Next Steps

Chat with a Hub expert to learn more about options and discover other helpful resources.

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.

Talk to people and organizations who can help your child take the next steps to find work. Here are some options:

• Your child’s IEP team. If your child has an Individualized Education Program (IEP), tell the team you want your child to work.
• Vocational Rehabilitation Services. Every high school has a VRS counselor to help students with disabilities find work.
• Your child’s county case manager. If your child has a case manager at the county or tribal human services office, tell him or her that work is part of your child’s plan.
• CareerForce locations. Ask them about their youth programs.

When you have questions or need help, use Chat with a Hub expert. This feature connects you to a DB101 Expert using live chat, phone, or secure email. Anything you talk about is private.

Chat with a Hub expert to:

• Understand your current benefits
• Get help using DB101.org
• Connect to resources
• Plan next steps

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).