Self-Employment and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Work Incentives:

As a beneficiary of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), before you engage in a self employment venture, you should contact the Social Security Administration to discuss your business and explore SSI work incentives that can be useful in starting a business and maintaining the business. Several work incentives are designed to support starting a business. These work incentives offer a “financial cushion” during the start-up of the business and throughout the life of the business, and are designed to help individuals reach self-sufficiency through their self employment.