Someone who can help you understand or apply for benefit programs when you become disabled or turn 65. Their goal is to help you avoid financial complications while developing a sustainable plan for the future.
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Childhood Disability Benefits (CDB)
Benefits for disabled adult children of recipients of Social Security disability or retirement benefits. Formerly known as Disabled Adult Child (DAC) benefits.
Community Work Incentives Coordinator (CWIC)
The federal government pays benefits planners in communities around the country to help people think ahead about work incentives and benefits issues. CWIC'S are benefits planners who are trained by the Social Security Administration to assist beneficiaries with programs including Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) in addition to other related programs.
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Disability (Definition used by Social Security for Children)
A child under age 18 will be considered disabled if he or she has a medically determinable physical or mental impairment or combination of impairments that causes marked and severe functional limitations, and that can be expected to cause death or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
An educational plan for a student receiving special education services. The IEP is created with input from parents, teachers, staff, and the student. It includes information on the student’s current performance, goals and evaluation, and on what specific services the student will need.
In-Kind Support and Maintenance
Food and/or rent only which is supplied or paid for by someone else, not the person receiving a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) cash benefit. Sometimes referred to as ISM. As of March 9, 2005, clothing is no longer considered ISM.
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Legal Adulthood
Being able to sign contracts, vote, and enjoy other rights and responsibilities of adulthood. Generally, in the United States, people become legal adults when they turn 18. This is a separate concept from Representative Payee.
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Parent-to-Child Deeming
Social Security’s process of figuring out how much of parents’ income is used to pay for a child’s basic needs. The amount of deemed income is subtracted from the benefit amount.
A Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program that allows you to set aside income and resources for expenses related to a specific work goal. Income that you use for these expenses will not cause your SSI benefit to decrease. Resources that you spend on PASS expenses won't count towards the SSI limit.
Premium
A regularly scheduled payment to an insurer or health care plan.
Presumed Maximum Value (PMV) Rule
A rule that sets a maximum value on the amount of certain types of In-Kind support and maintenance that Supplemental Security Income (SSI) counts. The PMV rule generally applies when someone is getting free food or shelter, but not both. The PMV at any given time is 1/3 of the Federal Benefit Rate + $20. For 2008, the PMV is $232.33 for an individual and $338.67 for a couple.
Attend a college or university for at least 8 hours a week under a semester or quarter system
Be in grades 7 - 12 for at least 12 hours a week
Be in a course of training (with shop practice) to prepare for a paying job for at least 15 hours a week
Be in a course of training (without shop practice) for 12 hours a week
In some circumstances, like illness or unavailability of transportation, students may be allowed to spend less time than indicated above and still be considered “regularly attending” for the purposes of the SEIE.
Representative Payee
Someone who receives benefits on another person’s behalf. For children under 18, a parent or guardian is usually the representative payee.
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Section 301
A rule that allows certain people to keep their Social Security benefits after being found to no longer be medically disabled. For Section 301 to apply, a beneficiary has to be participating in a Social Security approved employment support program, and participation in that program has to increase the likelihood that the beneficiary will not need Social Security benefits after completing the program. Vocational rehabilitation and PASS are two examples of “Social Security approved employment support programs”.
Benefits received because a parent is (or was) eligible for Social Security Disability or Social Security retirement insurance. Title II child’s benefits end at 18, unless the child is in high school or another secondary school, in which case they end at 19.
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Value Third Reduction (VTR) Rule
A rule that decreases the amount of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit that a person is eligible for by 1/3. The VTR rules apply when someone is receiving both food and shelter from another person.
Vocational Rehabilitation
State agencies that provide employment supports for people with disabilities. These supports include things like job training, transportation, and counseling.
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