The Social Security system affects almost everyone in the country,
especially people with disabilities at one time or another.
Unfortunately, it is complex and often difficult to understand
because of the many years of changes in related laws, regulations,
and court rulings.  To help address this problem, I've obtained
every Social Security publication I could find in electronic
form,converted them to plain text, and grouped them by topic.

Empowerment Zone (http://www.empowermentzone.com) now has an
extensive collection of electronic text resources about Social
Security programs.  One can find this collection by selecting the
appropriate link in the table of contents near the beginning of the
front page (or go directly to it with the address
http://www.empowermentzone.com/index.shtml#social).  The site's
search engine, available as the second link on the page, allows one
to search for files based on one or more terms within their
content.  One can also locate a particular file by using the search
feature of a web browser to find a phrase in its description below.

I welcome suggestions for materials or links to add to this
collection.  Currently, the following 37 resources may be viewed
online or downloaded:

* Answers to frequently asked questions about Social Security

* Understanding Social Security

* Policy statement on electronic communications by the Social
Security Administration

* Disability Evaluation Under Social Security

* Understanding the Benefits

* A Guide for Representative Payees

* What Prisoners Should Know About Social Security

* Disability Based on Drug Addiction or Alcoholism

* Compilation of information about Social Security benefits for
people with HIV or AIDS

* Compilation of information about Social Security benefits for
children

* Compilation of information about Social Security benefits for
legal immigrants

* Social Security:  What Every Woman Should Know

* If You Are Blind:  How Social Security and SSI Can Help

* Medicare For People Who Have Permanent Kidney Failure

* Providing Medical Evidence to the Social Security Administration
for Individuals with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:  A Guide for Health
Professionals

* Compilation of information about Return-to-Work programs of the
Social Security Administration

* Compilation of information about due process rights under
programs of the Social Security Administration

* Compilation of information about work incentives under disability
related programs of the Social Security Administration

* Compilation of information about Social Security programs related
to food and nutrition

* Compilation of information about the Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) program

* Compilation of information about the Social Security Disability
Insurance (SSDI) program

* Compilation of information about the Social Security Retirement
program

* Compilation of information about the Social Security Survivors
program

* Compilation of information about Social Security as a public
investment, including basic facts about the system and how it is
financed by our taxes

* Compilation of information about Social Security pertaining to
particular occupations, including military personnel, government
employees, and household workers

* Compilation of information about Social Security for people who
are self employed

* Compilation of information about Social Security Numbers

* Compilation of miscellaneous information applicable to most
Social Security benefit programs, including how credits are earned,
receiving payments while abroad, getting benefits by direct
deposit, and pensions not covered by Social Security

* The Medicare program of the Social Security Administration

* Guide to health insurance through Medicare

* Medicare Fact Sheet

* Medicare Managed Care

* Guide to health insurance through Medicaid

* The Social Security Handbook

* Social Security Administration, Office on Disability

* Health Care Financing Administration--the Medicare and Medicaid
Agency

* Employment Support Institute--develops Work World software for
analyzing how government benefit programs affect net income and
work incentives


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