Georgia

Income Help (Welfare/TANF/Social Security/SSI)

Know Your Rights

• What You Should Know when Applying for Benefits from DFCS - PSA

  This audio clip is a series of vignettes that gives you advice in Spanish about dealing with DFCS when you apply for public benefits. Content Detail

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  Georgia Legal Services Program®

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  Spanish / Español

• The Enhanced Services Project Attorney's Guide to TANF

  This video reviews the most important things for Enhanced Services Project volunteer attorneys to know about TANF when following up with Atlanta Legal Aid clients. Georgia's TANF State Plan: http://ow.ly/XG7va TANF paper application: http://ow.ly/XG9eG Read More

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  Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc

• Do You Have Student Loans and You're Receiving Social Security Benefits?

  DO YOU RECEIVE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS? Has Social Security determined your Medical Improvement is Not Expected (“MINE”)? If you answered yes to either question, then you MAY be eligible to have your Student Loan Debt FORGIVEN. YOUR LOAN TYPE MUST BE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: • William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program • Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFEL) • Federal Perkins Loan Program • TEACH Grant Service obligation Content Detail

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  Georgia Legal Services Program®

• Learn about Medicaid Programs that Can Help You Pay for Medicare Premiums

  There are several kinds of Medicaid available that help people get health care. This video explains how Medicaid can help people pay for Medicare premiums. Content Detail

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  Georgia Legal Services Program®

• Social Security Electronic Payments Are Coming! Are you ready for March 1, 2013?

  People currently getting federal benefit paper checks must switch to electronic payments on March 1, 2013. Content Detail

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  Georgia Legal Services Program®

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  Spanish / Español

• SSI Overpayments: What to Do if You Got a Notice of Overpayment from Social Security

  This video provides basic advice on what to do if you receive a notice of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) overpayment from Social Security. It reviews your options for what to do next, including reconsideration or a waiver of overpayment. Read More

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  Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc

• Supplemental Security Income (SSI): The Law on Overpayments and Collections (Video)

  This video about Social Security Overpayments and Collections was created for GeorgiaLegalAid.org by Maria Keller and Jacqueline Givens, law students at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School. The video content is based on a community education brochure created by Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc. and prepared under the direction of Georgia Legal Services Program. This is legal information, not legal advice. If you have a legal problem, you should speak with a lawyer. Read More

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  State Bar of Georgia Pro Bono Resource Center

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  Spanish / Español

• Are You Eligible for Any Government Benefits?

  Enter information into this website and it will give you a report on benefits you may be eligible to receive. Content Detail

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  GovBenefits, A Partnership of Federal Agencies and Organizations

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  Spanish / Español

• Benefits Check Up

  This web site provides information about what benefits seniors may be eligible for. You will be required to fill out a form on the Internet. Content Detail

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  National Council on the Aging

• Can I Get Social Security Benefits If I Am Not a Citizen of the United States?

  Social Security is a monthly payment from the federal government to blind, disabled or older people who have paid into the social security system. (Social security payments are usually taken out of your paycheck.) Even if your employer did not report your wages to the government, you might still be able to get benefits. Spouses and children of persons who have paid into the Social Security system may also be able to get benefits. Content Detail

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  Georgia Legal Services Program®

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  Spanish / Español

• How Social Security Can Make Payments to Someone Who is Managing Your Money For You

  Social Security's Representative Payment Program provides fiduciary assistance for our beneficiaries who are incapable of managing or directing someone else to manage their Social Security or SSI payments. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

• Benefits For Children (Social Security)

  This page outlines what Social Security's benefits for children are and who qualifies to receive them Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

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  Spanish / Español

  Russian / Pусский

  Chinese / 中文

• Frequently Asked Tax Questions About Social Security Income

  This web page answers common tax questions about Social Security income. Content Detail

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  Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury

• If You are Blind or Have Low Vision: How We Can Help

  The website has information on Social Security Disability benefits and SSI Benefits for individuals who are blind or have low vision. Content Detail

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  Social Security Administration

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  Spanish / Español

• Income Support: Social Security

  Social Security, the nation's best known form of insurance, provides a retirement and insurance program for older and disabled Americans. There are three basic categories of cash benefits under Social Security: retirement, disability and survivor benefits. Rules, payment schedules and eligibility for each program are distinct. Although a person may qualify for more than one type of benefit under Social Security, he/she can collect only one of these three benefits at a time. The following are brief highlights of each program. Read More

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  Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Aging Services