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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 12/2017

SPECIAL SERVICES - APPLYING FOR SOCIAL SECURITY

0012.12.06

● Help assess their disability in relation to Social Security benefits eligibility and identify possible issues that may come up in the eligibility determination process.

● Provide available medical or vocational evidence, social history, or expert testimony to substantiate blindness or disability.

● Help them get and use medical or vocational evidence, social history or expert testimony.

● Prepare for and represent clients at interviews, hearings and appeals on the Social Security benefits eligibility determination.

DWP, SNAP: No provisions.

MSA: MSA clients must already be SSI eligible or would be except for excess income. SSI advocacy services are available to retain SSI when SSA proposes cessation of benefits.