Everything you always wanted to know about Social Security Benefits
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This brochure was prepared by Cheryl Coon, Attorney at Law with Thomas, Coon, Newton & Frost, Attorneys at Law.
Address: 820 SW Second Ave Suite 200, Portland, OR 97204
Phone: 503-228-5222
Website: tcnf.legal.
Website: Advocating for Social Security Disability Benefits https://www.tcnf.legal/practice-areas/social-security/
Oregon Department of Human Services
Services: Many Oregonians with disabilities worry that if they go to work, they will lose all their federal and state benefits. But that’s not usually the case. There are special programs that can help you keep your benefits when you start working. These are called work incentives.
Oregon has two free benefits counseling programs for people with disabilities who are interested in working. Certified benefits counselors help you understand how working might affect your benefits.
Phone: (800) 661-2571
Email: win.refer@adhsoha.oregon.gov
Website: https://www.oregon.gov/odhs/aging-disability-services/pages/benefits-counseling.aspx
Work Incentives Planning & Assistance
Services Provided: Helping brain injury survivors who receive SSDI and/or SSI plan for how to return to work. The service provides information on how working can impact one’s Social Security benefits.
If you are a Social Security disability beneficiary and would like to know how work may affect your benefits, we can provide information about work incentives to help you make informed decisions about work. You can increase your financial stability and independence, fulfillment, and community involvement. You can also gain a greater sense of purpose and give back to your community.
Cost/Funding: Free
Comments: A project of Disability Rights Oregon. Program is also known as Plan for Work. Previously known as the Passage to Independence Project. WIPA serves 20-25 brain injury survivors annually.
Phone Number: (503) 323-9159
Email: pfw@droregon.org
Website: https://www.droregon.org/plan-for-work