Social Security
Social Security
October 27, 2008 - Social Security Announces Nationwide Launch of Compassionate Allowances - Process will Fast Track Applications for People with Cancers and Rare Diseases - Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today announced the national rollout of the agency's Compassionate Allowances initiative, a way to expedite the processing of disability claims for applicants whose medical condition are so severe that their conditions obviously meet Social Security's standards. Click here for news release from www.ssa.gov.
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. Click here to read more.
SSI Payment Amounts
SSI Payment Amounts (2008 and 2009) from www.socialsecurity.gov
SSI Rates
New SSI Rates, effective January 1, 2009, reflecting the 5.8% COLA increase for Social Security and SSI benefits. Thank you to Thomas F. Kendziorski, Esq., Executive Director of The Arc of Oakland County for providing this SSI rate information. (rtf)
Social Security overpayment fact sheet
Social Security has published an overpayment fact sheet in English and Spanish.
Employment Rates for People With and Without disabilities
2005 data show that people with disabilities in the U.S. are consistently less likely to be working than their non-disabled counterparts. The rate is calculated by dividing the number or people who are employed by the sum of people who are employed, unemployed, and not in the labor force. This data is on Institute for Community Inclusion's Web site, www.communityinclusion.org.