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      Learn how to manage school, work, and benefits. Includes tips for parents.
          • Young People and Benefits
          • Start Planning Now
            Learn about new challenges and opportunities as you become an adult. > More
          • Benefits for Young People
            Learn about the most important benefit programs for young people, why they matter, and how you can get them. > More
          • Benefits at 18
            You may be able to get more benefits when you are 18, and other benefits may change. Learn how your 18th birthday may affect your benefits. > More
          • Youth and Disability: Eric's Story
            Learn how Eric can be a student and work part-time without affecting his benefits. > More
          • Finding a Job
            Figure out how to find work. > More
          • Tips for Parents
          • Tips for Parents: Start Planning Now
            Help your child plan for the future. > More
          • Tips for Parents: Benefits
            Learn how your child’s benefits may change after they turn 18. > More
          • Tips for Parents: Education
            Find out more about your child’s options after high school. > More
          • Tips for Parents: Working
            Help your child prepare for work and success. > More
          • School and Work Calculator
            Young people with disabilities can use the School and Work Calculator to find out how a job can affect their cash benefits and health coverage - and how staying in school can help. > More

          Related Programs

          • Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
            The federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program pays cash benefits to people who are disabled and have limited income and savings. > More
          • Medi-Cal
            Medi-Cal is a program that helps pay medical expenses for people who are disabled, young, elderly, pregnant, or who have low income. > More
          • Pell Grants
            Pell Grants are financial aid that can help pay for tuition, fees or other educational expenses. They do not have to be repaid. > More

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