If it doesn’t go well, you will be able to get SSDI and be in the same situation as you were before you tried out working. If it goes well, you’ll be in a better financial situation than before. These 3 incentives mean that you can get a job and see how it goes. When the Trial Work Period ends, the 3-year Extended Period of Eligibility (EPE) lets you work and get benefits for every month that you earn less than Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) ($1,470 in 2023, $2,460 if you’re blind).įor the first 5 years after your EPE ends, Expedited Reinstatement means that if your income drops below SGA, you can quickly get back on SSDI without having to completely re-apply. The exact limit changes each year in 2023, the limit is $1,050. This period continues until you’ve made more than the Trial Work Month limit in 9 different months during a 5-year period. The Trial Work Period lets you work and get benefits at the same time no matter how much money you make. SSDI’s work incentives function like a 3-stage process that begins when you get a job: The great thing about the Ticket program is that it means that if you don’t get a job or if your job doesn’t go well, you won’t lose your eligibility for disability benefits such as SSI, SSDI, Medi-Cal coverage, or Medicare. You can even get a job and start earning money and they still won’t review your disability status. If you are doing the Ticket to Work program, Social Security will stop your medical disability reviews for as long as you are working towards your employment goal. During these Continuing Disability Reviews, if they decide that you are not disabled according to the rules, you could lose your benefits. If you are on SSI or SSDI and not doing the Ticket program, Social Security will review your medical disability status on a regular basis to see if you still meet their medical eligibility rules for disability benefits. That’s because Social Security won’t make you do a medical Continuing Disability Review (CDR) while you’re participating in the Ticket program. One of the biggest advantages of the Ticket program is that as long as you are in it, Social Security will not decide you aren’t disabled. Many people worry that if they try to get a job, Social Security will decide that they are able to work and will take away their benefits. Part of the adult definition of disability used by Social Security is that you have to be unable to work.
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