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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.

UPDATE - 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 (rtf) or (pdf) (December 2011, 18 pages, English, #5017.01) Also available in Spanish (pdf) or (rtf) (19 pages, #5017.02)

SSI Overpayments (html) or (pdf) (March 2004, 10 pages, English, #5421.01) UPDATE: Now available in Spanish (pdf) or (rtf) (June 2011, 10 pages, Spanish, #5421.02)

Lump sum payments and SSI/Medi-Cal eligibility (pdf) or (rtf) (June 2011, English, 10 pages, Publication #5500.01) Now available in Spanish (pdf) or (rtf) (June 2011, Spanish, 10 pages, #5500.02)

Public Benefits for People with Disabilities (pdf) or (rtf) (December 2010, 27 pages, English, #5014.01) Also available in Spanish (pdf) or (rtf) (June 2011, 31 pages, Spanish, #5014.02)

Independent Contractor and Self-Employed: Reporting Earned Income to Social Security (pdf) or (rtf) (January 2011, 20 pages, English, #5405.01) Also available in Spanish (pdf) (#5405.02), Chinese (pdf) (#5405.04) and Vietnamese (pdf) (#5405.05).

Employed Person: Reporting Changes in Earned Income to Social Security (rtf) or (pdf) (December 2010, English, 9 pages, #5205.01) Now also available in Spanish (pdf) (#5205.02), Chinese (pdf) (#5205.04) and Vietnamese (pdf) (#5205.05).

What is Ticket to Work? (pdf) or (text only RTF) (English, February 2011, 16 pages, Pub #5491.01) Also available in Spanish (pdf) (March 2011, 16 pages, Pub #5491.02)

Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) Brochure (pdf) (May 2002, 2 pages; English, #5378.01) (More languages coming soon!)

SSI Applicants and Recipients: Not Knowing About In-Kind Support and Maintenance Can Cost You Money! (pdf) or (rtf) (December 2010, 8 pages, English, #5382.01)

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

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

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

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

 

 

February 8, 2012