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Benefits Analysts
Our program has Benefits Analysts who work in collaboration with the TN Department of Human Services, Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) in East, Middle, and West Tennessee. These staff conduct informational presentations about the social security work incentives and services provided by WorkAble TN and other resources. They facilitate referrals to Community Work Incentive Coordinators (CWIC).
You may contact our team to obtain log-in information for scheduled ZOOM or In-person presentation events and to request resource information.
Serving Counties in East:
Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Franklin, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Sullivan, Union, Unicoi, Washington
Serving Counties in Middle:
Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson, Dekalb, Fentress, Franklin, Giles, Hickman, Jackson, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Macon, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Overton, Pickett, Putham, Robertson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Van Buren, Warren, White, Williamson, Wilson.
Serving following counties in Middle and West:
Benton, Buren, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dickson, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, McNairy, Montgomery, Obion, Perry, Shelby, Stewart, Tipton, Wayne, Weakley
Community Work Incentives Coordinators (CWIC):
Our program has three CWICs who provide services for residents in parts of Middle and East Tennessee. Their focus is to provide information to Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities about how earnings from work affect Social Security and other public benefits. Counselors assist individuals who are working or actively seeking employment. They also provide long-term benefit-related case management services throughout the course of a beneficiaries’ employment, and provide outreach services.
Serving the following counties in East and Upper Cumberland:
Bradley, Hamilton, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea and Roane, Bledsoe, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Franklin, Grundy, Jackson, Macon, Marion, Moore, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Sequatchie, Smith, Van Buren, Warren and White
Tim Benthal
WorkAbleTN Community Work Incentives Coordinator
- Email:
- tim_b@tndisability.org
- Phone:
- (423) 208--7093
Serving the following counties in Northeast Tennessee:
Carter, Greene, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington.
Candi Douglas
WorkAbleTN Community Work Incentives Coordinator
- Email:
- candi_d@tndisability.org
- Phone:
- (423) 956-1703
Serving the following counties in East Tennessee:
Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Jefferson, Knox, Scott, Sevier and Union.
Brandi Glasscock
WorkAbleTN Community Work Incentives Coordinator
- Email:
- brandi_g@tndisability.org
- Phone:
- (865) 567-7591
Program Director
Alice L. Owens, J.D., CWIC
Program Director of WorkAbleTN
- Email:
- alice_o@tndisability.org
- Phone:
- (615) 383-9442
- Toll-Free Phone:
- 1 (888) 639-7811
- Office Address:
- 955 Woodland Street, Nashville, TN 37206
Ticket to Work Help Line
If you would like general information about how work might affect your benefits, you can call the Ticket to Work Help Line at 1-866-968-7842 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
If you use TTY services for people with hearing impairments, use 1-866-833-2967.
If you are working or you have a job offer, the Help Line can refer you directly for Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) services.
America Works
We partner with America Works to serve individuals residing in the Tennessee counties not assigned to WorkAble CWICS. The areas our CWICs serve are outlined above.
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