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• Apply Online For Social Security Disability Benefits

  Online Application for Social Security Disability Benefits Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Employment Support For People with Disabilities

  Social Security Administration web site designed to support the employment of Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities through the Ticket to Work program. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Application for a Social Security Card

  From the Social Security Administration: Use this form to apply for (1) An original Social Security card; (2) A replacement Social Security card; or (3) A change of information on your record. [PDF] Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

  Read this in:

  French / Français

  Haitian Creole / Kreyòl Ayisyen

  Italian / Italiano

  Portuguese / Português

  Tagalog / Pilipino

  Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt

• Benefits For People With Disabilities

  Information from the Social Security Administration about programs available to people with disabilities. Information includes how to apply, on-line forms, and a link to the benefit eligibility screening tool. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Working While Disabled - How We Can Help

  This booklet from the Social Security Administration provides information for people who are receiving Social Security disability insurance benefits or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits, but still want to work. It provides an overview of the various work incentive rules and answers many related questions. [PDF] Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español

• How Worker's Compensation And Other Disability Payments May Affect Your Benefits

  Information from the Social Security Administration regarding how worker's compensation and other disability payments may affect your benefits. [PDF] Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

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  Spanish / Español

• Your Ticket To Work

  Information from the Social Security Administration regarding the Ticket To Work Program and how more Americans with disabilities have the opportunity to participate in the workforce and lessen their dependence on public benefits. [PDF] Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

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  Spanish / Español

• Disability Benefits

  This booklet from the Social Security Administration provides an overview of the various kinds of disability benefits available through the Social Security Administration. This booklet will tell you who may get benefits, how to apply and what you need to know once benefits start. [PDF] Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

  Read this in:

  Arabic / العربية

  Greek / Ελληνικά

  Spanish / Español

  Farsi / فارسی

  French / Français

  Haitian Creole / Kreyòl Ayisyen

  Armenian / Հայերէն

  Italian / Italiano

  Korean / 한국어

  Polish / Język Polski

  Portuguese / Português

  Russian / Pусский

  Tagalog / Pilipino

  Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt

  Chinese / 中文

• Benefits Eligibility Screening Tool (B.E.S.T.)

  The Social Security Adminisitration's Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool (BEST) is an online tool that you can use to find out if you could be eligible for benefits from any of the programs Social Security administers. This tool will give you eligibility information based on answers you give on the online form. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Benefits.gov

  Benefits.gov is a free, online confidential tool that helps you find government benefits you may be eligible to receive. Content Detail

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  Benefits.gov, a partnership of many Federal agencies and organizations

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  Spanish / Español

• SeniorLAW Helpline - 877 PA SR LAW (1-877-727-7529)

  The statewide toll-free SeniorLAW Helpline - 877 PA SR LAW (877-727-7529) - provides free legal advice, information and referrals by telephone for all Pennsylvania seniors 60 and over. Read More

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  SeniorLAW Center (Philadelphia)

• Social Security and SSI: A basic comparison

  PowerPoint Presentation Slides from Community Legal Services of Philadelphia outlining the similarities and differences between the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income programs. [PDF] Content Detail

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  Community Legal Services of Philadelphia

• Social Security Retirement Estimator

  The Retirement Estimator produces estimates that are based on your actual Social Security earnings record and has been rated the Federal Government's Best Online Service. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Social Security Retirement Planner

  Social Security provides this online tool, analysis and calculator and for those who are planning for retirement. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Survivors Planner: Planning For Your Survivors

  Information from the Social Security Administration about help it can provide for your survivors when you die if you have earned enough Social Security credits through your work. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration