Community Currents

Upcoming Workshops and Legal Clinics: SSDI and SSI Work Incentive Programs

Workshop: Join us on February 21, 2014 from 10:00–10:50 a.m. at Hyde Street Community Services at 134 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA. We will be presenting information about Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) work incentive programs for beneficiaries with mental and/or developmental disabilities.

Workshop: Join us on March 19, 2014 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. at NAMI San Francisco's Monthly General Meeting at the Family Service Agency at 1010 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA. We will be presenting information about Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) work reviews for beneficiaries with mental and/or developmental disabilities. See NAMI SF's website for more information.

Legal Clinics: Do you have a psychiatric and/or developmental disability, receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and/or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), and is the Social Security Administration (SSA) conducting a work review? If you are already on benefits and you are being reviewed or ceased, we may be able to assist. For example, if SSA is conducting a work review or income or resource redetermination and you are having problems with SSA, whether based on your disability or the way in which SSA applies their work incentive rules to you, this clinic may be for you. This clinic is not for overpayments only. Next clinics: February 27 and March 27, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., by appointment only. Call (415) 931-3070 or (510) 522-7933 for an appointment.

PWDF Profile

Who We Are

People With Disabilities Foundation is an operating 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California, which focuses on the rights of the mentally and developmentally disabled.

Services

Advocacy: PWDF advocates for Social Security claimant's disability benefits in eight Bay Area counties. We also provide services in disability rights, on issues regarding returning to work, and in ADA consultations, including areas of employment, health care, and education, among others. There is representation before all levels of federal court and Administrative Law Judges. No one is declined due to their inability to pay, and we offer a sliding scale for attorney's fees.

Education/Public Awareness: To help eliminate the stigma against people with mental disabilities in society, PWDF's educational program organizes workshops and public seminars, provides guest speakers with backgrounds in mental health, and produces educational materials such as videos.

Continuing Education Provider: State Bar of California MCLE, California Board of Behavioral Sciences Continuing Education, and Commission of Rehabilitation Counselor Certification.