- Do you receive SSI or SSDI?
- Do you have questions about work or education and preparing for a career?
- Call Toll Free to talk with a Benefits Specialist
- They can answer many of your questions, and help you plan for your future career.
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- Did you know...
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- ...Social Security does not count $5,410.00 per year of your wages, as long as you are a student?
- ...MaineCare has a Workers with Disabilities Option that enables people with disabilities who work to access health insurance?
- ...Many housing programs do not count your wages in figuring your rent for the first year you work?
- ...Social Security has a PASS plan option that allows you to save money for college or job training?
- Call one of the agencies listed below on their Toll Free line and ask for the Benefits Specialist program.
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- Alpha One
- 800/640-7200
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- 800/300-6016
- Voice & TTY
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- Maine Medical Center
- Dept. of Vocational Services
- 888-208-8700
- TTY: 207/871-4900
- This information brought to you as a public service by Maine Works for Youth! The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, Maine's University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service. Funded by grant #5 H01 MC 00028-03 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.