PASS WRITING TRAINING AGENDA
Coffee, juice, pop, donuts/rolls will be available each day at 8:30 am.
Morning #1 - 9 am to 10:15 am
Morning #2 - 10:30 am to 11:45 am
Lunch - 11:45 am to 1:15 pm
Afternoon #1 - 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm
Afternoon #2 - 2:45 pm to 4 pm
Day 1
Morning #1
Introductions
History of PASS
PASS Statute
Terminology
Comparison SSI/SSDI
Morning #2
Income calculations
Afternoon #1
Elements of a PASS
PASS strategies
SSI + wages or assets
Concurrent benefits
SSDI/RSDI only
Afternoon #2
The new form
The PASS business plan
Day 2
Morning #1
Review regulations
Morning #2
The PASS Appeals Process
The PASS Process
Afternoon #1
PASS management
Post approval issues
Information packet for approved PASS’s
Afternoon #2
PASS advocacy and negotiation
PASS compliance reviews
Day 3
Morning #1
How to run a PASS Writing business
The PASS Writer's PASS
Morning #2
Screening possible PASS candidates
CIL’s and PASS
Consumer control
Staff writing PASS’s for CIL’s
Marketing PASS to Voc Rehab
Presentations
Afternoon #1
Sample PASS’s from trainees - discussion
Afternoon #2
PASS writers’ resources and networks
PASS and the Internet
Q & A
People completing this training are ready to write and advocate for PASS’s, as a part of
their own business as a professional PASS preparer,, or for CIL consumers. Tuition for
this 3 day training is $400, and includes extensive study materials before, and during
the training and follow up consultation services. CEU’s can be provided. Hotel and
travel arrangements are handled by the trainees.