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Section One - Title I or Social Security Disability Insurance

Section Two - SSI or Supplemental Security Income

Section Three - Work Incentives

Section One
Title I or Social Security Disability Insurance

Question 1

Social Security Disabled Adult Child benefits are available to individuals whose disability began prior to age 18 when a parent?

Click on one of the following answers:

dies

retires

becomes disabled

all of the above

Question 2

When a person receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits goes to work, their benefit check will be reduced $1 for every $2 they earn.

True or False

Question 3

SSDI recipients are allowed a Trial Work Period (TWP) before their benefits are affected by work activity.  How many months are there in the TWP?

12 months

9 months

10 months

Question 4

A Trial Work month is one in which an individual has earnings of:

$75

$640

$740

$200

Question 5

Trial Work months must be consecutive.

True or False

Question 6

Substantial Gainful Activity, or SGA, is defined as work activity valued at

$__________________ or more per month. 

$590

$200

$780

$900

Section Two
SSI or Supplemental Security Income

Question 7

List the three eligibility criteria for SSI benefits:

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Questions 8

What is the resource and assets limit for unmarried people receiving SSI?

$1000

$2000

$3000

Question 9

What assets are SSI recipients allowed to have?

One Home

Retirement Account

One vehical

Investment Portfolio

Question 10

What is the Federal Benefit Rate (FBR) for 2007?

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What is the Alaska State Supplement amount for 2007?

Click for answer to question 10b

Question 11

To calculate the SSI cash benefit, the SSA first determines how much earned and unearned income an individual has each month. Which of the items below constitute unearned income?  Check all that apply.

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)

Veteran’s Benefits

Unemployment Benefits

Structured Insurance Settlement Payments

Long Term Disability Benefits

Question 12

An individual who is charged with an overpayment of SSI may be able to get a waiver and not have to pay it back.

True or False

Question 13

Show how the SSI payment is calculated for someone having earned income of $400 a month:

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Question 14

A phone call to the Social Security Administration is all that is needed to start an SSI application.

True or False

Section Three
Work Incentives

Question 15

Section 1619(b) allows for continued Medicaid for SSI recipients who are no longer eligible for a cash payment due to earned income, as long as they are earning below the annual income threshold.  What is the income threshold in Alaska for 1619(b) recipients?

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Question 16

1619(b) recipients do not have to worry about resource or asset limits.

True or False

Question 17

Plan for Acheiving Self Support (PASS) is a work incentive for people on SSI only.

True or False

Question 18

Impairment Related Work Expenses (IRWE) is a work incentive provision, which falls under both the SSI and the SSDI program.

True or False

Question 19

An individual may utilize both the PASS and IRWE provisions at the same time.

True or False

Question 20

A PASS can be written to pay for job coaching.

True or False

Question 21

A PASS cannot be extended beyond the standard 36 months (or 48 months for an education plan).

True or False

Question 22

There is no limit to how many PASS plans an individual can have approved in their lifetime.

True or False

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