Navigating Government Benefits & Employment
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Summary
This guidebook is intended to be a resource for veterans and family members as they navigate the complex interaction between government benefits and employment or self-employment. This guidebook focuses on government benefit programs that veterans access most frequently. The primary focus of the guidebook is on the impact that work income can have on factors such as initial eligibility, ongoing eligibility, and cash benefit amounts.
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Populations
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Institute for Veterans and Military Families
Programs/Initiatives
States
Keywords
Military Retirement; Separation; VA pension; VA disability compensation; Social Security Disability Insurance; SSDI; Work Incentives Planning Assistance; WIPA; Tricare; VA health care; Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs; CHAMPVA; Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment; VR&E; Individual Unemployability; IU; Veterans Opportunity to Work; VOW; Therapeutic and Supported Employment Services; TSES; Compensated Work Therapy; CWT; Incentive Therapy; IT; State Vocational Rehabilitation Programs; VR; Work Opportunity Tax Credit; WOTC; Veterans with disabilities
Contact
Institute for Veterans
and Millitary Families
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Phone
315-443-0141