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Publications

Social Security, SSI, SSDI, welfare

Please feel free to download and copy any of these materials for your personal use. We will appreciate your sending a donation so that we can continue our advocacy for people with disabilities - such as making these materials available.

You may order copies of publications. Please order by publication number. Call 1-800-776-5746 - or - fill out and mail the order form to the office nearest you.

UPDATED - The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program - “The Ticket” (pdf) (htm) (rtf) December 2009, English, #5429.01, Spanish (pdf) #5429.02, Chinese (pdf) #5429.04, Vietnamese (pdf) #5429.05

UPDATED - Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) Program (htm) or Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) Program (pdf) (April 2009, 2 pages, English, #5430.01)

Independent Contractor and Self-Employed: Reporting Earned Income to Social Security (pdf) or Independent Contractor and Self-Employed: Reporting Earned Income to Social Security (htm) (January 2009, 17 pages, English, #5405.01)

UPDATED - 2009 Redbook - A Guide to Work Incentives - A Summary Guide to Employment Support for Individuals with Disabilities Under the Social Security Disability Insurance - http://www.socialsecurity.gov/redbook/ (January 2009)
Or you can order by telephone - 1-800-772-1213 - or - TTY number, 1-800-325-0778
Or you can order by mail - Social Security Administration, Office of Public Inquiries, Windsor Park Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235

What is the Client Assistance Program? (two-page accessible) and What is the Client Assistance Program? (tri-fold brochure) (January 2009, 2 pages, English, #5474.01)

SSI Applicants and Recipients: Not Knowing About In-Kind Support and Maintenance Can Cost You Money! (htm) or (pdf) (October 2008, 10 pages, English, #5382.01)

Social Security Rules for Deeming Income from Parents to a Disabled Child to Determine Whether a Child is Eligible for SSI and, if so, the Amount (htm) or (pdf) (January 2008, 18 pages, English, #5017.01) also available in:
Spanish: Social Security Rules for Deeming Income ..., June 2007, #5017.02
Korean: Social Security Rules for Deeming Income ..., June 2007, #5017.03
Chinese: Social Security Rules for Deeming Income ..., June 2007, #5017.04
Vietnamese: Social Security Rules for Deeming Income ..., June 2007, #5017.05

Public Benefits for People with Disabilities (htm) or (pdf) (July 2006, 21 pages, English, #5014.01)

Section 504 Complaint Against Social Security for Discrimination on the Basis of Disability or for Failure to Accommodate to Disability Needs (English, html) or (pdf) (March 2006, 10 pages, English, #5208.01)
Cambodian: Section 504 Complaint (pdf) (#5208.06)
Chinese: Section 504 Complaint (pdf) (#5208.04)
Hmong: Section 504 Complaint (pdf) (#5208.09)
Korean: Section 504 Complaint (pdf) (#5208.03)
Laotian: Section 504 Complaint (pdf) (#5208.12)
Spanish: Section 504 Complaint (pdf) (#5208.02)
Tagalog: Section 504 Complaint (pdf) (#5208.08)
Thai: Section 504 Complaint (pdf) (#5208.13)
Vietnamese: Section 504 Complaint (pdf) (#5208.05)

Self Employment Fact Sheet (htm) or Self Employment Fact Sheet (pdf) (September 2005, 2 pages, #5454.01)
Spanish: Self Employment Fact Sheet (PAI#5454.02)
Chinese: Self Employment Fact Sheet (#5454.04)
Vietnamese: Self Employment Fact Sheet (pdf) (PAI#5454.05)

UPDATED - Employed Person: Reporting Changes in Earned Income to Social Security (htm) (rtf) or (pdf) (January 2009, English, #5205.01) 

Spousal Deeming in the SSI Program (pdf) (January 2009, 8 pages, English, #5198.01)

The People's Guide to Welfare, Health, and Other Services (The Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness) includes sections on income, jobs, education and training, food, health care, housing and more - for example:
Food Stamps (English, 4 pages, #5114.01)
Food Stamps (Spanish, 5 pages, #5114.02)


SSI Overpayments (htm) or SSI Overpayments (pdf) (March 2004, 10 pages, English, #5421.01)

Public Benefits and Your Immigration Status (English, html) or (pdf) (October 2008, 14 pages, English, #5390.01)
Chinese: Public Benefits and Your Immigration Status (pdf) (#5390.04)
Korean: Public Benefits and Your Immigration Status (pdf) (#5390.03)
Spanish: Public Benefits and Your Immigration Status (pdf) (#5390.02)
Vietnamese: Public Benefits and Your Immigration Status (pdf) (#5390.05)

Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) Brochure (htm) or (pdf)
Chinese: Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) Brochure (pdf)
Spanish: Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) Brochure (pdf)
Vietnamese: Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) Brochure (pdf)
(May 2002, 2 pages; English, #5378.01; Spanish, #5378.02; Chinese, #5378.04; Vietnamese #5378.05)

Table of SSI Deeming Break-Even Points - California (htm) or (pdf) (September 1997, 2 pages, English, #5258.01).

Other publications: If these materials are not on line, you may order copies directly from the publisher by title, or from us by publication number. Again, we will appreciate your sending a donation so that we can continue our advocacy activities for people with disabilities -- such as making these materials available.

SSI Help for Children with Disabilities: A California Parents' and Advocates' Handbook on How Children Can Qualify for Monthly SSI Benefits and Medi-Cal, December 1997, 12 pages, English, #5305.01. Order at http://www.bazelon.org/publications/children/index.html.

 

January 22, 2010