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Benefits
If you get disability benefits and are working or looking for work, we have good news for you. Social Security’s work incentives and Ticket to Work programs can help. Special rules make it possible for people receiving Social Security disability benefits or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments to work and still receive monthly payments. And, if you can’t continue working because of your medical condition, your benefits can start again — and you may not have to file a new application. Also, there is a program in Indiana to keep you connected to Medicaid to ensure you can continue those services which may only be paid for by Medicaid. MED Works is for working individuals with disabilities that helps.
What’s Included
Social Security
Benefit Information Network
Working While Disabled: How We Can Help
If you get disability benefits and are working or want to, we have good news for you. Social Security’s work incentives and Ticket to Work programs can help.
What Are Work Incentives for People with Disabilities?
Work incentive employment supports help disabled and blind SSI recipients go to work by minimizing the risk of losing their SSI or Medicaid benefits.
Indiana Works - Aspire
A fully integrated health care provider, Aspire offers both primary medical and behavioral health care but also addresses social determinants of health like employment and housing.
Indiana Works - SIRS
At SIRS, we support people with disabilities so they can live as independently as they want to, and provide them with the tools and knowledge they need to lead productive, fulfilling lives.
Indiana Works is a benefits information network.
For more information about MED Works, please visit the Indiana Health Coverage Programs website.
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Starting a Job
Once you get a job, decisions need to be made about pay and benefits. You may also need to request a workplace accommodation whether you are working in an office, at home, or some other environment.
Learn more from about work incentives here:
Center on Community Living and Careers
Benefits Information for Adults
& Transitioning Students
The federal government, the state of Indiana, and local agencies and service organizations support people with disabilities.
The National ABLE Alliance
InvestABLE Indiana
To all of your abilities, now add the ability to save. The Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (ABLE) of 2014 allows individuals with disabilities and their families to save for many daily, disability-related expenses on a tax-deferred basis – without limiting their ability to benefit from supplemental security income (SSI), Medicaid, and other federal programs.
ABLE savings may grow and be withdrawn tax-free, provided that savings are used for qualified, disability-related expenses.