This publication informs advocates & others in interested agencies & organizations about supplemental security income (SSI) eligibility requirements & processes. It will assist you in helping people apply for, establish eligibility for, & continue to receive SSI benefits for as long as they remain eligible. This publication can also be used as a training manual & as a reference tool. Discusses those who are blind or disabled, living arrangements, overpayments, the appeals process, application process, eligibility requirements, SSI resources, documents you will need when you apply, work incentives, & much more.

This book contains 13 papers from a workshop convened to explore the causes of work disability and the types of interventions that might enable individuals to remain at work, return to work, or enter the work force for the first time, despite having chronic health conditions or impairments. Following an overview of the papers by editors Jerry L. Mashaw and Virginia P. Reno, the following papers are included: "The Contemporary Labor Market and the Employment Prospects of Persons with Disabilities" (Edward Yelin, Miriam Cisternas); "Employment and Economic Well-Being Following the Onset of a Disability: The Role for Public Policy" (Richard V. Burkhauser, Mary C. Daly); "Employment and Benefits for People with Diverse Disabilities" (Walter Y. Oi); "European Experiences with Disability Policy" (Leo J. M. Aarts, Philip R. de Jong); "Patterns of Return to Work in a Cohort of Disabled-Worker Beneficiaries" (Martynas A. Ycas); "The Effectiveness of Financial Work Incentives in Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income: Lessons from Other Transfer Programs" (Hilary Williamson Hoynes, Robert Moffitt); "Lessons from the Vocational Rehabilitation/Social Security Administration Experience" (Edward Berkowitz, David Dean); "Disability and Work: Lessons from the Private Sector" (H. Allan Hunt et al.); "Quantitative Outcomes of the Transitional Employment Training Demonstration: Summary of Net Impacts" (Aaron J. Prero); "Policies for People with Disabilities in U.S. Employment and Training Programs" (Burt S. Barnow); "Improving the Return to Work of Social Security Disability Beneficiaries" (Monroe Berkowitz); "People with Disabilities: Access to Health Care and Related Benefits" (Robert B. Friedland, Alison Evans); and "Health Care, Personal Assistance and Assistive Technology: Are In-Kind Benefits Key to Independence or Dependence for People with Disabilities?" (Andrew I. Batavia). The papers contain extensive references lists. (KC)

Reviews the US Social Security disability programme, with a view to determining whether rehabilitation and work could be incorporated in the income programme without greatly expanding costs or weakening the right to benefit for disabled persons.