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Find experts who can answer your questions about benefits, including how to apply, how getting a job can impact your benefits, and what you need to do to stay on benefits.

The offices you should contact depend on your situation and the benefits you get.

Social Security Disability Benefits

• Call the Social Security Administration (SSA) at 1-800-772-1213 or 1-800-325-0778 (TTY) or go to your local Social Security office.

How Work Affects SSI and SSDI

• Contact a Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) counselor:
  • In most New Jersey counties, contact NJWINS.
  • In Essex, Bergen, Union and Hudson counties, get WIPA services from
    Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey. Call the Ticket to Work help line to get a referral to their WIPA program.
• Call the Ticket to Work Help Line at 1-866-968-7842 or 1-866-833-2967 (TTY).

New Jersey Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI)

• Call a TDI customer service representative at 1-609-292-7060.

Medicaid or Medicaid's NJ WorkAbility program

• Call or visit your local county Board of Social Services.
• Call the nearest New Jersey Medical Assistance Customer Center (MACC) Office.
• Call the New Jersey FamilyCare/Medicaid Call Center at 1-800-356-1561.

Medicare

• Call Medicare at 1-800-633-4227 or 1-877-486-2048 (TTY).
• Call the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) at 1-800-792-8820.

Work Preparation

• Call or visit the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVRS) office near you.
• Call the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CBVI) at 1-877-685-8878.
• Call the Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DDHH) at 1-800-792-8339 (V/TTY).
• Contact your One-Stop Career Center.

Getting Help with Other Types of Benefits

• For help identifying your needs and your options, contact Aging & Disability Resource Center of New Jersey.
• For state benefits like WorkFirst New Jersey and NJ SNAP (formerly Food Stamps), contact your local county Board of Social Services.
• For housing benefits like Section 8 or public housing, contact public housing authorities (PHAs).
• For other disability-related questions, benefits, or peer support, contact an Independent Living Center.