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Contacting the Benefits Resource Center

Work Incentives Links

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The Benefits Resource Center (BRC) is a free service that provides benefits planning, assistance and outreach to people between the ages of 14-64 who receive Social Security benefits and are interested in learning about Social Security work incentives and other options related to joining, or remaining in, the workforce.

We will show you how working may affect your benefits, including SSI, SSDI, Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, subsidized housing and other State or Federal programs. We can assist you in making an informed choice about employment. If you have the desire to go back to work but are afraid to lose benefits, we may be able to help. We servce Baltimore City and Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Carroll, Harford and Howard Counties.

Contact a Benefits Specialist to discuss your options.

DID YOU KNOW...

....special rules make it possible for people with disabilities receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to work and still receive monthly payments and Medicare or Medicaid?

...if you medically recover and no longer meet SSA's definition of disability your monthly payments can continue if you are actively participating in an approved vocational rehabilitiation program that is expected to help you become self-supporting?

...for those who are eligible, a Plan for Achieving Self Support allows people to set aside income and resources to achieve a vocational goal?

...for people on SSDI, a "trial work period" allows you to test your ability to work for at least 9 months in a rolling 60 month period, during which time you will receive your full disability benefit regardless of how much you earn as long as you continue to be disabled?

And there's more... call us to find out how we can help you!

Contacting the BRC:

By telephone - 410-444-1400

TTY users use 711 (MD Relay).

You can also email the BRC:

Andrea Buonincontro -andreab@mcil-md.org

Anthea Joseph - antheaj@mcil-md.org

Chad McCruden - chadm@mcil-md.org

Becca Smith - beccas@mcil-md.org

Work Incentives Links:

www.ssa.gov/work

www.dol.gov

www.ssa.gov/pubs/englist.html

Other Links:

www.ssa.gov/disability

www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid

www.cms.hhs.gov/medicare

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