Income Help (Welfare/TANF/Social Security/SSI)

Legal Information

• A Guide To Social Security And SSI Disability Benefits For People With HIV Infection

  Social Security can provide a lifeline of support to people with HIV infection. That lifeline comes in the form of monthly Social Security disability benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments, Medicare and Medicaid coverage and a variety of other services available to people who receive disability benefits from Social Security. If you are disabled because of HIV infection, this booklet from the Social Security Administration web site will help you understand the kinds of disability benefits you might be eligible for from the Social Security or SSI programs. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• A Snapshot of Social Security

  This publication provides a snapshot of the most important features of the Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicare programs. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Benefits For Children (Social Security)

  About 3.8 million children receive approximately $1.6 billion each month because one or both of their parents are disabled, retired or deceased. Those dollars help to provide the necessities of life for family members and help to make it possible for those children to complete high school. When a parent becomes disabled or dies, Social Security benefits help to stabilize the family’s financial future. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Frequently Asked Tax Questions About Social Security Income

  This web page answers common tax questions about Social Security income. Content Detail

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  Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury

• How Social Security Can Make Payments to Someone Who is Managing Your Money For You

  Social Security's Representative Payment Program provides fiduciary assistance for our beneficiaries who are incapable of managing or directing someone else to manage their Social Security or SSI payments. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Facts

  PDF document (may load slowly). Content Detail

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  South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center

• Social Security Appeals Process

  When the Social Security Administration makes a decision on your claim, we will send you a letter explaining our decision. If you do not agree with our decision, you can appeal—that is, ask us to look at your case again. When you ask for an appeal, we will look at the entire decision, even those parts that were in your favor. If our decision was wrong, we will change it. This document answers the following questions: (1) When and how can I appeal? (2) How many appeal levels are there? (3) Will my benefits continue? (4) Can someone help me? Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Social Security Information in Other Languages

  Our intent is to serve our public and provide Social Security program information in as many languages as possible. In this multi-language site, you may access public information materials translated into several languages, including Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Farsi, French, Greek, Haitian-Creole, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. Content Detail

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  US Social Security Administration

• Supplemental Security Income for Non-Citizens

  This document answers the following questions: (1) Who can get Supplemental Security Income (SSI)? (2) What are credits of work? (3) What is proof of your status? (4) What is the seven-year limit for some noncitizens? (5) Information about Medicaid, (6) Filing a new claim if you have a sponsor, (7) Social Security numbers, (8) Becoming a citizen. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Supplemental Security Income Payments

  SSI stands for Supplemental Security Income. It is a program run by Social Security. SSI provides monthly payments to people who are elderly, blind or disabled and who have little or no income and assets. Children, as well as adults, can get payments because of blindness or disability. To get SSI, you must be elderly, blind or disabled. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Supplemental Security Income Rights and Responsibilities

  This document lists your rights and responsibilities in connection with Supplemental Security Income payments. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Understanding Social Security (Social Security Online)

  Social Security Online contains a large number of resources that will help you understand the current Social Security program benefits. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Are You Eligible for Any Government Benefits?

  Enter information into this website and it will give you a report on benefits you may be eligible to receive. Content Detail

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  GovBenefits, A Partnership of Federal Agencies and Organizations

• Benefits Check Up

  This web site provides information about what benefits seniors may be eligible for. You will be required to fill out a form on the Internet. Content Detail

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  National Council on the Aging

• Brochure 3352 - Food Stamps: Are you on Supplemental Security Income?

  PDF document (may load slowly). Content Detail

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  SC Department of Social Services