Links to other resources

Social Security, SSI, SSDI, welfare

• NEW - Your rights under California welfare laws for people applying for or receiving aid in California, Department of Social Services
• Social Security Disability Benefits: A Primer - http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/i28_ssdi.pdf - For most U.S. workers and their families, Social Security Disability Insurance provides protection against loss of earnings due to disability. This primer provides an overview of the SSDI program, including who is covered, what benefits they receive, how the program is administered, and how it is financed.
• The Social Security Administration has published new Ticket to Work regulations. Find the new regulations, explanations and materials at www.ssa.gov/work/newregs.html. or download the PDF version of the regulations from edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-10879.pdf.
  
• Disability Benefits 101 - www.disabilitybenefits101.org - health coverage and benefit programs for workers and job seekers - descriptions of state, federal and private benefit programs, articles, guides to health and benefit programs, access to local resources, search engine, site map, tutorial, newsletter.
• Disability Information on Government Resources - www.disabilityinfo.gov - federal website committed to helping people with disabilities learn and develop skills, find meaningful work, and realize the promises of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• DRI – Disability Research Institute – www.dri.uiuc.edu - partnership between the Social Security Administration, Office of Policy, Disability Programs, and the College of Applied Life Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) – focuses on understanding the reality and impact of SSA income programs – SSI and SSDI – on applicants and recipients. Offers research, information, training and education, and data usage.
• Government benefits - www.govbenefits.gov - asks questions about your status and offers suggestions about whether you might qualify for government benefits and from which programs; a coalition of federal agencies maintains the site.
• GPO Access - www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html - the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, has searchable databases to find government information, federal bulletin boards, Federal Register, Congressional Record, Congressional bills, United States Code, Economic Indicators, General Accounting Office Reports.
• Social Security Administration - www.socialsecurity.gov/ssi/index.htm/#content - has searchable information on benefits, how to apply, PASS, publications, ABA hotline numbers for children appealing SSI terminations
• Social Security - Frequently Asked Questions - www.ssa.gov - questions, answers, and blanks to choose topics, request information, find more links.
• Social Security - Disability Publications and Information - www.ssa.gov/disability/ - benefits for people with disabilities, with how-to, planners, publications, other languages, and more
• Social Security publications - www.ssa.gov/multilanguage/ - get publications by fax in English, Spanish and other languages
• Social Security - Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - www.socialsecurity.gov/ssi/index.htm - questions and answers about SSI.
• Seguro Social- publicaciones en español - www.ssa.gov/espanol/ - información y publicaciones en español.
• Social Security - Regulations - www.ssa.gov/regulations/index.htm#top - Social Security Program Rules home page.
• Statistics - National - www.fedstats.gov - HUD and the census bureau offer government-wide statistics in an easy to find, easy to understand format
• Welfare Information Network - www.financeprojectinfo.org/win/ - Information on TANF Reauthorization - www.financeprojectinfo.org/TANF/ - also information on food stamps, child care, Welfare-to-Work, Workforce Investment Act, federal data sources, state data sources, overview and crosscutting policy analysis, and individual policy areas.

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