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Using Work Incentives to Fund Micro Enterprises
Presented by David Hammis

In this webcast, David Hammis discusses using Plan For Achieving Self-Support (PASS) as a small business funding source that directly infuses operating cash into a business cash flow. He addresses Impairment-Related Work Expenses (IRWE), Blind Work Expenses (BWE), and using Property Essential to Self Support (PESS) that allow unlimited cash resources in small business accounts not subject to the SSI $2000 personal resources limits. Mr. Hammis explains how Vocational Rehabilitation and Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funding interact with net earnings from self employment. Lastly, he covers other critical issues related to self employment such as Medicaid, Section 8, and small business loans.

David Hammis is Sr. Partner at Griffin-Hammis Associates, which specializes in building communities of economic cooperation, creating high performance organizations, and focusing on disability and employment. David serves as an Organizational Consultant for the Rural Institute's Rural Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment Expansion Design Project. In 1996, Dave received the International Association for Persons in Supported Employment Professional of the Year Award for his "Outstanding support and commitment to people with disabilities especially in the areas of Career Development and the use of Social Security Work Incentives."

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SI 01130.503 Essential Property Excluded up to $6,000 Equity If It Produces a 6 Percent Rate of Return: PDF | DOC

SI 00870.026 Business Plans: PDF | DOC

Technical Assistance Circular, RSA-TAC-00-02, July 24, 2000 - SUBJECT: Self-employment, Telecommuting, and Establishing a Small Business as Employment Outcomes: PDF | DOC

SI 01130.504 Essential Property - Current Use Criterion: PDF | DOC

Sample Small Business PASS: PDF | DOC

Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities: A Status Report from the Blue Ribbon Panel on Self-Employment, Small Business, and Disability: PDF | DOC

Nick's Copy Service 2003- Profit and Loss, Cash Flow, Benefits Analysis: XLS | PDF

Nick's Copy Service 2003 (Without a PASS) - Profit and Loss, Cash Flow, Benefits Analysis: XLS | PDF

Social Security Considerations for Small Business Owners with Disabilities 2ND Edition 2002: PDF | DOC

SI 00870.000 Plans for Achieving Self-Support for Blind or Disabled People: PDF | DOC

State Self-Employment Policies: A Decade of Change: PDF | DOC

Related PASS POMS covering small businesses: PDF | DOC

Self-Employment and Microenterprise: A Customized Employment Option: PDF | DOC

SI 01130.500 Property Essential to Self-Support - Overview: PDF | DOC

Self-Employment: Improving Policy and Practice: PDF | DOC

SI 01130.501 Essential Property Excluded Regardless of Value or Rate of Return: PDF | DOC

Sample Business Plan - Business Plan for NCS (Nick's Copy Service): PDF | DOC

Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors' Attitudes Toward Self-Employment: Attitudes and Their Effects on the Use of Self-Employment as an Employment Option: PDF | DOC

SI 01130.502 Essential Property Excluded up to $6,000 Equity Regardless of Rate of Return: PDF | DOC

Frequently Asked Questions about Self Employment: PDF | DOC

Montana/Wyoming Careers through Partnerships: PDF | DOC

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