Social Security and SSI

• Preparing for an Administrative Hearing

  If you are appealing a benefits decision, you may have an Administrative Hearing. This interactive training will define an Administrative Hearing, walk you through the steps, and provide tips for making a convincing case to have your benefits approved or reinstated. This training has audio, so make sure you have working speakers. Read More

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  Colorado Legal Services

• Social Security Overpayments Video

  This video will explain how an overpayment can occur, and what you can do if the Social Security Administration says you need to pay back money. Read More

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  Colorado Legal Services

• Due Process: Information for People with Disabilities

  This interactive training will define Due Process, and how it can apply to people with disabilities. We will provide several examples of your Due Process rights. This training has sound, so be sure to turn on your computer speakers. Read More

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  Colorado Legal Services

• Information for People with Disabilities

  This page features several resources for people with disabilities, including information about appeals, fair housing, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and information about finding advocates in your area. Read More

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  Colorado Legal Services

• A Guide to Social Security and SSDI for Adults and Those Under 18

  You can apply for Social Security online by visiting this site. The site also has information about Retirement, Survivors and Disability Insurance benefits, and Supplemental Security Income. Read More

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  Social Security Online

• Are you eligible for benefits? Can you apply online?

  Answer online questions and be directed to benefits for which you may be eligible. Read More

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  Social Security Online

• Help in Applying for Social Security

  This program assists the homeless in applying for Social Security, including information gathering and appeals. Read More

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  Colorado Coalition for the Homeless: Benefits Acquisition and Retention Team

• Prepaid Debit Cards for Social Security and SSI Benefits

  Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients have a new way of receiving their benefits: a MasterCard-branded prepaid Direct Express debit card. Read on to learn more about the program. Content Detail

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  National Consumer Law Center

• Social Security - Disability and Retirement

  The Social Security program provides disability benefits to insured workers and their dependents, and provides retirement benefits to insured workers, their dependents, and surviving family members. Click on the link for more information. Read More

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  Colorado Legal Services

• Information about Social Security in 15 languages

  This site provides information in 15 different languages, including useful information about Social Security programs and SSA's interpreter service. Content Detail

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  Social Security Online

  Read this in:

  Russian / Pусский

  Spanish / Español

• More Information about Social Security PDF

  This is a newsletter with several articles about Social Security. It has a frequently asked questions section near the end of the newsletter that might be helpful. Click on the title "More Information about..." to learn more. You can open this link only if you already have Adobe Reader on your computer. If you do not, go to www.adobe.com, look for the yellow icon that reads "Get Adobe Reader", click on that icon and follow the instructions to upload the program onto your computer. Content Detail

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  Social Security

• Social Security and Supplemental Social Security Income

  This chapter describes Social Security, Retirement, Disability and Supplemental Security Benefits. (The Senior Law Handbook is a project of the Colorado Bar Association's Elder Law and Trust and Estate Sections.) Content Detail

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  Colorado Bar Association - Senior Law Handbook

• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

  SSI provides benefits to people who have limited income and resources and who are 65 or older, blind, or have a disability. Click on the link for more information. Read More

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  Colorado Legal Services

• Arrested? What Happens to Your Benefits If You Go to Jail or Prison?

  This guide explains what will happen to your federal benefits if you are arrested and held in jail or prison, and how you can get them back when you are released. The guide can be printed for free or it must be ordered through their website and costs $2.50 per booklet. Content Detail

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  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

• Information about planning for retirement, disability and survivors benefits

  This online Benefits Planner has Retirement, Disability and Survivors Planners with valuable information about benefits and factors that can affect them. Content Detail

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  Social Security Online