Using WorkWORLD
Changes in this Version
Getting Started
Overview - Getting Started
WorkWORLD Web Site
Confidentiality and Personal Identifiers
Using the Help/Information System
Using the Help/Information System
Using the Help/Information System On The Web
Adobe Acrobat Reader
External Browser
Green Links
Blue Links
Glossary
Error - Unable To Display Topic
Taking the Tutorials
Tutorial Introduction
Tutorial Example 1
Tutorial Example 2 - Section 8
Operating WorkWORLD
Navigating WorkWORLD and Entering Data
Main Menu
Toolbar Options
Create a New File
Name a file using "Properties" Command
Open a Saved File
What if I Don't Know?
Estimating Inputs
Situation - Overview
Current Situation
What-If? Situation
Create a New Situation
Situation Label
QUESTIONS PENDING - Incomplete Situation
Complete a Situation
Delete a Situation
Save a File
Save As
Printing Instructions
Close a File
Delete a Saved File
Case Notes
Exiting the Program
Importing and Exporting Case Files
Import a Case File - Overview
Import a Case File - Operation
Export a Case File - Overview
Export a Case File - Operation
Using Speech Features
WorkWORLD Speech - Overview
WorkWORLD Speech - Turning On or Off
WorkWORLD Speech - Operation
WorkWORLD Speech - Keyboard Commands
WorkWORLD Speech - Controlling Speech Properties
WorkWORLD Speech - Using with JAWS
WorkWORLD Speech - Using with JAWS (Troubleshooting)
WorkWORLD Speech - Keyboard Commands for JAWS (WorkWORLD Help/Information System)
WorkWORLD Speech - Keyboard Commands for JAWS (Internet Explorer)
WorkWORLD Speech - Keyboard Commands for JAWS (Adobe Acrobat)
Understanding Results
Understanding WWP Results
Text Results
Numerical Results
Net Income - SSI and SSDI Numeric Results
Net Income - Section 8
Net Income - Food Stamps
Graph Results
Understanding Alerts
Text Results - Alerts
Alert: Age greater than 64 receiving SSDI
Alert: BWE too high
Alert: Earning SGA could jeopardize your SSDI Eligibility
Alert: Earning SGA could jeopardize your SSI Eligibility
Alert: Eligible but Rent too High
Alert: Family Rent to Owner Amount Error
Alert: Food Stamp Allotment Amount Error
Alert: Ineligible - Income Exceeds "Low" Income Limit
Alert: Ineligible - Income Exceeds "Very Low Income" Limit
Alert: Ineligible for Food Stamps Due to Gross Income
Alert: Ineligible for Food Stamps Due to Net Income
Alert: Ineligible for Food Stamps Due to Resources
Alert: Locate a Section 8 Rental Unit
Alert: Located Rental Unit Too Large
Alert: Located Rental Unit Too Small
Alert: IRWE too high
Alert: Keeping Medicaid
Alert: Keeping Medicaid (Spousal Deeming)
Alert: Living in Care Facility
Alert: Medicaid Lost (Individualized Threshold)
Alert: Medicaid Lost (Spouse Earnings)
Alert: Medicaid Lost (State Threshold)
Alert: No Calculation Check
Alert: No Calculation Check for Food Stamps
Alert: No SSI or SSDI (Title II)
Alert: No Disability
Alert: PASS Higher than Available Income
Alert: PASS plus BWE too high
Alert: PASS plus IRWE too high
Alert: PASS too high
Alert: PASSes (Spouse's and Yours) Higher than Available Income
Alert: PASSes (Yours and Spouse's) Higher than Available Income
Alert: Rental Unit Too Small
Alert: Rental Unit Too Small (TBV)
Alert: Spouse Medicaid Lost
Alert: Spouse Medicaid Lost (Individualized Threshold)
Alert: Spouse Medicaid Lost (State Threshold)
Alert: Spouse's PASS Higher than Available Income
Alert: SSDI (Title II) Check Amount Error
Alert: SSI Check Amount Error
Alert: SSI Eligibility Lost Because of Deemed Spousal Income
Alert: SSI Eligibility Lost Because of Unearned Income
Alert: State Supplement Possible Error
Alert: Student Earned Income Exclusion
Alert: Student Earned Income Exclusion (Couple)
Alert: Student Spousal Deemed Earned Income
Alert: Tenant Rent Amount Error
Alert: Too Many Bedrooms
Alert: Too Many Bedrooms (TBC)
Alert: Used One or More Estimates
Alert: You are not Eligible for SSI because of Excess Income
Alert: You are not Eligible for SSI because of Excess Income (Blind)
Alert: You are not Eligible for SSI because of Excess Income (PASS/BWE Possibilities)
Alert: You are not Eligible for SSI because of Excess Income (PASS/IRWE Possibilities)
Alert: You are not Eligible for SSI because of Excess Resources
Alert: You Have Lost Your SSI Eligibility Because of Excess Resources
Alert: Your Earned Income prevents you from being SSI Eligible
Alert: Your Earnings may Reduce your UI Benefits
Alert: Your EIC may Change your Rent
Alert: Your Income may Affect your EIC
Alert: Your Income may Increase your Rent
Alert: Your Income may Reduce your FAIM payments
Alert: Your Income may Reduce your Food Stamps
Alert: Your Income may Reduce your TANF Payments
Understanding Notes
Text Results - Notes
Note: Categorically Eligible for Food Stamps
Note: Eligible for Food Stamps
Note: Eligible for Food Stamps (Delaware)
Note: Eligible for Tenant-Based Voucher
Note: Enrolled in California SSI and/or State Supplement Program
Note: Food Stamp Allotment Amount Discrepancy
Note: Food Stamp Data Not Available
Note: Food Stamp Allotment and Eligibility Data Not Available
Note: Homeless Shelter Costs Deduction
Note: If you refuse VR services your SSDI cash benefit may stop
Note: If you refuse VR services you may lose SSI benefits
Note: If Your Resources Increase, You Could Lose Your SSI Benefit
Note: Information on Iowa Benefits
Note: More Bedrooms than HUD Standard
Note: Resident of Institution
Note: Section 8 Data not Available
Note: Section 8 Eligibility and Income Level Data Not Available
Note: SSI/DI Amounts and Annual Income and Expense Changes
Note: You are Financially Eligible for SSI
Note: You are Financially Eligible for SSI (Blind)
Note: Your actions affect the benefits of others
Note: Your benefits may be affected by others
Note: Your Family's Income Level
Note: Your SSDI (Title II) Check should stop
Note: Your VR program may extend your SSDI (Title II) eligibility
Note: Your VR program may extend your SSI eligibility
Note: Work Incentives have made you Financially Eligible for SSI
Note: Work Incentives have made you Financially Eligible for SSI (Blind)
Note: Workers' Compensation may affect benefits
Note: Workers' Compensation may affect Spouse Benefits
Note: Zero Allotment but Otherwise Categorically Eligible for Food Stamps
Note: Zero Allotment but Otherwise Eligible for Food Stamps
Note: Zero Allotment but Otherwise Eligible for Food Stamps (Delaware)
Understanding and Entering Recommendations
Text Results - Recommendations
Recommendation: Apply for Individualized Threshold
Recommendation: Consider a PASS
Recommendation: Include your Disability-Related Work Expenses in an IRWE to become SSI Eligible
Recommendation: Increased PASS may be Possible
Recommendation: Increased PASS Possibilities
Recommendation: Increased PASS Possibilities for your Spouse
Recommendation: PASS Possibilities
Recommendation: PASS Possibilities (Blind)
Recommendation: PASS Possibilities for Spouse
Recommendation: PASS Possibilities for Spouse (Blind)
Recommendation: Paying for your own Food or Rent may be Advantageous
Recommendation: Spouse Apply for Individualized Threshold
Recommendation: Report your PASS to Other Benefit Programs
Recommendation: Try a BWE
Recommendation: Try a BWE for your Spouse
Recommendation: Try a PASS
Recommendation: Try a PASS (Blind)
Recommendation: Try a PASS for Spouse
Recommendation: Try a PASS for Spouse (Blind)
Recommendation: Try a Subsidy
Recommendation: Try an IRWE
Recommendation: Try an IRWE for Spouse
Recommendation: Try an IRWE for SSDI (Title II)
Recommendation: Try earning more money
Recommendation: Try going to work
Recommendation: Working after Trial Work Period
Recommendation: You may be able to establish an individualized threshold
Recommendation: You may become SSI Eligible by Including Your Employability Investments in a PASS
Recommendation: Your spouse may be able to establish an individualized threshold
Benefit Programs
Work Incentives
Poverty Guidelines - Federal
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program
Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program - Summary Presentation
Employment Network (EN)
Ticket Payment Systems and Employment Networks
Employment Network Outcome/Milestone Payment Amounts - TWWIIA
Benefits Planning, Assistance, and Outreach Program (BPAO)
Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program
Employment Support Representative (ESR)
Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) Program
Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency - Appearance Sample
Alternate Participants (AP)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
SSI Glossary
Substantial Gainful Activity
SGA - SSI
SGA before Final Determination of SSI Eligibility
Onset of Disability - SSI/DI
Federal Benefit Rate - SSI
Age - SSI
SSI Redetermination - Age 18
Living Alone
Married
Married - Living Apart from Spouse
Couple on SSI
Essential Person - SSI
Student
Head of Household
Resource Limits - SSI
Resources - Definition
Resources - Countable Resources
Resources - Exclusions
Resources - Assets Not Resources
Resources - Valuation and Counting
Resources - Conditional Payments
Need-based Income and Assistance - SSI
Calculating SSI Cash Benefit Amount
Countable Income and Countable Earnings Overview - SSI/DI
Countable Income - SSI
General Income Exclusion - SSI
Earned Income - SSI
Self-Employment Income and SGA - SSI/DI
Unearned Income
Unearned Income - Spouse
Unearned Income - Exclusions
Spouse's Earned Income - SSI
Spouse's Disability Related Work Expenses
In-Kind Support
One-Third Rule
PMV Rule In-Kind Support Amount
Deeming - SSI
Deeming from Parents
Deeming Income from Parents -- Amount
Deeming Resources from Parents -- Amount
Deeming from Spouse
Deeming Income from Spouse -- Amount
Deeming Resources from Spouse -- Amount
Inheritances
Over/Under Payment
Receiving SSI During Previous SSDI Overpayment
Receiving SSI During Previous SSDI Underpayment
SSI Work Incentives
SSI Work Incentives Overview
Cash Benefits when earning over SGA [1619(a)]
Medicaid when no cash benefits [1619(b)]
SSA Sample 1619(b) Referral Letter
State 1619(b) Thresholds - Overview
State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts
Individualized 1619(b) Threshold Amounts
SSI Earned Income Exclusion
Student Earned Income Exclusion (SEIE)
Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS)
PASS - Spouse
Employability Investments - PASS
Employability Investments - Spouse
Impairment Related Work Expense (IRWE)
Impairment Related Work Expense - SSI - Spouse
IRWE for SSI Cash Benefit Eligibility
Blind Work Expenses (BWE)
Blind Work Expense - Spouse
BWE for SSI Cash Benefit Eligibility
Work Related Expenses
Work Expenses - Disability Related - SSI
Work Expenses - Non-Disability-Related
Work Expenses - Non-Disability Related - Spouse
Property Essential to Self-Support (PESS) - SSI
Subsidy and Special Conditions Overview - SSI/DI Work Incentive
Special Benefits for 1619a or b SSI Recipients in a Medical Treatment Facility
Unincurred Business Expenses - SSI/DI Work Incentive
Unsuccessful Work Attempt - SSI/DI Work Incentive
Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits - SSI/DI
Continued Payment Under a VR Program (Section 301 Benefits)
Archival State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts
State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts - 2007
State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts - 2006
State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts - 2005
State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts - 2004
State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts - 2003
State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts - 2002
State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts - 2001
State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts - 2000
State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts - 1999
State 1619(b) Threshold Amounts - 1998
SSI State Supplements
SSI State Supplements - Overview
SSI State Supplement Guide to Terms
SSI State Supplements -- Federal Admin
SSI State Supplement -- State Admin
SSI State Supplement -- None
SSI State Supplement Federal Payment Codes
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI - Title II)
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI-Title II)
Disability Insurance - SSDI (Title II) - Eligibility
SSDAC
Spouse & Child SSDI (Title II) Benefits
Substantial Gainful Activity
SGA - SSDI (Title II)
SGA before Final Determination of SSDI Eligibility
Onset of Disability - SSI/DI
Continuing Disability Review
Age - SSDI (Title II)
Full Retirement Age
Average Current Earnings - Figuring
Disability
Blindness
Primary Insurance Amount
Family Maximum
Earnings Record - SSDI (Title II)
Month of Entitlement (MOE)
Over/Under Payment
Countable Earnings - SSDI (Title II)
Earned Income - SSDI (Title II)
Self-Employment Income and SGA - SSI/DI
Unearned Income
Regular SSDI Offset for WC and PDB
Regular Offset - Special Situations
Reverse SSDI Offset for WC and PDB
Work Related Expenses
Work Expenses - Disability Related - SSDI (Title II)
SSDI (Title II) Work Incentives
SSDI (Title II) Work Incentives Overview
Trail Work Period (TWP)
Grace Period
Extended Period of Eligibility (EPE)
Continued Medicare Coverage
Impairment Related Work Expense (IRWE)
Impairment Related Work Expense
Unincurred Business Expenses - SSI/DI Work Incentive
Subsidy and Special Conditions Overview - SSI/DI Work Incentive
Subsidies and Special Conditions - Clarification
Subsidy - Employer Support
Claiming your Extra Supervision Subsidy
Value of a Subsidy for Extra Supervision
Subsidy - Reduced Duties
Claiming Your Reduced Duties Subsidy
Value of Reduced Duties Subsidy
Extended Eligibility while in VR Program
PASS as an SSDI (Title II) Work Incentive
Eligibility for Blind - Age 54-65
Unsuccessful Work Attempt - SSI/DI Work Incentive
Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits - SSI/DI
Continued Payment Under a VR Program (Section 301 Benefits)
Housing Assistance
Federal Rent Assistance
Section 8 Rent Assistance
Section 8 Housing Overview
Section 8 Work Incentives
Tenant-Based & Project-Based Vouchers & Certificates Overview
Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Project Overview
Multifamily Subsidized Housing Overview
Other Project-Based Assistance Overview
Information Needed - Section 8
Public Housing Agency (PHA)
Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program - Section 8
Family Composition
Family - Section 8
Head of Household - Section 8
Married - Section 8
Dependents - Section 8
Person with Disabilities - Section 8
Elderly or Disabled Family - Section 8
Student - Full-Time - Section 8
Live-in-Aide - Section 8 Income Exclusion
Family Size & Number of Bedrooms
Changes in Family Size & Composition - Section 8
Income Determination
Earned Income - Section 8
Unearned Income - Section 8
Income from Assets - Section 8
Assets - Section 8
Gross Non-Excluded Income - Section 8
Adjusted Monthly Income - Section 8
Net Income - Section 8
Section 8 Rent and Medicare Prescription Drug Program
Income Exclusions
Income Exclusions for Section 8
Earned Income Disregard - Section 8
Employability Investments - Section 8
Plan to Achieve Self-Support and Section 8
PASS - Asset Amount - Section 8
Income Deductions
Income Deductions Overview - Section 8
Child Care Expenses - Section 8 Deduction
Attendant Care & Auxiliary Apparatus - Section 8 Deduction
Medical Expenses - Section 8 Deduction
Welfare Income
Welfare Assistance & Section 8
Welfare Benefits as Unearned Income
Welfare Benefits Reduced as Sanction - Section 8
Economic Self-Sufficiency Program - Section 8
Financial Eligibility
Financial Eligibility for Section 8 Assistance
Section 8 Income Limits
Location of Rental Unit - Section 8
Maximum Family Share - Section 8
Rent Payment Amount
Section 8 Rent - Overview
Total Tenant Payment - Section 8
Utility Allowance - Section 8
Utility Reimbursement - Section 8
Minimum Rent - Section 8
Tenant-Based Voucher Program
Rent to Owner
Family Rent to Owner - Section 8
Gross Rent - Section 8
Payment Standard
Housing Assistance Payment - Section 8
Other Section 8 Programs
Contract Rent
Tenant Rent
Public Housing
Public Housing Program - Overview
Public Housing Program - Eligibility
Public Housing Program - Rent Determination
Food Stamps
Food Stamp Program - Overview
Food Stamps Work Incentives
Food Stamp Special Rules for Elderly People or People With Disabilities
Food Stamp Allocation (Benefit) Levels
Food Stamp Resource Tests
Food Stamp Income Tests
Food Stamp Sample Calculations
Food Stamp State Information/Hotline Numbers
Food Stamp State Application Forms Online
Names of State Food Stamp Programs
Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) - Food Stamps
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) - Food Stamps
Household Composition
Household Size - Food Stamps
Household Composition - Food Stamps
Dependents - Food Stamps
Disabled Household Members - Food Stamps
Disabled And Elderly Exception (Self) - Food Stamps
Disabled And Elderly Exception (Spouse) - Food Stamps
Elderly Household Members - Food Stamps
Farmer - Food Stamps
Foster Care Children - Food Stamps
Post-Secondary Students - Food Stamps
Spouse - Food Stamps
Eligibility
Determining Eligibility - Food Stamps
Program Requirements - Food Stamps
Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) - Food Stamps
Citizenship And Immigrant Status - Food Stamps
40 Quarters Exemption - Food Stamps
Institutions - Food Stamps
Eligible Institutions - Food Stamps
Federal Poverty Guidelines - Food Stamps
SSI Recipients In California - Food Stamps
Strikers - Food Stamps
Strikers in North Dakota - Food Stamps
Transfer Of Assets - Food Stamps
Categorical Eligibility - Food Stamps
Expanded Categorical Eligibility
Expanded Categorical Eligibility Overview - Food Stamps