Work Incentive Support Center (WISC)
Earn your credential as a work incentives practitioner with this online program, which includes core training in Social Security and other disability benefits and work incentives, as well as add-on training about youth and Veterans and (new in 2025) leadership training for managers and supervisors of work incentives planners. Visit the SSI Calculations Worksheet for an easy online calculation of monthly benefits and outcomes.
Browse Course CatalogCredentialing Courses
Work Incentive Practitioner Credential
Next Semester: February 3 - March 31, 2026 | TTh 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
Earn your WIP-C™ credential in work incentives planning and become qualified to assist people with disabilities with understanding and managing their Social Security and other disability benefits and work incentives.
WIP-C™ InformationBenefits Planning for Transition-Age Youth
Next Semester: November 4 - November 18, 2025 | MWF 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
If you have a WIP-C™ credential and want to focus on education, careers, and benefits for young adults with disabilities, this course is for you.
YOUTH-C InformationBenefits Planning for Veterans
Next Semester: November 4 - November 18, 2025 | MWF 10:00-11:30 a.m. ET
For those with a WIP-C™ credential, this course examines Veterans’ concerns around work, benefits, and health care.
VETERAN-C InformationLeadership in Work Incentives Planning
Aimed at work incentives planners who have been promoted to leadership positions and those who would like to pursue leadership positions in the field.
LEADER-C InformationContinuing Education Units (CEUs)
Prerequisite: WIP-C™ credential Cost: $20 each
All WISC credentials are maintained with continuing education. YTIOnline offers affordable, monthly continuing education classes to help you meet the requirements. Additionally, archived webinars are offered for convenient asynchronous learning.
Browse CEU OfferingsUpcoming, Live Webinars
- September 23, 2025 | 1:00-3:00 p.m. ET
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October 21, 2025 |
1:00-3:00 p.m. ET
WIP CEU Webinar Series: Estimating the Impact of Taxes in Work Incentives Counseling
Customized Learning
Work Incentives Planning Mini-Course
This short course provides the basics of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid work rules, and is aimed at people who do not need to earn a full work incentive practitioner credential. This course is available only as a customized learning option.
Contact us to schedule or learn more: ytionline@cornell.edu.
Private Online or On-Site Training
Any of our courses can be taught as custom learning experiences for your agency or organization. Custom courses may be taught virtually or on-site, depending on your needs.
Contact us to schedule or learn more: ytionline@cornell.edu.
Earning a WISC Credential
Instructors
WISC Policies & FAQs
Our courses are intended to be taken live, and the entirety of the course cannot be taken via recordings. For the 17-session Work Incentives Planning for Benefit Practitioners, you can miss up to three sessions. You may call in and attend via phone; attending by phone does not count toward missed sessions. You must let us know if you are attending by phone only or if you are attending with a co-worker and you are not the person logged into the webinar.
For our five-session courses:
A maximum of 3 lessons are allowed to be missed to receive a Certification of Completion or to participate in the Credentialing Exam. Because of the format of a 5-Day training, each day will have 3-4 lessons. Therefore, missing 1 full day of a 5-day training may disqualify your participation in the credentialing exam.
These courses do have requirements: You need a computer that can connect to the internet with a modern web browser, the capability to display PDF documents, and related audio gear so you can hear and possibly speak during webinars. Our PDFs work well on-screen, but if you want paper copies of course materials, your computer must be able to download and print PDFs.
Work Incentives Planning for Benefit Practitioners has no prerequisites.
For Benefits Planning for Veterans and Benefits Planning for Transition-Age Youth, a prerequisite is having a WIP-C™ credential—those who have earned this credential have taken the Work Incentives Planning for Benefit Practitioners course, passed the exam, and received a passing grade on the case file project.
When you register, during checkout, select the Invoice Me option. You will receive an email with your invoice from Cornell University's ILR School, which you can forward to your employer for payment.
We work carefully to provide an accessible manual and slide PDFs. Webinar presentations have closed captions. Other accommodations may be available. Please reach out for specifics.
The link for the first webinar will be emailed to your registration email no later than the morning of the first session. Please keep an eye on your spam/junk folder.
Yes! The WIP-C series is capped at 125 participants per semester. The Veterans, Youth, and Leadership courses are capped at 35 participants per semester.
Contact Email Address: ytionline@cornell.edu Contact Phone Number: 607-255-7727
Our goal is to reply within 24 business hours, and we often reply considerably faster. For fastest service, please email us.
Resources
- SSI Calculations Worksheet Use this online calculator to calculate a monthly SSI payment amount based on income and work incentives.
- Disability Benefits at Work website Learn about Social Security’s disability benefits, including how they interact with Medicaid and Medicare.
- Social Security Red Book: Guide to Work Incentives Find a reference to the employment-related provisions of SSI and SSDI.
- Ticket to Work website Explore information and resources relating to the Ticket to Work program.
- Medicare.gov Browse the official Medicare website to learn more about Medicare.
Legal Disclaimer: The Work Incentive Support Center website provides general information and resources about our classes and work incentive planning. This information is not intended as legal advice. Use of this website does not create an attorney-client relationship.