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No matter what your needs may be, self-advocacy can be a powerful tool throughout your life. If you are just beginning your personal recovery process, you might find that self-advocacy helps you take small steps. As your self-advocacy efforts continue, you will surprise yourself with what you have achieved.

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Continuing Disability Review (CDR)

A periodic review to determine if there has been any medical improvement in your condition and/or to determine whether you continue to be eligible for Social Security benefits for other reasons. The two types of reviews are called a medical CDR and a...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2010 11:54 PM by Anthony Swetala

Filed under: requires, essential, necessary, goals, attitudes, "Self-advocacy", yourself, assistance, family, funding, disabilities, advocacy, expenses, Disability Rights...Know Them..and Empower Yourself, Support, enroll, medicare, appeals
Community Service

Temporary or transitional work that is performed in the public or private nonprofit sector that provides the Welfare-to-Work participant with job skills that can lead to employment.

Published Sat, Jan 01 2010 11:48 PM by Anthony Swetala

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Childhood Disability Benefits (CDB)

Benefits for disabled adult children of recipients of Social Security disability or retirement benefits. Formerly known as Disabled Adult Child (DAC) benefits.

Published Sat, Jan 01 2010 11:46 PM by Anthony Swetala

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CalWORKs

California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids. The state welfare-to-work program that provides income support and access to health coverage on a temporary basis. CalWORKs was formerly Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).

Published Sat, Jan 01 2010 11:44 PM by Anthony Swetala

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California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs)

The state welfare-to-work program that provides income support and access to health coverage on a temporary basis. CalWORKs was formerly Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).

Published Sat, Jan 01 2010 11:43 PM by Anthony Swetala

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Break-Even Point (BEP)

This is the income amount which reduces your Supplemental Security Income payment to zero when Social Security uses the countable income calculation . Your break even point can be determined by your earned and unearned income, living arrangements, and...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2010 11:42 PM by Anthony Swetala

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Blue Book (Listing of Impairments)

The Social Security publication that provides detailed information about disability programs to physicians and other health care professionals. The Blue Book includes the complete Listing of Impairments, which lists and defines those conditions considered...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2010 11:41 PM by Anthony Swetala

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Benefits Planning Query (BPQY)

A BPQY is a report that summarizes your current Social Security disability benefits. To order one, visit your local Social Security office or call 800-772-1213 (voice); 800-325-0778 (TTY). Be sure to review your BPQY carefully. If you have questions about...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2010 11:39 PM by Anthony Swetala

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Benefits Planner

A trained expert who can help you understand or apply for benefit programs. Their goal is to help you avoid financial complications while developing a sustainable plan for the future. To find a benefits planner in California, use the DB101 Benefits Planner...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2010 11:38 PM by Anthony Swetala

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Benefit Period

The time period that Medicare uses to measure an individual’s use of hospital and skilled nursing facility care . A benefit period begins the day an individual enters a hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF). The benefit period ends after the...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2010 11:37 PM by Anthony Swetala

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Benefit (California State Disability Insurance - SDI)

Weekly income replacement that generally lasts a maximum of 52 weeks. Benefits based on self-employment elective coverage are generally paid for a maximum of 39 weeks. Payments are based on an individual’s income during the SDI program’s base...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2010 11:36 PM by Anthony Swetala

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Base Period

The yearlong period that SDI uses to determine your regular wages. It starts around 17 months before your disability and ends around 5 months before then. Your base period is divided into 4 quarters, and the quarter with the highest wage is used to determine...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2010 11:35 PM by Anthony Swetala

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