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Terri Uttermohlen
Region 3 & 4 Technical Assistance Liaison & Trainer
Terri
Uttermohlen has extensive experience using, teaching, and administering
the Social Security Disability work incentive programs. Currently,
she is a Technical Assistance Liaison with Virginia Commonwealth
University’s Benefits Assistance Resource Center. In this
position, Terri provides training and technical assistance as part
of a nationwide Benefits Planning and Outreach program. Prior to
her move to VCU, Terri designed and coordinated statewide training,
technical assistance, and curriculum development for Wisconsin’s
State Partnership Initiative project. Terri holds a Master’s
Degree in Social Work from University of Wisconsin, Madison, and
has completed extensive post-masters work in Social Welfare issues.
A dynamic presenter and writer, Terri has provided training and
conference presentations in many venues. From 1982 to 1991, Terri
was an employee of the Social Security Administration, both as a
Service Representative and a Claims Representative in Philadelphia,
rural Pennsylvania, and in the Chicago metropolitan area. As a person
with a disability, Terri’s knowledge of the work incentives
is both personal and professional. In the past, she has used the
work incentives to assist her in achieving educational or work goals,
eventually eliminating the need for benefits. She has assisted many
Benefit Specialists in helping their consumers do the same. |