SSI Work Incentives, short for Supplemental Security Income Work Incentives, is part of a program to help disabled workers and other individuals to become a viable part of the work force. A more recent term is Employment Supports. It does so through a number of specific and special rules called "work incentives." Work incentives apply to both Social Security Disability Insurance and SSI programs. SSI work incentives are rules that help a person work while still permitting him or her to receive a monthly SSI payment. The rules consider various aspects of the individual's work experience and make allowances in different sectors. Much of it is based on the need to keep the income level below the allotted Substantial Gain Activity (SGA). The Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS), for example, permits an individual to set aside certain money training, education and other forms of employment-related improvement. He or she can do so without fear of its inclusion as income. The money is excluded from SSI earnings providing a feasible plan, work goal and specific savings plan is in evidence. SSI work incentives allow deductions from total earnings for Property Essential to Self-Support (PESS) as well as Bind Work Expenses. Under SSI work incentive programs, a recipient may also be able to retain Medicaid or Medicare while they work.