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SSDI Work Incentives
Provides a work incentive plan scenario including a summary and analysis of the situation and a list of important things to remember. This link opens a Word document.
Information about work incentives for the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program.
Find out if you qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit, a refundable federal income tax credit for low-income working individuals and families. Special rules apply for calculating earned income for members of the U.S. Armed Forces in combat zones.
Information on the Social Security Administration's Office of Employment Support Programs (OSEP), which works to promote the employment of Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Extended Medicare coverage after returning to work.
If your disability benefits stop after successfully completing the trial work period because you worked at the substantial gainful activity (SGA) level, SSA can automatically reinstate your benefits without a new application for any months in which your earnings drop below the SGA level. This reinstatement period lasts for 36 consecutive months.
Find an answer to questions about Social Security benefits and returning to work.
General listings of the work incentives for SSDI and SSI beneficiaries.
State-by-state list of contacts to help people who receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and are interested in working or learning more about how working would affect their benefits.
Terms used in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) programs.
Provides families and professionals working with young people practical, hands-on information about Social Security disability and health benefit programs. The complete guide can be downloaded in PDF format.
The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act is legislation that modernizes the employment services system for people with disabilities and makes it possible for millions of Americans with disabilities to no longer have to choose between taking a job and having health care.
Social Security will deduct the cost of certain impairment-related expenses that you need in order to work from your earnings when they decide if you are performing substantial work. Examples of impairment-related expenses are things such as a wheelchairs, certain transportation costs and specialized work-related equipment.
Information about Impairment-Related Work Expenses (IRWE) and the criteria to qualfiy an expense as an IRWE.
A portal to regulations governing SSA programs and benefits, including work incentive provisions.
Contains a broad range of resources related to employment of people with disabilities.
Link to the Red Book on Work Incentives and new information for 2008.
Information on how employment supports help people with disabilities become employed.
The beneficiaries section of The Work Site provides information for Social Security disability beneficiaries, their families and caregivers.
Social Security defines "subsidy" as the extra amount of wages an employer pays an impaired individual for services over the reasonable value of the actual services the individual performs.
Listing of Substantial Gainful Activity amounts by year.
Information on the monthly amounts of gross earnings considered in a Trial Work month.
Special rules make it possible for people with disabilities receiving Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to work and still receive monthly payments and Medicare or Medicaid. Social Security calls these rules "work incentives."
The Social Security Administration's Work Incentive Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Projects host free community events for beneficiaries with disabilities and their families to learn more about the possibility of work and resources in their community. People with disabilities, family members, employers, Employment Networks, Vocational Rehabilitation, Protection and Advocacy Services and other community partners are invited to attend. Use the drop down menu on the site to find upcoming meetings in your state.
An electronic booklet describing all of the work incentive programs available through Social Security.
Information about participation in the Ticket to Work Program.
