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OMB Control No: 0960-0629	ICR Reference No: 202604-0960-007
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202203-0960-011
Agency/Subagency: SSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA)
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 07/22/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2026	10/31/2026
Responses	1,698,080	1,698,080
Time Burden (Hours)	472,573	472,573
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: As part of SSA’s strategy to assist SSDI) beneficiaries and SSI recipients who wish to return to work and achieve self-sufficiency, SSA established the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) program. This community based, work incentive, planning and assistance project collects identifying claimant information via project sites and community work incentives coordinators (CWIC). SSA uses this information to ensure proper management of the project, with particular emphasis on administration, budgeting, and training. In addition, project sites and CWIC’s collect data from SSDI beneficiaries and SSI recipients on background employment, training, benefits, and work incentives. SSA is interested in identifying SSDI beneficiary and SSI recipient outcomes under the WIPA program, to determine the extent to which beneficiaries with disabilities and SSI recipients achieve their employment, financial, and healthcare goals. SSA will also use the data in its analysis and future planning for SSDI and SSI programs. Respondents are SSDI beneficiaries, SSI recipients, community project sites, and employment advisors. We are making a non-substantive change request to the WIPA Case notes to enhance task tracking for users and to strengthen the oversight and management capabilities for WIPA.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 1320b-20 Name of Law: Social Security Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 13783	03/10/2022
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 31598	05/24/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
WIPA Case Notes (SSA-4566)	SSA-4565, SSA-4565	,
WIPA STAR System
Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Program (WIPA)-- SSI & SSI Beneficiaries (SSA-4565)	SSA-4566, SSA-4565	,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	1,698,080	1,698,080
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	472,573	472,573
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: When we last cleared this IC in 2020, the burden was 25,000 hours. However, we are currently reporting a burden of 472,573 hours. This change stems from an increase in the number of responses from 90,000 to 330,80 from adding the WIPA Star System. The new WIPA Star System is a new data system that increases the public reporting burden. See question #12 for burden estimates. There is no change to the burden time per response. Although the number of responses changed, SSA did not take any actions to cause this change. These figures represent current Management Information data.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $23,003,420

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Faye Lipsky 410 965-8783 faye.lipsky@ssa.gov

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