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Learn the basics (10)
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Benefits For People With Disabilities
This web site explains all the different Social Security programs that can help you if you are disabled. It explains the difference between Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability programs and what you need to qualify for benefits under each program. Content Detail
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Comparison of SSD and SSI Disability Benefits
What's the difference between SSD and SSI? Read this article to find out! Content Detail
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Get financial help while waiting for your SSI benefits
This fact sheet explains Interim Assistance, which are benefits from public assistance that you can receive while you are waiting for SSI benefits. Read More
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Know Your Rights: Social Security Benefits
Find out if you qualify for Social Security benefits. Content Detail
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Protecting your benefits
Learn how you can prevent problems that could arise with your public assistance by reading this article. Content Detail
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SSI Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is SSI (Supplemental Security Income)? Where do I apply for SSI? What can I do if my application for SSI is denied? Answers to these questions and more. Content Detail
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SSI Overpayments
What is an SSI overpayment? How do I fight/appeal an overpayment? How do I file a “Request for a Waiver” of an Overpayment? What if my “Request for a Waiver” is denied? Answers to these questions and others. Content Detail
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Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Detailed information about the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. Content Detail
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Tips for Doctors Filling Out Applications for SSI and SSD
This 2-page fact provides helpful tips for doctors when filling out forms from the Social Security Administration to support their patients' SSI or SSD application. You can print out this form and give it to your doctor. Content Detail
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What You Need To Know When You Get Disability Benefits
This 28-page booklet explains in detail some of your rights and responsibilities when you receive disability benefits from Social Security. It explains what other benefits you may be able to get, benefits for your children, and how often your medical condition will be reviewed. Content Detail
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Recertification (1)
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How We Decide If You Are Still Disabled
Information from the Social Security Administration on what they look at to decide if you are still entitled to receive social security benefits. Content Detail
Blindness and low vision (1)
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If You are Blind or Have Low Vision: How We Can Help
Information on Social Security Disability benefits and SSI Benefits for individuals who are blind or have low vision. Content Detail
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Forms and tools (1)
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ACCESS NYC
ACCESS NYC is a free service that can help you find out if you are eligible for over 30 benefit programs. Read More
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Hearings and appeals (5)
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Claiming Your Benefits
Read this if you think you qualify for Social Security Disability (SSD) and/or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits but don't know how to get these benefits. Content Detail
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Have you been denied Social Security Disability or SSI Disability Benefits?
This resource contains general information about what to do if you have been denied SSD or SSI benefits. Content Detail
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Social Security and SSI Hearings and Appeals
A detailed description of what steps to take if you have applied for disability benefits and have been turned down. Read More
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SSI Overpayments
What is an SSI overpayment? How do I fight/appeal an overpayment? How do I file a “Request for a Waiver” of an Overpayment? What if my “Request for a Waiver” is denied? Answers to these questions and others. Content Detail
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Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Special Veterans Benefit (SVB) Decision Appeal Form
If you want to appeal a decision about a claim for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Special Veterans Benefits, then you can use this form Content Detail
Representative payees (2)
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How do I get a representative payee for my social security benefits?
Information about representative payees for Social Security or SSI benefits in a simple question and answer format. Content Detail
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Your Rights As A Person Who Gets SSI or SSD through a Representative payee
Explains what a representative payee is, who needs one, what their duties are, and how to receive benefits directly if a representative payee is no longer necessary. Content Detail
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SSI and immigrants (1)
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SSI Spotlight on SSI benefits for Aliens
Lists the alien categories and how they affect SSI eligibility. Content Detail
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SSI and incarceration (2)
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Spotlight on Pre-release Procedures
Describes the procedures for planning in advance of release from any institutional situation (hospital, jail, etc.) so that an individual who is likely to be eligible for SSI because of age, disability or blindness has benefits available on or close to his or her release date. Content Detail
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What Prisoners Should Know About Social Security
Explains how prisoners who are about to be released can get back on benefits if they received benefits before incarceration, and how they can apply if they are seeking benefits for the first time. Content Detail
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SSI and living arrangements (3)
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Spotlight on Continuing SSI Benefits for Persons Who Are Temporarily Institutionalized
An SSI recipient who is hospitalized for 90 days or less may be eligible to continue to receive the community-rate SSI payment under certain circumstances described in this article. Content Detail
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Spotlight on Homelessness
This piece explains that homelessness is a living arrangement with special implications, and what those implications are. Content Detail
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Spotlight on Living Arrangements
The amount of SSI benefits a person gets is based in large part on the person's living arrangement. This explains what living arrangements are and how they can change. Content Detail
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SSI disability benefits and working (1)
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How Will My SSI Benefits Be Affected if I Take a Job?
This fact sheet explains the effect that working might have on your SSI benefits. It explains how much you can earn without losing some or all of your benefits and what happens to your Medicaid benefits if you work. Content Detail
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SSI income (5)
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SSI Spotlight on Income from the Arts
Some SSI recipients occasionally make and sell art work. This article explains how SSI counts such income. Content Detail
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SSI Spotlight on Loans
Loans taken out or given by an SSI recipient are not ususally counted. This article explains how to determine the implications of a loan. Content Detail
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SSI Spotlight on Property You Need for Self-Support
This article focuses on what property for self-support means and how much of it excluded from being counted as a resource. Content Detail
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SSI Spotlight on Resources
Eligibility for SSI requires that a recipient's resources be limited. This article discusses the nature and amounts of those limitations. Content Detail
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Student Earned Income Exclusion
This article explains that students under age 22 can have some earned income that will not be counted when determining their eligibility for SSI. Content Detail
SSI overpayments (3)
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Social Security and SSI Overpayments
This article explains how overpayments happen, who SSA holds liable to repay, and how to defend against an overpayment charge. Content Detail
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SSI Overpayments
What is an SSI overpayment? How do I fight/appeal an overpayment? How do I file a “Request for a Waiver” of an Overpayment? What if my “Request for a Waiver” is denied? Answers to these questions and others. Content Detail
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SSI Overpayments
This article explains the rules on SSI overpayments and the appeal process. Content Detail
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SSI and special needs trusts (1)
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Special Needs Trusts
This article discusses what a special needs trust [SNT] is and how it can be used by an SSI recipient to preserve assets that exceed the SSI resource limit. Content Detail
I need an interpreter (2)
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If You Need An Interpreter
We provide free interpreter services to help you conduct your Social Security business. These interpreter services are available whether you talk to us by phone or in the Social Security office. Click to learn more. Content Detail
Working and SSI (9)
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Comparison of SSD and SSI Disability Benefits
What's the difference between SSD and SSI? Read this article to find out! Content Detail
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Expedited Reinstatement of SSDI or SSI Benefits
A disabled individual who is terminated from payment of benefits solely because their work activity exceeds SGA level, may be reinstated without having to file a new application under the expedited reinstatement (EXR) program. This article explains how EXR works. Content Detail
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How Will My SSI Benefits Be Affected if I Take a Job?
This fact sheet explains the effect that working might have on your SSI benefits. It explains how much you can earn without losing some or all of your benefits and what happens to your Medicaid benefits if you work. Content Detail
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Monthly wage reporting and SSI for sheltered workshop earnings
A discussion of how sheltered workshop earnings are considered in determining the continued financial eligibility for SSI. Content Detail
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Plans to Achieve Self Support (PASS)
This page provides general information on the Plan to Achieve Self-Support or PASS. Content Detail
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2017 Red Book
The Red Book is a general reference for the employment-related provisions of Social Security Disability Insurance and the Supplemental Security Income Programs for educators, advocates, rehabilitation professionals, and counselors who help people with disabilities. Content Detail
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Student Earned Income Exclusion
This article explains that students under age 22 can have some earned income that will not be counted when determining their eligibility for SSI. Content Detail
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Working While Disabled
Information about special programs and incentives for people receiving social security or SSI disability benefits who want to work. Content Detail
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Working While Disabled: A Guide to Plans for Achieving Self-Support
Information about a program called Plans for Achieving Self-Support, or "PASS", which helps SSI recipients pay for certain things as part of a plan for working or trying to start a business. Content Detail
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