This handbook is designed to help disabled individuals determine the effects of a given employment opportunity on Social Security Benefits. Because of the complexity of the material, it is intended not for the consumer, but for the social workers, counselors, and developmental disabilities coordinators as a reference source for work with people…

As one of a series of topic papers assessing federal laws and programs affecting persons with disabilities, this paper outlines several ways in which existing Social Security laws serve to discourage and penalize people with disabilities if they seek to become employed and self-supporting. Programs funded under the Social Security Act are…

This report assesses the extent to which ineligible noncitizens receive postsecondary federal student financial assistance. The study focused on the following issues: (1) processes needed to ensure that ineligible noncitizens do not receive federal student aid under Title IV of the Higher Education Act, (2) the numbers of potentially ineligible…