Families of people with special needs often face unusually high travel expenses. Family members may be able to be reimbursed for these expenses from a special needs trust, depending on the type of trust.
Next year, recipients of SSDI, SSI or other Social Security programs will see a 2 percent raise in benefits, the largest increase in six years. But how did the Social Security Administration (SSA) arrive at this number?...
In one of its first acts of the new Congress, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives changed its rules to prevent lawmakers from shifting money from the Social Security retirement trust fund to the Social Security disability trust fund unless the...
When the parent of an adult with disabilities retires, the child may qualify for federal disability benefits, even if the child has never worked.
People with special needs and seniors will see their Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits inch up 1.7 percent in 2015, the Social Security Administration has announced.
The Special Needs Trust Fairness Act, federal legislation that would allow people with disabilities to create their own special needs trusts instead of having to rely on others, has cleared a key Senate hurdle.
President Obama's recently-released Fiscal Year 2016 Budget proposes a reallocation of payroll taxes to fix the anticipated shortfall in the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) trust fund, along with increased employment assistance for people with disabilities and additional funding for...
If you own or are thinking of owning a recreational vehicle, you need to consider the vehicle's impact on your government benefits, especially Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid.
Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) both allow working beneficiaries to deduct certain work-related expenses from their countable income, making it easier to qualify for benefits or, in the case of SSI, to receive a larger...
