Working with Disability Benefits
This information can help you learn about working when getting disability. There are resources from Tennessee and national resources.
National
This link will take you to the Social Security Administration website about the Ticket to Work Program. Social Security's Ticket to Work Program is a free and voluntary program available to people who are ages 18 through 64 and receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits because they are disabled or blind. The program offers the individual opportunities to go to work without automatically losing disability benefits; return to benefits if he or she has to stop working; continue to receive healthcare benefits; and be protected from receiving a medical continuing disability review while using the Ticket and making the expected progress with work or educational goals.
Understanding Supplemental Security Income Reporting Responsibilities
This link will take you to the Social Security Administration website. You can learn about how to report income and your responsibilities when you are getting SSI.
What You Need To Know When You Get Retirement or Survivors Benefits
This information is on the Social Security Administration website. It will give you information about retirement payments from Social Security. You can also find information about survivor's benefits, which is when a person dies and their family member receives their benefits.
Statewide
Help When You Are Getting Social Security
Disability Rights Tennessee has resources if you are getting disaiblity from Social Security. This link will take you to a page on their website with those resources.
Tennessee Vocational Rehabilitation
This program helps people with disabilities be ready to look for jobs. It is a program from Tennessee DHS. The link will take you to their website with information on services and applying.
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