{"id":5123,"date":"2025-03-17T22:21:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T05:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10124\/?p=5123"},"modified":"2025-04-05T23:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T06:01:07","slug":"an-employment-collaborative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=5123","title":{"rendered":"Job &#8211; Government Benefit Interplay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#7700ff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Here is a<\/mark> <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/Kb7Lmn7RMkMgjeAaVDo3QNPFhSra7KJ3DzLyc5D6yFVB5R2oRkm3wnWpxaBFe4OB.h1UKt61a1ilR0bsp\">video recording<\/a> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#6c02f8\" class=\"has-inline-color\">of the following program.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next up for&nbsp;<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">A<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">A<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">S<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">C<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">E<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0754e3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">N<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">D<\/mark>&#8216;s Job Club <\/strong>is<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong> Donna Feingold,<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/mark>of the employment collaborative HireAble. Donna will present the following agenda:<br><br><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Understanding the difference between <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f70606\" class=\"has-inline-color\">SSI<\/mark><\/strong> and <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fd0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">SSDI\/CDB<\/mark><\/strong> and the different rules for each <br><strong>\u2022<\/strong> program on how earnings impact benefits<br><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Review of common <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f40404\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Work Incentives<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong>\u2022<\/strong> How to manage an Overpayment<br><strong>\u2022<\/strong> <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fb0101\" class=\"has-inline-color\">ABLE Accounts<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Donna will be joined by Job Club facilitators <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#13703d\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Dan Middleton<\/mark><\/strong> and <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#106717\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Michael Bernick,<\/mark><\/strong> and will engage in discussions with attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#90692c\" class=\"has-inline-color\">link to the Zoom presentation will be emailed<\/mark><\/strong> to our newsletter subscribers (click <a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=45b240034405a1b47948a710d&amp;id=a3632f7d57\">here<\/a> to subscribe) in the days before the event. There is <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#915e18\" class=\"has-inline-color\">no need to register<\/mark><\/strong> for this event.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"258\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donna-Feingold.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Donna Feingold\" class=\"wp-image-5124\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Donna has over 40 years of experience working with individuals with disabilities. For nearly 28 years, she was the executive director of several Bay Area nonprofit agencies that provided employment and independent living services. She started her own consulting business, Finding Golden Solutions, over 3 years ago and is also a certified Work Incentive Practitioner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As usual at AASCEND meetings,&nbsp;<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#028f5b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">attendees on the autism spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives throughout the program.&nbsp;<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who:&nbsp;<\/strong>Autistic adults, family members and&nbsp;professional&nbsp;who work with them are all&nbsp;welcome.<br><strong>When:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sat April 5,&nbsp;10 &#8211; 11am<\/mark><\/strong> (Pacific Time)<br><strong>Where:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Online via Zoom,&nbsp;<\/mark><\/strong>link will be emailed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@aascend.org\">info@aascend.org<\/a>&nbsp;with any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a video recording of the following program. Next up for&nbsp;AASCEND&#8216;s Job Club is Donna Feingold,&nbsp;of the employment collaborative HireAble. Donna will present the following agenda: \u2022 Understanding the difference between SSI and SSDI\/CDB and the different rules for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=5123\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}