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Benefits Assistance
How Can We Help?
Benefit specialists help answer questions and solve problems related to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, other health insurances and public benefits for:
- People age 60 and older
- Adults (age 18 to 59) with a physical or cognitive disability or a mental illness.
Depending on the individual’s circumstances, benefit specialists can help you to:
- Understand, access and apply for public benefits
- Apply, appeal and advocate for Social Security Disability
- Access health care
- Learn about Social Security work incentives and rules
- Navigate the process and represent you when benefits are denied
Services are free and confidential:
Our staff provides guidance on the following topics:
- Advance Directives
- BadgerCare Plus
- Civil Rights
- Cobra
- Consumer Protection
- Debt Collection
- Emergency Food Assistance and Community Programs
- Employer Pension or Retirement Benefits
- Estate Recovery and Liens
- FoodShare
- Guardianship
- Health Insurance, Employer Group Policy
- Health Insurance, Individual Policy (Marketplace and Non-marketplace plans
- Home & Community-Based Services Waivers
- Homeowner Assistance
- Housing Disputes - private landlord/owner
- Housing Disputes - subsidized or Public Housing
- Immigration and Citizenship
- Income Insurance Programs
- Indian Health Services
- Institutional Medicaid
- Long-term Care Insurance
- Medicaid for the Elderly, Blind, and Disabled (EBD)
- Medicare Supplemental Insurance
- Medicare
- Prescription Drug Assistance Programs
- Railroad Disability Benefits
- Railroad Retirement Benefits
- SeniorCare
- Social Security Auxiliary Benefits
- Social Security Disability Insurance
- Social Security Retirement Benefits
- SSDI/SSI Work Incentive Provisions - Post Eligibility
- SSI - E
- Supplemental Security Income
- Taxes
- Unemployment Compensation
- Utility Assistance
- Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Benefits
- Vocational Counseling and Rehabilitation
- Wisconsin Chronic Disease Programs
- Wisconsin Works
Please contact the Aging & Disability Resource Center at 262-605-6646 for further information.