Empowerment Essentials

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Welcome to Empowerment Essentials, your comprehensive resource for navigating employment while receiving disability benefits. Going back to work can sometimes feel scary and make you feel uncertain about how to proceed. We're here to help you. This page has many useful resources and tips to guide you. Whether you are looking for a job or building your career, we'll give you the tools to make confident choices. We believe in you and will support you every step of the way!

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• What’s New in 2025

  • What's New in 2025 (DOC)

• Income Taxes

  • Income Taxes (DOC)

• Social Security Myth 1 - If I Go to Work, I'll Lose My Cash Benefits

• Social Security Myth 2 - If I Go to Work, I'll Lose My Health Benefits

• Social Security Myth 3 - If I Stop Working, I Can't Get Back On Benefits

• Understanding Your Disability Benefits

• Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Eligibility and Appeals

• Social Security Medical Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) & Age 18 Redeterminations

• Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Income & Resources

• Using Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Work Incentives

• Youth Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

• Medicaid and Work Incentives for Social Security Disability Beneficiaries

• Building Financial Independence: Income and Resource Exclusions for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Beneficiaries

• Social Security Disability Benefit Overpayments

• Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Eligibility & Appeals

• Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Trial Work Period (TWP)

• Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Extended Period of Eligibility (EPE)

• Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Tools to Reduce Countable Income

• Expedited Reinstatement (EXR) of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Benefits

• Medicare & Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs) for Social Security Disability Beneficiaries

• Medicaid Buy In Programs for Social Security Disability Beneficiaries