School and Work Estimator The School and Work Estimator • Helps you find out how a job can affect your cash benefits and health coverage - and how staying in school can help. • Is designed for young people with disabilities who have limited work experience. • Takes about 10 to 15 minutes to complete. Then you can use it any time to make changes. Getting Started The Estimator asks questions about your benefits, living arrangements, and plans for the future. If you’re not sure what benefits you’re on or your benefit amounts, use DB101’s Talk to an Expert. To begin using the Estimator: 1. On db101.org Home page, click the Estimators tab. 2. On the Estimators page, find the School and Work Estimator and click the Go link. 3. On the School and Work Estimator page, click the Start button. Answer questions in Current Status about your household, income and health coverage. Create Your Plan. Answer questions about a job like hours and pay. Create more than one plan and compare results. Use the Back button to review or change answers. Use Continue button to go to the next page. Click the question mark if you need help to answer the question. Learn more about benefits and work in tips in the gray area. Text in blue with a dashed underline shows a link to a Glossary term. Save your session any time. After you save once, changes are saved for you. You don’t have to keep re-saving. If more than six months have passed since your last update, you’ll see “Session too old” and you’ll need to start over. Use Talk to an Expert when you need help. Print a page. Use email to send a link and tell a friend about the Benefits and Work Estimator. You can also give feedback. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 1 2 3 4 5 7 8

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School and Work Estimator

The School and Work Estimator •Helpsyoufindouthowajobcanaffectyourcashbenefitsandhealthcoverage-andhowstayingin

schoolcanhelp. •Isdesignedforyoungpeoplewithdisabilitieswhohavelimitedworkexperience. •Takesabout10to15minutestocomplete.Thenyoucanuseitanytimetomakechanges.

Getting StartedThe Estimatorasksquestionsaboutyourbenefits,livingarrangements,andplansforthefuture.Ifyou’renotsurewhatbenefitsyou’reonoryourbenefitamounts,useDB101’sTalk to an Expert.

TobeginusingtheEstimator:

1.Ondb101.orgHomepage,clicktheEstimatorstab.

2.OntheEstimatorspage,findtheSchool and Work Estimator andclicktheGolink.

3.OntheSchool and Work Estimatorpage,clicktheStartbutton.

AnswerquestionsinCurrent Statusaboutyourhousehold, incomeandhealthcoverage.

CreateYour Plan.Answer questionsaboutajoblikehours andpay.Createmorethanone planandcompareresults.

UsetheBackbuttontoreviewor changeanswers.UseContinue buttontogotothenextpage.

Clickthequestionmarkifyou needhelptoanswerthequestion.

Learnmoreaboutbenefitsand workintipsinthegrayarea.Text inbluewithadashedunderline showsalinktoaGlossaryterm.

Saveyoursessionanytime.After yousaveonce,changesaresavedforyou.Youdon’thavetokeepre-saving.Ifmorethansixmonthshavepassedsinceyourlastupdate,you’llsee“Session too old”andyou’llneedtostartover.

UseTalk to an Expertwhenyouneedhelp.

Print a page.UseemailtosendalinkandtellafriendabouttheBenefits and Work Estimator.Youcanalsogivefeedback.

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School and Work Estimator

DB101 MN is a service of the Disability Linkage Line® — Minnesota’s free, statewide information and assistance system for people with disabilities.DB101 site was developed by the World Institute on Disability.

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1-866-333-2466

Review Your ResultsAfteryouanswerthequestionsinCurrent Status,you’llgetResults.

The bottom line:Tells youwhathappenstoyour incomeandbenefits.

Did you know:Offers helpfultipsandprograms thatmayhelpyou.

What now?:Helpsyou knowwhatyoucandoto makeyourplanareality.

Monthly Total Income: Showshowyourcurrent incomecompareswith yourplanincome.

Health Coverage Options: Listsyouroptionsforhealth care.

Plan Summary:Givesyou allthedetailsoftheplan youentered.

Next Steps:Helpsyou showwhatnextsteps youneedtotaketomake yourplanareality.

Change Plan, Add Plan: Let’syoumakechangestoyourplanortryadifferentjob.

Talk to an Expert:LetsyouconnectwithaDB101ExpertviaLivechat,phoneorsecureemail.Experts canansweryourquestionsabouttheEstimator,yourbenefitsoryourresults.

Print, Email:Letsyouprintapageforyourrecordsorsendalinktoafriend.