Public Benefits
In addition to providing and regularly updating the resources below, Work Without Limits offers several services for Individuals with disabilities and Service Providers such as Benefits Counseling, Ticket to Work support via our Employment Network, Connecting with Businesses and Community Partners, Training & Consulting, and more!
Table of Contents
General
Fact Sheets
Addressing Work & Social Security Disability Myths (pdf)*
MA Community Resource Guide (pdf) *
Contacting a Community Work Incentives Coordinator (CWIC) (pdf)*
Frequently Asked Questions: Work & Public Benefits (pdf)*
Public Benefits Acronyms (pdf)*
Resources and Services for Benefits and Work Incentives Counseling (pdf)*
Screening Tool: SSI vs. SSDI (pdf)*
Social Security Reporting Requirements*
(English -pdf) (Spanish-pdf)
Verification of Social Security & Other Public Benefits (pdf)*
Websites
SSA’s The Red Book – A Guide to Work Incentives and Employment Supports
Video
SSA Electronic Wage Reporting Options (1:35 min video)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Fact Sheets
Blind Work Expenses (BWEs) (pdf)*
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) – 2025
EXR for Former SSI Beneficiaries (pdf)*
Impairment-Related Work Expenses (IRWEs) & SSI Benefits (pdf)*
IRWE Request Form (pdf)
Student Earned Income Exclusion (SEIE)*
(English-pdf) (Spanish-pdf)
SSI Age-18 Redetermination (pdf)*
SSI Benefits & Related Work Incentives*
(English-pdf) (Spanish-pdf)
SSI Calculation Tool 2024 (Excel)*
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
Fact Sheets
Childhood Disability Benefits (CDB) and Auxiliary Benefit (pdf)*
Employer Subsidies (pdf)*
EXR for Former SSDI Beneficiaries (pdf)*
Extended Period of Eligibility (EPE) (pdf)*
Impairment Related Work Expenses (IRWEs) & SSDI Benefits (pdf)*
Income Averaging (pdf)*
Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS) (pdf)*
SSDI & Self Employment (pdf)*
SSDI Benefits & Related Work Incentives*
(English- pdf) (Spanish-pdf)
Transition: SSDI to Retirement (pdf)*
Trial Work Period (TWP) (pdf)*
Trial Work Period (TWP) & Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) Monthly Figures by Year (1990-2025) (pdf)*
*A Work Without Limits Resource
Public Health Insurance
MassHealth Fact Sheets
- 2024 MassHealth & Other Health Programs Income Chart (pdf)
- DDS HCBS MassHealth Waivers (pdf)*
- MassHealth CommonHealth Premium Formula Charts (pdf)*
- MassHealth Plans for People with Disabilities*
(English – pdf) (Spanish – pdf) - MassHealth Standard/CommonHealth Premium Assistance Program (pdf)
- MassHealth, Supplemental Security Income & Work*
(English-pdf) (Spanish-pdf)
Medicare Fact Sheet
- Medicare, Social Security Disability Insurance & Work*
(English-pdf) (Spanish-pdf)
Website
Public Benefits Programs
Housing Fact Sheet
Housing Resources
- Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC)
- US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) Fact Sheets
Career Goals
Fact Sheets
Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE)*
(English-pdf) (Spanish-pdf)
Career Goal Public Benefit Programs (pdf)*
Federal Student Aid & Students with Disabilities (pdf)*
Individual Development Account (IDA) (pdf)*
Special Needs Trust
Fletcher Tilton Attorneys at Law
Affinia Financial Group – Special Needs Financial Planning
The Special Needs Planning Guide: How to Prepare for Every Stage of Your Child’s Life:
NY Public Benefits Facts Sheets
Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE)*
Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS)*
HUD Earned Income Disregard (EID)*
Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income & Work*
Medicaid Buy-in Program for Working people with Disabilities*
Medicare, Social Security Disability Insurance & Work*
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)*