The Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) can help you understand how work may impact your benefits. Massachusetts also offers disability benefits at the state level with programs such as MassHealth (Medicaid), CHIP, and unemployment services. These services can cover children, students, adults and seniors with and without disabilities. Disabled residents of Massachusetts have multiple options for receiving social security benefits and financial aid.
After you apply for additional security income or Social Security disability benefits through your local social security office, Disability Determination Services (DDS), a state agency in Massachusetts, makes the actual decision about your disability claim. SSI is intended for disabled adults, blind or disabled children, or children aged 65 and over with or without disabilities. Social security disability benefits are reserved for workers who have worked long enough (earned enough “loans”) to pay into the social security tax system. About 4.5% of people with a physical or developmental disability currently receive disability payments from the SSA.
As part of the Massachusetts Commission, Disability Determination Services (DDS) evaluates all applications to determine which disability services are being awarded. The majority of Massachusetts’s disabled population has cognitive disabilities such as autism or a brain injury, followed closely by people with mobility problems. Massachusetts residents who are unable to work due to a disability and expect to be unable to work for at least twelve months are eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI), two disability programs managed by the Social Security Administration (SSA)) . Specialist disability advocates (like us here at Citizens Disability) and social security attorneys in Massachusetts know all too well how important it is to understand that every state is different.
You can see the waiting times for hearings %26 case dispositions for each office below, with comparisons with Massachusetts and National Averages.
References:
- Disability Benefits | Mass.gov
- https://www.citizensdisability.com/state-by-state-information/massachusetts-and-social-security-disability-benefits/
