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Social Security Administration (Home Page)
The official web site of the US Social Security Administration. See more specific links below:
Find the nearest office by typing in your zip code.
Toll-free numbers, office locations, appointments, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Contains current program rules, including the law, regulations, Commissioner rulings, and employee operating instructions.
Disability Starter Kits “What You Should Know Before You Apply For Social Security Disability Benefits.”
The fact sheet includes the definition of disability and answers questions about applying for disability benefits. It provides a link to the online application and Adult Disability Report.
Compassionate Allowances (CAL) is a new way SSA has of identifying diseases and other medical conditions that invariably qualify under the Listing of Impairments “Blue Book” based on minimal objective medical information. These case can be should be determined in 20 days.
This is the list and details of Compassionate Allowance (CAL) conditions that currently qualify.
Additional information about how Compassionate Allowances (CAL) are processed
Change to 2010 Social Security Changes
Fact sheet highlighting changes in 2010.
This site provides access to an extensive list of Social Security publications, available in several different formats including PDF. If no format is listed then the link goes directly to the html version and additional formats are listed in the publication. Some publications are also available in alternative formats for people who are blind or disabled.
Social Security Administration (SSA) General
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) & Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
Find out how to qualify and apply using the disability planner online.
Find out how to qualify and apply using the benefit eligibility screening tool.
Disability Evaluation Under Social Security (Bluebook)
Prepared to provide physicians and other health professionals with an understanding of the disability programs administered by the Social Security Administration
Presumptive Disability payments provide the SSI cash benefit while claimants await the full Social Security review of their claim.
Social Security Work Incentive (Redbook)
Policies and programs
Work Planning and Assistance Projects (WIPA)
Social Security Administration provides a list of agencies in each state that offer disability benefit planning and assistance services to consumers. WIPA was formerly knows as Benefits, Planning, Assistance and Outreach (BPAO).
Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) Amounts
Lists Substantial Gainful Activity amounts for blind and non-blind individuals.
SGA Criteria in Self-Employment
Program Operations Manual System (POMS) Social Security's Criteria for Individual Self-Employment.
How Worker's Compensation and Other Disability Payments May Affect Your Benefits
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Home Page
Social Security pays benefits under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program
Explains 1619(b) provisions and lists threshold amounts for each state.
SSI for Children with Disabilities
Lists current SSI Payment Amounts.
Social Security's Representative Payment Program provides financial management for the Social Security and SSI payments of our beneficiaries who are incapable of managing their Social Security or SSI payments.
Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS)
This site describes PASS, the SSI work incentive under which persons with disabilities can set aside income and/or resources to be used to achieve specific work goals.
Benefits Education Center
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