Benefits Training and Consulting

P.O. Box 40, Oxford, PA 19363

Telephone: (610) 696-1551 Fax: (610) 932-0428 E-mail: wallinginc@aol.com

Publications

Benefits Training and Consulting publishes

three manuals on Social Security benefits.

The Guide: Social Security Benefits And Work Incentives

Managing Your SSDI Benefits and Income Handbook

and

Managing Your SSI Benefits and Income Handbook

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The Guide:
Social Security Benefits
And Work Incentives

2010 Version, 18th Edition
By Michael Walling

Originally produced in 1994 and updated each year, The Guide, 18th Edition, explains

SSA rules and regulations, in combination with the author's 13 years of experience in providing

vocational rehabilitation services and sixteen years of nation-wide training on benefit programs.

The Guide explains how myths and uncertainties can be replaced with facts and knowledge

to empower people to make informed choices and to be employed.

There is nothing like it! The Guide is written from the viewpoint of supporting a person

receiving benefits. It extracts every legal and ethical incentive available and puts them to

work - for the person!

The Guide: Topics Presented In Depth

Social Security Disability Insurance

	SSDI Benefit Process
	Trial Work Period
	Extended Period of Eligibility
	Subsidies
	Impairment-Related Work Expenses
	Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits
	Concurrent Beneficiaries

Supplemental Security Income

	SSI Benefit Process
	Benefit Calculation
	Section 1619(a), Section 1619(b), and Medicaid
	Student Earned Income Exclusion
	Impairment-Related Work Expenses
	Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS)
	Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits

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And more …

The Guide contains . . .

Numerous Examples of the Application of

Work Incentives, Monitoring Forms, and Letters for

Immediate Use.

The 2010 version contains 30% more examples than previous editions.

User Reports . . . Agencies and individuals using the earlier editions of The Guide say

they use it daily to unscramble the maze of rules and regulations. They know:

	How and when to apply all work incentives;
	How to counsel individuals and families with confidence, and
	How to determine a person’s continuing eligibility for both cash benefits and medical benefits.

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Managing Your SSDI Benefits and Income

Handbook, 14th Edition

and

Managing Your SSI Benefits and Income

Handbook, 14th Edition

Two tools to solve the most pressing problem encountered by individuals with

disability who earn income.

Each handbook explains, in simple terms, how an individual can report income, track

changes in benefits, and determine what benefit amount he/she is eligible to receive. The

simple recording techniques enable most beneficiaries to independently, or with minimal

support, manage benefits. The recording techniques, properly maintained, enables the

person to know where s/he stands in the benefit program and avoiding future overpayment

situations.

The techniques found in the handbooks can assist staff charged with representative payee

responsibilities to report income correctly ( representative payee organizations may be

responsible for overpayments ).

The handbooks will solve the most important issue related to benefits eligibility and

employment. "How do I report income, and what amount of cash benefit am I eligible to

receive or keep?"

Managing Your SSDI Benefits and Income Handbook

	Step-by-step instructions to report and record income.
	Which months count as Trial Work Months?
	When am I entitled to a cash benefits after the Trial Work Period?
	Formatted letters to report income to SSA.
	Forms to summarize income and benefits.

Managing Your SSI Benefits and Income Handbook

	Step-by-step instructions to report and record income.
	When do I apply for Section 1619(b) status and protect Medicaid?
	How much can I earn before the SSI cash benefit stops?
	Formatted letters to report income to SSA.
	Forms to summarize income and benefits.

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