Join our training to become a Work Incentive Benefits Specialist (WIBS). As a WIBS, you’ll help people with disabilities understand their public or private benefits. You’ll also guide them in making informed choices about work, healthcare, and financial decisions.
Meet Beth Wroblewski, Executive Director at Employment Resources, Inc.
Get to know some of our staff at Employment Resources, Inc. (ERI). Meet Beth, our Executive Director.
The Propel Guide to EBT in Wisconsin
Learn more about the Providers Guide — an online guide to managing FoodShare benefits in Wisconsin, as well as Electronic Benefits Transfer benefit programs across the United States.
Find a Benefits Specialist
Benefit Specialists understand the complexities of public benefit systems and assist individuals through various life transitions. Whether you are applying for benefits, seeking health care coverage, entering adulthood, considering employment, or retiring, a benefits specialist can help.
Workspace Worries: Is Your Workspace Helping or Harming You?
Learn about one person’s experience with IRIS and get resources to learn if IRIS is right for you.
Depression and Work: Small Changes That Help
The satisfaction and security of work can lead to positive self-esteem and a sense of belonging. But how can you keep working when you feel depressed?
Self-Directed Care: Finding and Managing Staff
Do you need some help in finding and managing the staff you need for your long-term care needs? These tips can help.
IRIS Ups, Downs, and All-Arounds
Learn about one person’s experience with IRIS and get resources to learn if IRIS is right for you.
Time to Make a Change? Ticket to Work Can Help!
If you’re an adult age 18 through 64 and receive Social Security disability benefits (SSDI or SSI), you may be eligible to participate in the Ticket to Work program. It could give you the supports you need to grow your career and manage your ongoing benefit needs. Now could be the time to start growing your career.
Student Earned Income Exclusion 2025
Do you know about the Student Earned Income Exclusion (SEIE)? This is a work incentive for students in the Social Security Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. To be eligible, you must be: under age 22 years, regularly attending school, college, or a training program to prepare for a paying job*, and working. If these conditions are met, Social Security will …