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Work Incentives Planning & Assistance (WIPA): Fall 2026 Benefits Training Location: IowaWORKS Sioux City - 2508 4th Stre...
10/21/2026

Work Incentives Planning & Assistance (WIPA): Fall 2026 Benefits Training

Location: IowaWORKS Sioux City - 2508 4th Street, Sioux City, IA 51101
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., with break for lunch

The interactive, in-person training will include the basics of Social Security disability benefits and work incentives to empower beneficiaries, their families, and disability service providers on this critical but often confusing topic. Attendees will also learn how the DRI WIPA team can help SSDI and/or SSI beneficiaries reach their employment goals to become more self-sufficient through individualized benefits planning.

Learn more and register to attend by following this link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=7KBAVH5SuUaOoHnLvPy8SW7iuU770sxBrvbaXCp3yZtUMFA3ODcwMlA0TDhaVE5LSkk4QVpVRENETS4u&route=shorturl

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If you are voting absentee with a mail ballot, there are four ways to return it.1) Mail your completed ballot to your co...
10/21/2026

If you are voting absentee with a mail ballot, there are four ways to return it.

1) Mail your completed ballot to your county auditor’s office so it is received by 8pm on November 3rd.

2) Hand deliver your completed ballot to your county auditor’s office by 8pm on November 3rd. You can designate someone to hand deliver your ballot.

3) Give up your mail ballot at your polling place and complete a regular ballot on November 3rd.

4) Vote a provisional ballot at your polling place on November 3rd if you cannot bring your mail ballot to return. For your provisional ballot to count, you must bring evidence showing why you are eligible to vote to your county auditor by noon on November 9th.

Learn more here: https://sos.iowa.gov/voters/absentee-voting.

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With only two weeks left until Election Day, today is a great day to learn who will be on your ballot! Visit your county...
10/20/2026

With only two weeks left until Election Day, today is a great day to learn who will be on your ballot! Visit your county auditor’s website to find your sample ballot: https://sos.iowa.gov/auditors. Don’t forget to review the back of the ballot for the constitutional amendment about the number of legislative votes necessary to increase individual and corporate income tax rates.

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Today is the last day to pre-register to vote or request an absentee ballot for the November 3rd election! Complete this...
10/19/2026

Today is the last day to pre-register to vote or request an absentee ballot for the November 3rd election! Complete this online registration form by 11:59pm tonight: https://mymvd.iowadot.gov/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2fVoterRegistration. Your county auditor must receive your absentee ballot request form by 5pm tonight, so you may need to hand deliver it if you have not already mailed your request form.

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Des Moines, IA
50309

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