Next Steps

Use DB101’s School and Work Estimator to get a sense of how work could impact your child’s benefits.

For more about these and other ways benefits support work, read DB101’s articles about:

• If You Get SSI and Are Turning 18, which looks at how your child's benefits might change at age 18.
• Benefits for Young People, including details about many different benefits and how rules change as your child gets older.
• Supplemental Security Income, which covers SSI’s rules in detail.
• How Health Benefits Work, which covers detailed health coverage rules for people with disabilities.
• Building Your Assets and Wealth, an introduction to asset-building strategies.
• Plans to Achieve Self-Support, an in-depth look at the ways a PASS can help.
• Individual Development Accounts, a detailed look at IDAs and how to set them up.

Social Security’s Ticket to Work Program helps people with disabilities who get Social Security benefits re-enter the workforce and become more independent. The Ticket to Work Program offers free access to employment-related services, such as training, transportation, and vocational rehabilitation.

If you're currently on SSI, SSDI, or DAC benefits, and you're looking for a job, a trained Benefits Planner can help you avoid problems with your job plan. If you need help or have questions about your situation, you can call the Ticket to Work Help Line at 1-866-968-7842 or 1-866-833-2967 (TTY) Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. EST.

View DB101's full list of experts who can help you understand different benefits.