California

CalAgrAbility staff sent out the first Quarterly newsletter of the year. The Quarterly included "Spotlight on Pterygium" and an Aggie Tip on guidelines for handwork. It also featured the new Event Locator tab on CalAgrAbility's website, which invites all agencies and community members to check out AgrAbility related events across California.

CalAgrAbility staff joined NAP's Maximizing Employment with Supplementing Social Security Benefits webinar. Highlights from this webinar included incentives for SSDI recipients to continue in the workforce. One incentive to continue in the workforce is a period of nine months where recipients do not see the earnings reduced despite their earned wages. Incentives for self-employed individuals, such as farmers, include deducting business support and unpaid help from earned net earnings to determine when the self-employed individual has reached "substantial gainful activity".

Submitted by Esme Mandujano and Sara Wat