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Child care and other help to work
   Child Care Assistance Program (Separate Website)
Louisiana gets federal money to help low-income families with child care needed for parents to work or attend school or training.
By: Louisiana Department of Social Services
  
   
   Living in the United States: A Guide for Immigrant Youth This link opens a PDF file in a new window.  If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page. (Separate Website)
Information about many issues immigrant youth face when living in the United States. Topics include citizenship, Social Security numbers, taxes, public benefits, going to college, and more.
By: Immigrant Legal Resource Center

    Read this in: Korean / 한국어 , Spanish / Espaņol
  
   
   Louisiana Department of Social Services (Separate Website)
Link to the website of the state agency that runs these programs: food stamps, welfare, kinship care subsidies, foster care, child support, disability rehabilitation, and more.
By: Louisiana Department of Social Services
  
   
   Questions and Answers About State ID Cards This link opens a PDF file in a new window.  If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
Look here for some basic information about state ID cards.
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
 
  
   
   Strategies To Empower People (STEP) program (Separate Website)
Louisiana must give job training, work and services like child care, transportation, eyeglasses, hearing aids, to families on TANF/FITAP cash assistance working to become self-sufficient.
By: Louisiana Department of Social Services
  
   
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Disabled and want to work
   Louisiana Department of Social Services (Separate Website)
Link to the website of the state agency that runs these programs: food stamps, welfare, kinship care subsidies, foster care, child support, disability rehabilitation, and more.
By: Louisiana Department of Social Services
  
   
   Questions and Answers About State ID Cards This link opens a PDF file in a new window.  If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
Look here for some basic information about state ID cards.
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
 
  
   
   Social Security Disability: Frequently Asked Questions (Separate Website)
Answers most questions you will have about applying for Social Security disability benefits. See the link called "Disability FAQs."
By: Nat'l Ass'n of Social Security Claimants' Representatives
  
   
   Social Security's "Ticket to Work" program (Separate Website)
This program gives Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities who want to go to work, some help in getting jobs, vocational rehabilitation, and other support services. Here's some questions and answers about the program from the Social Security web site.
  
   
   Vocational Rehabilitation Services (Separate Website)
The state offers people with disabilities many services to help them compete in the interview process, get and keep a job, and develop a career. Help may include work evaluation and job readiness services; assistive technology; job counseling services, and medical and therapeutic services. Find out more.
By: Louisiana Department of Social Services
  
   
   Vocational services for the blind (Separate Website)
Louisiana Rehabilitation Services provides both vocational rehabilitation and independent living services to eligible individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
By: Louisiana Department of Social Services
  
   
   What government programs might help when you have little or no money.
Don't know where to go for help? Find out here.
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
 
  
   
   Appealing Social Security decisions (Separate Website)
This article on the Social Security Administration web site tells you about the agency's appeals process.
By: Social Security Administration
  
   
   Eligibility for survivors' benefits (Separate Website)
This article on the Social Security Administration web site explains who may be eligible for widow's, widower's and other survivors' benefits.
By: Social Security Administration
  
   
   Living in the United States: A Guide for Immigrant Youth This link opens a PDF file in a new window.  If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page. (Separate Website)
Information about many issues immigrant youth face when living in the United States. Topics include citizenship, Social Security numbers, taxes, public benefits, going to college, and more.
By: Immigrant Legal Resource Center

    Read this in: Korean / 한국어 , Spanish / Espaņol
  
   
   Proving Paternity: Protect your child's rights to Social Security benefits.
Was your child born outside of marriage? Has your child's father agreed he's the father but refused to put it in writing? Find out what you need to do now to protect your child's rights to Social Security benefits.
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
 
  
   
   Questions and Answers About State ID Cards This link opens a PDF file in a new window.  If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
Look here for some basic information about state ID cards.
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
 
  
   
   Representative Payees for Social Security/SSI Benefits
Sometimes Social Security decides someone cannot manage their benefits. Learn about the rights of the person getting benefits and the duties of the representative payee. This is a condensed excerpt from the Advocacy Center publication, "Legal Status in Louisiana."
By: Advocacy Center
  
   
   Social Security Announces Faster Track for Some Disability Claims (Separate Website)
Read about Social Security's new "Compassionate Allowances," which plans to speed up processing of disability claims involving certain kinds of cancer and rare diseases.
By: Social Security Administration
  
   
   Social Security Disability: Frequently Asked Questions (Separate Website)
Answers most questions you will have about applying for Social Security disability benefits. See the link called "Disability FAQs."
By: Nat'l Ass'n of Social Security Claimants' Representatives
  
   
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