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Area Work Incentives Coordinators

The Area Work Incentives Coordinator (AWIC) is a position established by the Commissioner to improve service to Social Security disability beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income disability recipients who wish to work. The AWICs manage and coordinate work incentives, public outreach, and service programs.

The 6 states in the Chicago Region are organized into 9 Areas. An AWIC is available in each Area, as follows:

Area

Name and Phone Number

Service Area

Area 1

 Joani Werner

(651) 290-0304
x23061

 Minnesota
All Minnesota offices except Fergus Falls; plus Superior WI; plus Houghton, Ironwood, Marquette, Sault St. Marie, and Escanaba MI

Area 2

Bob Monahan

(608) 270-1417
x3051

Wisconsin
All Wisconsin offices except Superior

Area 3

 OBrien Robertson

(248)-754-1748

Detroit MI Area
All Detroit offices, Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Farmington Hills, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Inkster, Livonia, Monroe, Mt. Clemens, Pontiac, Port Huron, Roseville, Royal Oak, Sterling Heights, Wyandotte

Area 4

Karen Larsen

(517)-393-4650
x3027

 

 Lower Michigan
Adrian, Alpena, Battle Creek, Bay City, Benton Harbor, Big Rapids, Cadillac, Flint (Downtown), Grand Rapids, Holland, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Ludington, Mt. Pleasant, Muskegon, North Flint, Owosso, Petoskey, Saginaw, Traverse City, West Branch

Area 5

 Joan Zimmerly
(419) 227-1605 x 228
 		 Northern Ohio
Akron (Downtown), Akron (West), Ashtabula, Bowling Green, Canton, All Cleveland Offices, Defiance, Euclid, Findlay, Fremont, Lima, Lorain, Medina, New Philadelphia, Painesville, Ravenna, Sandusky, Toledo (Downtown), University Circle, Warren, West Toledo, Wooster, Youngstown

Area 6

 Debi Schwartz
(513)-684-7111
x3203

Sandra Yancy
(740) 533-9404
x211

Southern Ohio
Athens, Batavia, Cambridge, Chillicothe, All Cincinnati and Columbus offices, Dayton, East Liverpool, Gallipolis, Hamilton, Ironton, Lancaster, Mansfield, Marietta, Marion, Middletown, Newark, Piqua, Portsmouth, Springfield, Steubenville, West Dayton, Xenia, Zanesville

Area 7

John E. Marshall

(773)-776-0127
x234

 Chicago IL Area
Bloomingdale, All Chicago Offices, Evanston, Hillside, North Riverside, Prospect Heights, Southwest Suburban, Waukegan

Area 8

Charles Killen

(309) 347-1025
x211

Illinois Outside Chicago
Alton, Aurora, Belleville, Bloomington, Cairo, Carbondale, Champaign, Danville, Decatur, East St. Louis, Effingham, Elgin, Freeport, Galesburg, Harrisburg, Joliet, Kankakee, Litchfield, Mt. Vernon, Pekin, Peoria, Peru, Quincy, Rock Island, Rockford, Springfield, Sterling, West Frankfort, Woodridge, Woodstock

Area 9

Becky Deetz

(260) 747-6127
x1259

 Indiana
All Indiana offices


 

The Work Site - Employment Support for People with Disabilities

Work Incentives

Serving the Midwestern States

Outline of the six Chicago Region states

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 ILLINOIS,
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