Information on Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Homepage and Table of Contents
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ssi/text-understanding-ssi.htm

SSI Overview
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ssi/text-over-ussi.htm

Spotlight on Burial Funds           
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ssi/spotlights/spot-burial-funds.htm

Spotlight on Trusts
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ssi/spotlights/spot-trusts.htm

Section 1917(d)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act Pertaining to Pooled Trusts
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title19/1917.htm 

State Agencies and Advocacy for Individuals With Special Needs

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Association of Resources Autism & Intellectual Disabilities (PAR) 
http://www.par.net/AboutPAR/tabid/110/Default.aspx

Pennsylvania Department of Welfare, Office of Development
http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/About/ODP

Delaware

DELARF            
http://www.delarf.org

Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens with Cognitive Disabilities
http://www.dfrcfoundation.org

State of Delaware, Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council
http://ddc.delaware.gov/

MassachusettsFederation for Children with Special Needs http://fcsn.org/index.php

Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council http://www.mass.gov/mddc/index2.html

New Jersey           

New Jersey Association of Community Providers
http://www.njacp.org/           

New Jersey Department of Human Services, Div. of Developmental Disabilities           
http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/ddd/index.html

New York

New York Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities           
http://www.omr.state.ny.us 

National Agencies and Advocacy for Individuals with Special NeedsAmericans with Disabilities Act Homepage           
http://www.ada.gov        

U.S. Health and Human Services, Administration on Developmental Disabilities           
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/add        

National Council on Disability           
http://www.ncd.gov           

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
http://www.aamr.org/index.shtml