{"id":485,"date":"2018-04-19T16:59:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T16:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/?page_id=485"},"modified":"2018-05-14T16:37:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T16:37:54","slug":"social-security-ssi-benefits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/social-security-ssi-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Security\/SSI Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"WHAT ARE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Social Security is a United States federal program of\u00a0social\u00a0insurance and\u00a0benefits\u00a0developed in 1935.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Social Security\u00a0program’s\u00a0benefits\u00a0<\/strong>include retirement income, disability income, Medicare and Medicaid, and death and survivorship\u00a0benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AM I ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS IF I HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Yes.\u00a0 Even if you have been\u00a0incarcerated you may be eligible for\u00a0Social Security retirement, survivors, or disability benefits\u00a0<\/strong>if you have worked or paid into Social Security enough years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Or you may be eligible for\u00a0Supplemental Security Income<\/strong> benefits\u00a0if you are 65 or older, or are blind, or have a disability and have little or no income and resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

People need funds to cover living expenses when they are released from prison.\u00a0 To help make a successful transition back into the community, you should apply for benefits you may be eligible for as soon as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I WAS RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY OR SSI BENEFITS BEFORE I WAS INCARCERATED.\u00a0 DO I STILL HAVE THEM NOW?<\/span><\/h3>\n

If you were receiving Social Security or SSI before you were incarcerated, those benefits were suspended when you were confined to prison or jail.<\/span><\/p>\n