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Work Incentives/Employment Support
SSA policies that help disability beneficiaries go to work and receive benefits in an attempt to become more independent.
Medicare (SSDI)
Two-part health insurance program for eligible disabled individuals and people age 65 or older
Blind Work Expenses (SSI)
If you are blind, when we determine your SSI eligibility and payment amount we do not count any earned income that you use to meet expenses in earning the income.
Disability
A general term used for the problems a person with a health condition (such as cerebral palsy or deafness) has because of barriers in his or her environment.
AEA
acquired eleptiform aphasia (Landau-Kleffner syndrome)
Ticket to Work program
The Ticket to Work program provides disabled beneficiaries with expanded options for access to employment services, vocational rehabilitation services, or other support services.
Windfall Offset
A provision to prevent a person from receiving monthly SSI and OASDI benefits in excess of the total amount which would have been paid if the OASDI benefits had been paid when they were due rather than retroactively.
Deeming
The process by which the income and resources of an ineligible individual are considered to be available to a recipient when determining eligibility or payment amount.
SSI State Supplement
A cash benefit authorized by Ch. 49.77 and 49.775, Wis. Stats. This benefit is intended to supplement the federal SSI benefit payment. Eligibility is based on current receipt of federal SSI benefits or special "grandfathered" status as a recipient of the state supplement only.
Survivor Benefit
The survivor benefit is a lump sum payment that will provide benefits to the insured's eligible waiting period can also be the time period between when a disability occurs and when payments from the disability insurance policy begin.
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