#IWantToWork is a social media-based initiative of @unitedwaySWPA. #IWantToWork continues advocating for competitive integrated employment of ppl w/disabilities

Pittsburgh, PA
Joined July 2014
“For a person with a disability, career success, marriage, and having a savings was a dream … until now.” Check out this blog post discussing the opening of MAWD: Workers with Job Success on April 1: bit.ly/3Z2sxGJ. #MAWD #WorkerswithJobSuccess #Act69 #IWantToWork
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July is Disability Pride Month! Stay tuned after the holiday weekend for #DisabilityPride content and further updates on #HB1834, our current legislative effort to appoint an executive director to the governor's #EmploymentFirst Oversight Commission. Thank you! #IWantToWork
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The Pennsylvania Senate has returned to session as of yesterday, June 24. Thank you to our supporting senators who continue to vote toward our #EmploymentFirst efforts: @SenRobinsonPA @SenTartaglione @senbartolotta @SenatorComitta #IWantToWork
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This piece from the @sfchronicle via @DisabilityScoop speaks with several members of U.S. Congress including our own @SenFettermanPA about their uses of assistive technology on the Senate and House floors! bit.ly/3VfpDi9 #AssistiveTechnology #IWantToWork
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It's #ElectionDay in Pennsylvania. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Remember, if you are in line by 8 p.m., you can vote. 🗳️ Voting in person? Find your polling place: vote.pa.gov/polls ✉️ Need to return your completed mail ballot? Find a drop-off location: vote.pa.gov/ReturnBallot
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United Way's #IWantToWork retweeted
TODAY is the last day to apply for a mail-in ballot for the April 23rd election. Applying is quick and easy online! pavoterservices.pa.gov/Onlin…
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Great news! HB1834 has passed the PA House, which aims to appoint an exec director to the #EmploymentFirst Oversight Commission. Thank you to @RepDanMiller for spearheading these efforts! Stay tuned for updates on further progress of this bill. #IWantToWork
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Happy to kick-off a long weekend with some disability-forward children's entertainment news: Hop, a new children's animated series from PA-born Arthur creator Marc Brown, will premiere on @StreamOnMax 4/4! bit.ly/3Vw9AhA. #DDAM #IWantToWork
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The federal #SocialSecurity Administration has announced steps to curb excessive overpayment claims and recollection. Read this piece including words on the changes from Commissioner @OMalleySSA here: bit.ly/49bNqnS #DDAM #IWantToWork
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#MAWD fact: Since #Medicaid unwinding, over 3,000 enrollees were able to move to the MAWD program in Pennsylvania. Stay tuned for updates on the new #WJS category as well as basic MAWD on this page. #DDAM #IWantToWork
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As of November 4, 2023, 664 Pennsylvanians enrolled in the new Workers with Job Success category of the #MAWD program. Think you might qualify for WJS to raise your asset limits as one of 39,720 on Basic MAWD? Contact your County Assistance Office. #WJS #DDAM #IWantToWork
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We're excited to announce that a co-sponsorship memo to update #Act69, known as #MAWDMod, was sent by lead co-sponsors @RepBenham and Rep. Joe Hogan to members of the PA House Health Committee! Thank you for this important step, representatives! #DDAM #IWantToWork
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United Way's #IWantToWork retweeted
One year ago today we lost Judy Heumann, “the mother” of the disability rights movement, and an AAPD board member, mentor, and friend. Her work changed laws & urged us to defy limits. We miss her so much! 1/ #WomensHistoryMonth #JudyHeumann
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Thanks to our friends @PAHealthLaw Project for the clarification on the 2024 Cost-of-Living Adjustment, or COLA, for #SSI beneficiaries and its relationship to #Medicaid benefits. It will not be accounted until March 2024. #IWantToWork
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Explore the intersection of black and disabled identities next Wednesday, Feb 28 at 2PM EST with @natdisability's Small Business hub. Register and read more info about the speakers here: bit.ly/4bLjykU. #BlackHistoryMonth #IWantToWork
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Click through to read the January newsletter from our friends @PAHealthLaw, which includes. a section on #MAWD and its relationship to #HBCS: tinyurl.com/jan2024HLN. #IWantToWork
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