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From: Reed.Hopkins@f7.n125.z1.fidonet.org (Reed Hopkins)
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Subject: Re: Social In-secuity
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Date: 12 Jan 90 19:23:35 GMT
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Hiya everybody!  Couldn't believe my eyes when I logged on here after an information overload abscence and found an ABLED forum!!  Yee Haw I'm home!
        
 >> hAS ANYONE OUT THERE USED THE WORK INTICENTIVE PROGRAM ??
 >> which SSDI provide for getting off the dole?i and SS

 >> I would be intrested in exchanging information with you.

I'm currently using the Program For Acheiving Self Support to get
through a five year accounting program at Sonoma State University.
It has been an absolute Godsend for me.  I live almost like a real
citizen because of it.  It covers the cost of classroom related
expenses only, but that includes the cost of auto insurance and
maintenance because I need the car to get to and from school (the
classroom).  It also covers the odd book and other things that
Vocational Rehabilitation doesn't cover (in CA the Voc Rehab has
been mis-managed into almost total ineffectiveness).

It has also bought me this terrific Macintosh, which allows me to
keep up with the writing I need to do, but which also allows me to
do stuff like this, even though it isn't classroom related.  I got
so carried away with it that I could probably get a job as a Mac
consultant now, but don't tell anybody!

If you have an achievable goal, the PASS program allows you to set
aside SSDI money and/or earnings (any kind of income that would
normally be deducted) into a special account, in amounts determined
by a budget that you set at the beginning of the program.  That
money isn't counted as Income when your SSI amount is figured, so
your SSI check rises by that much.  I use it to shelter not only my
SSDI but also the substantial scholarship that I *earned* and that
would completely wipe out my SSI income twice a year if I had not
been able to put it into the PASS budget.

Hey hey hey, this is a great conference!  Love ya all!  (Elephant
stew)

-- Reed

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