Category Archives: Asset Management
The Student Earned Income Exclusion (SEIE) Explained
The Student Earned Income Exclusion (SEIE) is a special work incentive for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who are students. It allows young individuals to work and earn income without immediately affecting their SSI benefits. This incentive helps students gain work experience while maintaining financial stability.
Saving For a Better Life Experience With ABLE United
After years of advocating, negotiating and compromising, one of the most important pieces of legislation for the disability community was passed. The Stephen Beck Jr. Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act allows for the creation of savings and investment accounts for people with disabilities without negatively impacting federal benefits. Florida is among the… Read More »
Asset Building for Individuals with Disabilities
Public benefit programs for people with disabilities, especially Supplemental Security Income (SSI), are not aimed at increasing assets and independence for people with disabilities, as a result individuals with disabilities often have very limited income and few, if any, assets. The intent of asset building initiatives is that as individuals develop assets, they will be able to move out of poverty and remain out of poverty. Many asset building services for people with disabilities will NOT cause loss of critical SSI disability cash payments and essential health insurance such as Medicaid and Medicaid waivers.