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Disability Benefits for Adults and Children Social Security and SSI

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• ABLE accounts: set aside money without putting your other public benefits at risk.

  "ABLE" stands for the "Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014." This law allows ABLE accounts to help people save for things related to a disability. Learn more here about the ABLE program. Read More

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  Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (Hammond Office)

• About Planning for Incapacity - A Self Help Guide

  A guidebook with legal forms to help you plan. Content Detail

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  Elder Law Task Force

• All Social Security Online Services

  Gateway to all available online services offered by the Social Security Administration. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Appealing Social Security decisions

  How the agency's appeals process works. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Apply for Social Security Disability Benefits Online

  See this online application for benefits. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Did Social Security Stop Your Benefits Because You Had an Arrest Warrant?

  Find out more about what you can do if Social Security stopped your benefits because you had an arrest warrant. This information is from the National Senior Citizens Law Center. Content Detail

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  National Senior Citizens Law Center

• File a complaint about a Social Security hearing judge.

  What information to include in your complaint; where to send it; what SSA will do; what you can do if you are not satisfied. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration (SSA)

• Find State Benefits

  Need more help? Find out if you may be eligible for Louisiana government benefits. Content Detail

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  Benefits.Gov

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  Spanish / Español

• Find your local Social Security office

  Find the nearest Social Security office, by city. Content Detail

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  Dallas Southwest Region Social Security

• Get Social Security Earnings Statement

  You can ask online for your earning history and an estimate of the benefits you might be eligible for. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• I didn't marry my child's father. What rights does my child have to his father's Social Security benefits?

  See the fact sheet to find out more. Read More

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  Southeast Louisiana Legal Services

• Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program (including Nursing Homes)

  Find out more about this government program to help people in nursing homes and other long-term care places. Content Detail

• Representing yourself before the Social Security Administration

  Brief guide to hearing and appeal rights, focusing on disability-related claims. Read More

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  Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (New Orleans office)

• Social Security Benefits Taken To Pay Money Back to the Federal Government?

  A 1996 law takes away some protection, but it is not a reason for panic. It will not apply to everyone and not all benefits can be taken. This information sheet answers some frequently asked questions about this new program. Content Detail

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  National Consumer Law Center

• Social Security Benefits -- Watch this Video

  Learn more about Social Security benefits. Read More

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  Acadiana Legal Service Corporation