Parent Focus: Managing Benefits
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Use DB101’s School and Work Estimator to get a sense of how work could impact your child’s benefits.
For more about benefits programs and their rules, read DB101’s articles about:
- Benefits for Young People, including details about many different benefits and how rules change as your child gets older.
- Supplemental Security Income, which covers SSI’s rules in detail.
- Medical Assistance: Overview, which introduces the different ways a person may qualify for MA.
- Building Your Assets and Wealth, an introduction to asset-building strategies.
- Plans to Achieve Self-Support, an in-depth look at the ways a PASS can help.
- Individual Development Accounts, a detailed look at IDAs and how to set them up.
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- Understand your current benefits
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- Connect to resources
- Plan next steps
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The Minnesota Disability Law Center (MDLC) provides free assistance to people with civil legal issues related to their disability. Call the MDLC Intake Line at 1-612-334-5970 (Twin Cities metro area), 1-800-292-4150 (Greater Minnesota), or 1-612-332-4668 (TTY).
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Benefits for Young People
Find out how benefits support young people who work.
Working
Things you should know about working with a disability.
Going to Work Toolbox: Tips and Tools
Get key information and tips about how work and benefits interact.
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