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Recommendation - Consider a PASS

Income that is included in a Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS) can be excluded from your gross income when calculating your Financial Eligibility for Section 8 Assistance or your Section 8 rent if the PASS is approved by the Social Security Administration (SSA).

You have indicated that your family is spending or saving money for work expenses and/or employability investments. That money is not included in a PASS. It may be possible that your could establish a PASS that would help your become more self-supporting and that would decrease your rent and the amount of income counted for Section 8 eligibility.

You should check with a benefits counselor or your SSA Claims Representative to find out if a PASS is possible and appropriate. If it is, you can use WorkWORLD to find out what will happen to your Supplemental Security Income and your Section 8 eligibility and rent.

Using WorkWORLD: How would a PASS affect Section 8 Benefits?

"WHAT-IF?" STEPS

1.   Create a New Situation. (Hold down the "Alt" key, press "S" then "N".)

2.   In the SSI/DI Input area, ensure that information about work expenses and employability investments that are attributable to SSI recipient are entered correctly

3.   In the SSI/DI Input area, enter PASS information

4.   In the Section 8 Input area, enter PASS information

5.   Review the numeric and graph outputs for information about your rent and changes in your Section 8 net income; review the Housing Text Results for additional recommendations specific to your "What-If?" situation.


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