Able SC's WIPA Able to Work Program

Free help for South Carolinians on SSI or SSDI who want to work while keeping your peace of mind.

The Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program is here to help you know that working can be the right choice for you.  To get services, you must:  

  • Be between the ages of 14 and full retirement age. 
  • Get Social Security Disability benefits.  Usually, that is SSI or SSDI.  
  • Be working or interested in working. 

Able SC’s WIPA program helps anyone who lives in South Carolina.   

If you qualify, our team will help you:  

  • Understand your current benefits. 
  • Learn how working might change your monthly check and your healthcare.  

Note: This includes specific benefits such as SSI, SSDI, Medicare, or Medicaid.  

  • Teach you about available work incentives. 

We are here to help cut through the confusion and provide accurate and timely information. Our program receives money from Social Security to provide these services.  

If you want to learn more or are ready to start services, you can email, call, or complete a self-referral form.  

  • Call the Ticket to Work Helpline: 1-866-968-7842 or 1-866-833-2967 (TTY/TDD)  
  • Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. ET 

We developed this website at U.S. taxpayer expense. 

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Liz, a white woman with cropped gray hair wearing a blue patterned blouse smiles while standing outside.

Liz Fosnaugh

Lead Community Work Incentives Coordinator
803-509-6556 Option 4
lfosnaugh@able-sc.org
Remote

Julia is a white woman with long, wavy, brown hair. She is wearing a red lip with a white collared shirt. She is smiling at the camera, in front of greenery.

Julia Hartman

Community Work Incentives Coordinator
803-509-6556 Option 2
jhartman@able-sc.org
Columbia Office

Hope is a Black woman with black and burgundy long braids with translucent brown rimmed glasses. She is wearing an orange cardigan layered over a white shirt with an orange, cream, yellow, and green abstract printed scarf. She is smiling at the camera from her power wheelchair in front of greenery.

Hope Jenkins

Administrative Assistant
803-509-6556 Option 1
hjenkins@able-sc.org
Columbia Office

A Korean and white biracial person with purple Ombre hair smiling closed mouthed while in a wheelchair outside.

Angel Lee

Community Work Incentives Coordinator
803-509-6556 Option 3
alee@able-sc.org
Columbia Office

Brittany is a white woman with long curly/wavy brunette hair wearing glasses, silver earrings, and black business attire.

Brittany Terry

Community Work Incentives Coordinator
803-509-6556 Option 5
bterry@able-sc.org
Columbia Office

Testimonial: Finding Support and Self-Sufficiency

"I started working with Able SC through the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program 2 years ago. Since then, I’ve successfully returned to and maintained full-time employment. At first, I was doubtful and frustrated because of my past experiences with Social Security. But working with Able SC has made a huge difference—they helped me resolve several issues and made the whole process easier to understand. Now I know I have someone I can reach out to whenever I have questions or concerns. As I told them once, 'Thank you, Able SC. You always have a way of setting my mind at ease.'"

-An Anonymous Individual with a Disability Seeking Support