Blind Work Expenses (BWE)

What it does:

Any earned income that a person experiencing blindness uses to meet expenses needed to earn that income is not counted in determining SSI eligibility and the payment amount if the person is:

Under age 65; or Age 65 or older and received SSI payment due to blindness (or received payments under a former state plan for aid to the blind) for the month before he or she attained age 65.

Because the blind work expenses work incentive is more advantageous, impairment-related work expenses do not apply to the blind SSI beneficiary who works.

NOTE: The expenses do not need to be related to the person’s blindness.

Comparative Chart of BWE to IRWE

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