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Technical Assistance

A general reference source about the employment-related provisions of Social Security Disability Insurance and the Supplemental Security Income Programs for educators, advocates, rehabilitation professionals and counselors who serve people with disabilities.

Provides a snapshot of your benefits and work history as it is stored in the Social Security Administration's (SSA's) electronic records. You may request this free report as often as you like, and use it to help ensure that information SSA has about you is current and correct.

Link to the Benefits Planning Query (BPQY) Handbook to understand the information provided about SSDI and SSI records in the BPQY.

The Chamber is a national cross-disability consumer volunteer organization that uses business principles to improve the economic status of people with disabilities.

Information on the Social Security Administration's Office of Employment Support Programs (OSEP), which works to promote the employment of Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities.

A free consulting service designed to increase the employability of people with disabilities by providing individualized worksite accommodations solutions, providing technical assistance regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other disability-related legislation and educating callers about self-employment options.

Coordinates national resources, offers technical assistance and disseminates information related to secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities in order to create opportunities for youth to achieve successful futures.

Links to regional disability and business technical assistance centers across the United States.

Provides national leadership by developing and influencing disability-related employment policy and practice affecting the employment of people with disabilities.

Helps SSA's beneficiaries with disabilities get information and advice about vocational rehabilitation and employment services, and provides advocacy and related services so they can find gainful employment.

Contains a broad range of resources related to employment of people with disabilities.

Information on work incentives that can help individuals receiving Social Security disability benefits continue to receive monthly payments and keep their Medicare or Medicaid after they get a job or become self-employed.

Disability Benefits 101 (DB101) helps workers, job seekers, students and service providers understand the connections between work and benefits. In addition to the Benefits-to-Work Calculator and the Job-to-Job Calculator, a new calculator called School and Work is now available for youth with disabilities.

List of Community Work Incentive Coordinators who offer information and technical assistance in your state on the work incentives that help Social Security Disability (SSDI) and Supplementary Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries return to work.

Educational materials for Community Work Incentives Coordinators and a variety of work incentive programs.

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2008 Social Security Administration (SSA) Red Book
A general reference source about the employment-related provisions of Social Security Disability Insurance and the Supplemental Security Income Programs for educators, advocates, rehabilitation professionals and counselors who serve people with disabilities.
Social Security Administration Office of Employment Support Programs (OESP) Forms & Publications
Contains a broad range of resources related to employment of people with disabilities.
Employment Support for People with Disabilities
Information on the Social Security Administration's Office of Employment Support Programs (OSEP), which works to promote the employment of Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities.
Work Incentive Planning & Assistance (WIPA) Projects
List of Community Work Incentive Coordinators who offer information and technical assistance in your state on the work incentives that help Social Security Disability (SSDI) and Supplementary Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries return to work.
Chamber of Commerce for Individuals with DisAbilities
The Chamber is a national cross-disability consumer volunteer organization that uses business principles to improve the economic status of people with disabilities.