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SSI and Work

Learn more about SSI and work by watching this short video. The video is less than 5 minutes long so you can quickly get the information to keep you moving forward. This is produced for Minnesotans with disabilities, but the major points covered in the video apply nationally.

  • Topics: Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Work Incentives
  • Duration: 5 min
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February 2023 62 Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Work Incentives

What is SSI?

In five minutes, this video covers how SSI can help you and what the three requirements for getting it are. This is produced specifically for Minnesotans with disabilities and while the basic concepts apply nationally, individual SSI amounts you receive vary by state.

  • Topics: Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  • Duration: 5 min
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January 2023 184 Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

SSI and Youth Who Work

This short video helps viewers understand what happens to SSI benefits when students under age 22 go to work.

  • Topics: Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Work Incentives
  • Duration: 5 min
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January 2023 24 Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Work Incentives

Young Adults and Social Security Disability; What You Need to Know

Sara Cavallo, Work incentive Coordinator of the Social Security Administration, and Sarah Dicks, Medical Relations Officer of the MN Disability Determination Services, provide information on qualifying for benefits.

  • Topics: Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  • Duration: 52 min
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April 2022 410 Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Social Security Disability: Qualifying for Benefits

This hour-long training video will give you an inside look at how Disability Determination Services decides who qualifies for benefits and what is needed in an effective application. Presenters are Sarah Dicks and Tanya Heitzinger from Minnesota Disability Determination Services.

  • Topics: Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  • Duration: 60 min
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February 2022 3299 Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

What to Know about Trusts & ABLE Accounts

This video describes trusts and ABLE accounts and explains how they can help individuals who receive government benefits to save money as well as pay for many kinds of expenses. Information is presented in straightforward language and at a measured pace to make it easier for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to understand. However, it contains basic information of interest to any person with a disability who receives government benefits such as SSI and Medicaid, as well family members who want to learn how these accounts work.

  • Topics: Benefit Programs and Supports, Independent Living, Intellectual Disability, Person-Centered Planning, Self-Advocacy, Special needs Trust, Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  • Duration: 6 min
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October 2017 379 Benefit Programs and Supports, Independent Living, Intellectual Disability, Person-Centered Planning, Self-Advocacy, Special needs Trust, Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

SSI & Work in MN

Working while receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) can have many benefits including more monthly income, staying connected to SSI, and continued medical assistance, not to mention a better quality of life!

  • Topics: Benefit Programs and Supports, Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  • Duration: 5 min
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April 2016 993 Benefit Programs and Supports, Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

From Disability Benefits to Benefits Counseling: Michele’s Ticket to Work Success Story

Michele, a young adult with Muscular Dystrophy, talks about how Ticket to Work helped her get an education and reach her career goals.

  • Topics: Adult Services, Benefit Programs and Supports, Career Development, Employment, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Work Incentives, Muscular Dystrophy
  • Duration: 5 min
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October 2015 1417 Adult Services, Benefit Programs and Supports, Career Development, Employment, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Work Incentives, Muscular Dystrophy

How to Make SSI Work for You: Simply Said

This youth- and family-friendly video focuses on how to find help available to youth and young adults with disabilities after they leave high school. Several federal government programs including Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Work Incentives, and Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) provide benefits or support to eligible youth as they work toward their postsecondary and employment goals. Youth and families can use the information they learn to plan ahead and apply for the benefits and supports they need after high school.

  • Part of the Simply Said Series
  • Topics: Adult Services, Benefit Programs and Supports, Career Development, Community Supports, Independent Living, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Work Incentives
  • Duration: 4 min
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June 2015 593 Adult Services, Benefit Programs and Supports, Career Development, Community Supports, Independent Living, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Work Incentives Simply Said

Larry Clay’s Success Story

This video highlights the successful transition to employment of Larry Clay, a young man with autism. With the support of his family, school, state vocational rehabilitation plan, and Social Security's Ticket to Work program, Larry has left his SSI cash benefits behind, is working full-time, and feels great about himself and his job.

  • Topics: Autism, Employment, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Transition Planning, Work Incentives
  • Duration: 8 min
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October 2014 5565 Autism, Employment, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Transition Planning, Work Incentives

Making a Smooth Transition from High School to Adult Living: Successful Collaboration

All students and their families benefit from collaboration — teamwork, group effort, and cooperation — between family, school, and others as they make the transition to adult life. Students with disabilities often require extra collaboration and support to achieve their employment, educational, and independent living goals, sometimes for their entire lives. This 2012 webinar for parents of youth with disabilities explores how to use the concept of collaboration to ensure their son or daughter’s transition to adulthood is as smooth as possible. Originally developed for Minnesota families, most content is relevant to families residing in other states as well. Presenters: Carolyn Anderson, PACER Center | Barb Ziemke, PACER Center | Sean Roy, PACER Center.

  • Topics: Webinar, Transition Planning, Collaboration, Adult Services, Connecting Youth, Vocational Rehabilitation, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Transportation, County Services, Independent Living, Employment, Health, Benefit Programs and Supports, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Postsecondary Education, Family Support
  • Duration: 57 min
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March 2014 555 Webinar, Transition Planning, Collaboration, Adult Services, Connecting Youth, Vocational Rehabilitation, Self-Advocacy, Self-Awareness, Transportation, County Services, Independent Living, Employment, Health, Benefit Programs and Supports, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Postsecondary Education, Family Support

Meet Ben! An Introduction to Ticket to Work

This video provides an easy-to-understand overview of the Ticket to Work video program. If you’re receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits and working, or thinking about working, this program may be a good resource for you. Watch Ben’s journey and learn more about how Social Security’s Ticket to Work can help SSI recipients achieve greater financial independence by providing access to free employment support services.

  • Topics: Work Incentives, Benefit Programs and Supports, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Employment
  • Duration: 5 min
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November 2013 24780 Work Incentives, Benefit Programs and Supports, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Employment