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North Country Center for Independence
102 Sharron Avenue
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Open Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
518-563-9058 Phone & TTY
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The North Country Center for Independence receives funding from:

The NYS Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities, Resource Center for Independent Living, United Way of the Adirondack Region, Clinton County Office for the Aging, Concepts of Independent Choices, New York State Medicaid, Plattsburgh City School District / 21st Century Learning Centers, the Northeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center, Stewarts Shops, Mountain Lake PBS, Northeast Public Radio, as well as civic organizations and individual donors throughout the North Country.

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Updated: 7 / 15 / 10

Do you receive Social Security disability benefits?

Want to work?

Call us. We have good news!

Many individuals would like to work, but are worried that they will lose necessary cash and medical benefits if they have earnings. The project will provide you with information about work incentives which allow you to keep some or all of your cash benefits and your medical benefits as well. These work incentives are:

• SSDI's Trial Work Period & Extended Period of Eligibility
• SSI rules for disregarding some earned income, including student earnings
• SSDI & SSI reinstatement rules
• Extended Medicare and 1619(b) Medicaid coverage
• SSI's Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS)

You are eligible to receive assistance to understand and use these programs if you receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Medicare or Medicaid, or if you are a student age 14 or older, who receives SSI or SSDI. Benefits advisement can be short term ... completed in one or two phone calls or meetings, or long term ... with planning, monitoring and problem solving over an extended period of time (6 to 12 months). This may include drafting a Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS).

The project is funded by the Social Security Administration and is designed to assist individuals who receive SSA disability benefits to make informed choices about work. It provides information, advice and training about work incentives to individuals, family members and support agencies.

Our goal is to help people reach their highest employment potential through benefits advisement.

To learn more about Social Security Work Incentives, e-mail Norman Karp, Community Work Incentives Coordinator, or call him at 518-891-2108.

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