Social Security
Social Security Information and Referral Services
Marsha Rose Katz, Technical Assistance Coordinator
(406) 243-2821
marsha.katz@mso.umt.edu
Offers: Technical Assistance, Information Dissemination, Training, and Consulting
For nearly 20 years, the Rural Institute has maintained expertise on the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Programs, with particular focus on the relationship between these benefits and work. The Rural Institute Social Security Information and Referral Services provides the following services to people with disabilities and their families and service providers:
- Creating and disseminating information on SSI and SSDI
- Information on Social Security work incentives such as PASS plans
- Long distance consultation, including referral to local services and national experts on:
- Employment for SSI/SSDI beneficiaries (wage employment and self-employment)
- Work Incentives Planning and Assistance
- Application for SSI/SSDI benefits, Appeals, and Overpayments
Links:
- Social Security website
- Apply for disability online for adults
- Apply for disability online for children
- Social Security's WORK website
- Information on creating a PASS Plan
- Information on the Ticket to Work
- Information on self-employment for people with disabilities:
- Information on customized employment
- Information on transition, SSI/SSDI and employment
- Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies by state
- Information on Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation Programs
Rural Facts Sheets
- "Disability" Defined
- Paychecks And SSI Benefits
- SSA Work Incentives
- SSI And SSDI: Similarities And Differences
- Changes In SSI and SSDI
- Identifying Students Eligible For SSI PASS Plans at IEP Meetings
- SGA & TWP
- SSI & Children Turning 18
- SSI Benefits & Children With Disabilities
- Weighing The Risks: Some Tools for Benefits Analysis & Planning for SSI & SSDI Recipients
- Property Essential for Self-Support (PESS): A Self-Employment Resource that SSI Doesn't Count
Rural Exchange Newsletter Articles
- "Getting Ready" for Social Security's Ticket to Work
- PASS Plans Turn Student Dreams Into Reality
- Benefits & Resources: A Quick Overview
- Assistance not Assessment
- Don't Hurt with Your Help!-Why Benefits Analysis is Critical!
- Ticket to Work: Great Opportunities & Room for Improvement
Monographs
PDF Version - It Doesn't Take a Rocket Scientist to Understand & Use Social Security Work Incentives (341k)
Text Only (Accessible Version) - It Doesn't Take a Rocket Scientist to Understand & Use Social Security Work Incentives