer, Sullivan,
Switzerland, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, Warrick, Washington, and
White;
State of Kentucky, the counties of Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd,
Bracken, Breathitt, Carter, Clark, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming,
Floyd, Garrard, Greenup, Harlan, Harrison, Jackson, Johnson, Knott,
Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Madison, Magoffin,
Martin, Mason, McCreary, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Owsley,
Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Powell, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Whitley,
and Wolfe;
State of Nevada, all counties;
State of New York, the counties of Albany, Columbia, Dutchess,
Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, and Westchester;
State of Ohio, the counties of Ashtabula, Mahoning, Portage, Stark,
Summit, and Trumbull;
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Pacific territories of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and
American Samoa to be effective in calendar year 2007.
The schedule (including date, time and call-in number of each pre-
application seminar as it becomes available) will also be posted at the
following Internet site: http://www.socialsecurity.gov/work.
Agenda: SSA will use the seminars to provide guidance and technical
assistance to interested parties as they prepare to submit their
applications. There will be a presentation of information followed by
an operator-assisted question and answer period. The agenda will be
posted on the Internet at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/work one week
before commencement of the seminars. The agenda can also be requested
electronically or by fax upon request.
Contact Information: Anyone requiring additional information should
contact SSA Project Officer, Debbie Morrison by calling (410) 965-9054,
or
Mail addressed to Social Security Administration, 6401
Security Blvd., Room 107 Altmeyer Building, Baltimore, MD 21235.
Fax at (410) 966-1278.
E-mail to [email protected].
Dated: October 10, 2006.
Martin H. Gerry,
Deputy Commissioner for, Disability and Income Security Program.
[FR Doc. 06-8730 Filed 10-16-06; 8:45 am]
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