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Understanding Supplemental Security Income SSI Home Page -- 2015 Edition
Understanding SSI Home Page
/ Understanding Supplemental Security Income SSI Home Page
Understanding SSI - Guide (MS Word)
(MSWord)
(325 KB doc)
TABLE OF CONTENTS (LINKS):
Introduction
About Us
SSI Overview
General Information
Eligibility
Benefits
Resources
Income
Living Arrangements
SSI for Children
Application Process and Rights
How Someone Can Help You
Documents You May Need
If You Are Disabled or Blind
Continuing Disability Reviews
Work Incentives
Reporting Responsibilities
Social Security Notices and Letters
Redeterminations
Overpayments
Appeals Process
Expedited Payments
Representative Payees
SSI and Other Government Programs
Social Security Entitlement
Table of Links to SSI Spotlights
INDIVIDUAL SPOTLIGHTS (LINKS):
Rights and Responsibilities
Living Arrangements
Resources
Financial Institution Accounts
Burial Funds
Loans
Trusts
Dedicated Accounts for Children
Deeming Parental Income
and Resources
Reporting Your Earnings to
Social Security
SSI Telephone Wage Reporting System and the SSI Mobile Wage Reporting Application
Impairment–Related Work Expenses
Special SSI Rule for
Blind People Who Work
Individual Development Accounts
Plan to Achieve Self–Support
Property You Need for Self–Support
Transfers of Resources
Student Earned Income Exclusion
Payment for Travel to
Medical Exams or Tests
Getting SSI Benefits While
You Try to Sell Excess Resources
Continued SSI Benefits for Persons
Who are Temporarily Institutionalized
Prerelease Procedure
Special SSI Rules for
Children of Military Personnel
Living Overseas
SSI Benefits for Disabled Youth in Foster Care
SSI Benefits for Aliens
Continued Medicaid Eligibility
for People Who Work:
Section 1619(b)
Interpreter Services
Income From The Arts
Homelessness
Windfall Offset
The One-Third Reduction Provision
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