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                            Find out about programs and strategies that can help you save up money and plan for the future.
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                                    Learn about programs that can help you build your savings without risking your disability benefits.
                                  • Individual Development Accounts (IDAs)
                                    Individual Development Accounts are savings accounts that help people with low incomes build assets. The money saved can be used for a small business, for higher education, or for the purchase of a first home.

                                Related Programs

                                • Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
                                  Supplemental Security Income (SSI) gives cash benefits to people with disabilities and seniors who have low income and low resources.
                                • Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
                                  Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) gives cash benefits to people who worked and paid Social Security taxes before their disabilities limited their ability to work.
                                • 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.

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                                SSI and SSDI

                                Call Social Security
                                1-800-772-1213

                                How Work Affects SSI and SSDI:

                                • Call Disability Rights California
                                  1-800-776-5746
                                • Call the Ticket to Work Help Line
                                  1-866-968-7842
                                • Contact a Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) counselor

                                Medi-Cal

                                • Contact your county social services agency
                                • Call Disability Rights California
                                  1-800-776-5746
                                • Call the Health Consumer Alliance
                                  1-888-804-3536

                                IHSS

                                Contact your county In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) office

                                Medicare

                                • Call Medicare
                                  1-800-633-4227
                                • Call the Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program (HICAP)
                                  1-800-434-0222

                                California SDI

                                Contact the state Employment Development Department (EDD) 1-800-480-3287

                                Work Preparation

                                • Contact your Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) office
                                • Contact your local America's Job Center of California (AJCC) (One-Stop)

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