Public Benefits Resources

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!

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

Social Security Offices Resource:

  • Stay informed about Office Closings and Service Updates
  • Subscribe to receive email updates for the Social Security office in your state

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 2025 (Excel)*

SSI Maximum Payment Levels in Massachusetts (pdf)*

SSI & Self-Employment (pdf)*

Transition: SSI Disability to SSI Elderly (pdf)*

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)*

IRWE Request Form (pdf)

Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS) (pdf)*

Social Security Overpayments

Special Conditions (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)*

Unsuccessful Work Attempt (pdf) (UWA)*

*A Work Without Limits Resource

Public Health Insurance

MassHealth Fact Sheets

Medicare Fact Sheet

Website

Public Benefits Programs

Housing Fact Sheet

Housing Resources

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)*

Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS) (pdf)*

Ticket to Work (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:

Special Population

Fact Sheets

Veteran Benefits and Social Security Disability Benefits (pdf)*

Incarceration and SSI/SSDI (pdf)*