SSI in New York
(Separate Website)
Information about the SSI program in New York, including who is eligible, the type of benefits that are included, and the monthly amounts.
By: Social Security Administration
Direct Express Prepaid Debit Card for Social Security, SSI and Other Federal Payments
(Separate Website)
Beginning May 1, 2011, most new applicants for Social Security, Supplemental Security Income and other federal payments who do not designate direct deposit will be paid through the Direct Express® Debit MasterCard instead of by a paper check. Find out more about Direct Express.
By: National Consumer Law Center
Social Security and SSI Hearings and Appeals
A detailed description of what steps to take if you have applied for disability benefits and have been turned down.
By: Legal Aid Society: Brooklyn Neighborhood Office
Working While Disabled: A Guide to Plans for Achieving Self-Support
(Separate Website)
Information about a program called Plans for Achieving Self-Support, or "PASS", which helps SSI recipients pay for certain things as part of a plan for working or trying to start a business.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
How Will My SSI Benefits Be Affected if I Take a Job? This fact sheet explains the effect that working might have on your SSI benefits. It explains how much you can earn without losing some or all of your benefits and what happens to your Medicaid benefits if you work.
By: MFY Legal Services, Inc.
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Blind Work Expense and SSI If you are receiving SSI for blindness and are working, this guide explains how you can subtract work related expenses from your income when calculating SSI benefits.
By: Cornell University Program on Employment and Disability
The Impact of Employment on SSI
(Separate Website)
Provides the proper calculation methods for several categories of SSI recipients who work including, but not limited to, students/children earned income exclusions.
By: Cornell University Program on Employment and Disability
Other Formats:
PDF File
Reporting Wages for People Who receive SSI
(Separate Website)
Every recipient of SSI who works is required to report the earnings. This piece explains how to report wages and the impact wages have on SSI benefits.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Blind Work Expenses
(Separate Website)
Discusses the deductions that may be taken from earned income by persons who receive SSI on the basis of blindness.
By: Neighborhood Legal Services
How Work Affects Your Benefits
(Separate Website)
Discusses how work affects payment of Social Security Disability benefits.
By: Social Security Administration
2012 Red Book
(Separate Website)
This is a guide to employment supports for individuals with disabilities under both Social Security and SSI.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Reporting Wages for People Who receive SSI
(Separate Website)
Every receipient of SSI who works is required to report the earnings. This piece explains how to report wages and the impact wages have on SSI benefits.
By: Social Security Administration
"Monthly Wage reporting and SSI for Sheltered Workshops"
(Separate Website)
A discussion of how sheltered workshop earnings are considered in determining the continued financial eligibility for SSI.
By: Social Security Administration
How Do I Handle an SSI OVERPAYMENT
(Separate Website)
Information on what steps to take if you have been overpaid by SSI.
By: MFY Legal Services, Inc.
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
SSI Overpayments
(Separate Website)
This article explains the rules on SSI overpayments and the appeal process.
By: Neighborhood Legal Services
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
SSI Spotlight on SSI benefits for Aliens
(Separate Website)
Lists the alien categories and how they affect SSI eligibility.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
SSI Non-citizen Eligibility Criteria
(Separate Website)
This article explains the special rules that may apply to non-citizens seeking SSI benefits.
By: Disability Law Center
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Interpreter Services and the Social Security Administration
(Separate Website)
Explains when interpreter services may be necessary, and what qualifications such an interpreter needs to have.
By: Disability Law Center
Do you have trouble with English? Are you unable to to speak, read, write, or understand English well?
(Separate Website)
Did you know federal agencies and organizations that get money from the federal government have to provide reasonable services to assist you? Learn more.
By: Federal Interagency Working Group on LEP
SSI Deeming: How Income and Other Resources from Household Members Affects the SSI Budget
Information on how the income of different household and family members will affect the amount of SSI that a recipient will get.
By: Legal Services NYC - Legal Support Unit
Read this in:
French / Français
SSI Spotlight on Resources
(Separate Website)
Eligibility for SSI requires that a recipient's resources be limited. This article discusses the nature and amounts of those limitations.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
SSI Spotlight on Property You Need for Self-Support
(Separate Website)
This article focuses on what property for self-support means and how much of it excluded from being counted as a resource.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
SSI Spotlight on Income from the Arts
(Separate Website)
Some SSI recipients occasionally make and sell art work. This article explains how SSI counts such income.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
SSI Spotlight on Loans
(Separate Website)
Loans taken out or given by an SSI recipient are not ususally counted. This article explains how to determine the implications of a loan.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Spotlight on Living Arrangements
(Separate Website)
The amount of SSI benefits a person gets is based in large part on the person's living arrangement. This explains what living arrangements are and how they can change.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Spotlight on Homelessness
(Separate Website)
This piece explains that homelessness is a living arrangement with special implications, and what those implications are.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Spotlight on Continuing SSI Benefits for Persons Who Are Temporarily Institutionalized
(Separate Website)
An SSI recipient who is hospitalized for 90 days or less may be eligible to continue to receive the community-rate SSI payment under certain circumstances described in this article.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
How Do I Get a Representative Payee for My Social Security Benefits?
(Separate Website)
Information about representative payees for Social Security or SSI benefits in a simple question and answer format.
By: MFY Legal Services, Inc.
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Your Rights As A Person Who Gets SSI or SSD through a Representative payee
(Separate Website)
Explains what a representative payee is, who needs one, what their duties are, and how to receive benefits directly if a representative payee is no longer necessary.
By: Disability Law Center
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
What Senior Advocates Should Know About Electronic Deposit of Social Security & SSI
This article provides an overview of different types of electronic fund transfer and how they work.
By: National Consumer Law Center
Restrained Bank Account Information on how to deal with bank accounts that have been restrained or frozen. This fact sheet provides a comprehensive step-by-step guide on how to get your bank account released.
By: Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS)
Fleeing Felon Disqualification For SSI
This fact sheet explains the fleeing felon rules, which disqualifies someone from receiving SSI benefits in certain cases.
By: Legal Services NYC - Legal Support Unit
Read this in:
French / Français
Spotlight on Pre-release Procedures
(Separate Website)
Describes the procedures for planning in advance of release from any institutional situation (hospital, jail, etc.) so that an individual who is likely to be eligible for SSI because of age, disability or blindness has benefits available on or close to his or her release date.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
What Prisoners Should Know About Social Security
(Separate Website)
Explains how prisoners who are about to be released can get back on benefits if they received benefits before incarceration, and how they can apply if they are seeking benefits for the first time.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
How to Report a Death to the Social Security Administration
How to Report a Death to Social Security Administration
(Separate Website)
This resource provides information on who and where to contact Social Security once a family member passed away. Also provides a brief explanation on can death can impact Social Security benefits.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Video: How to Work with Interpreters
(Separate Website)
In this video, you will learn some basic tips that will allow you to communicate effectively and easily through an interpreter with a person who doesn't speak your language.
By: Legal Services of New Jersey
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Adobe Acrobat Reader required. (If you are using a screen reader that does not support PDF format, copy the PDF link, and use the Access Adobe online form to convert this file to HMTL text.)
Home
(Separate Website)
/City/ /demoMode/= 1/Language/1/State/NY/TextOnly/N/ZipCode/ /LoggedIn/0/iSubTopicID/1/iProblemCodeID/1750100/sTopicImage/dollarSign.gif/iTopicID/287/bAllState/0/ichannelid/46/County/Kings%20%28Brooklyn%29/City/%20/demoMode/%3D%201/Language/1/State/NY/TextOnly/N/ZipCode/%20/LoggedIn/0/changelocation/1)
Choose Another City, County or Zip Code
Albanian / shqip
