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You should call the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. They will provide you with free assistance in getting a job that will accomodate your physical disabilities, including getting you whatever training or tools necessary. You should also apply for unemployment since you have lost your job through no fault of your own. Consider applying for disability if you are completely unable to work. Finally, if you were injured on the job, you need to file a worker's compensation claim.
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You can apply for disability online. The forms are all there for your to complete, then they are forwarded to a caseworker, who will contact you through the mail. Alaska is in the Seattle, Washington region. The forms are here (links on left side menu): http://www.ssa.gov/seattle/ This page has an overview: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/insurance/consumerguide/consumer35.htm Loads of helpful info here: http://www.disabilitysecrets.com/disability-resources-index.html
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Social Security Benefit Calculators You can find three social security benefit calculators at Social Security Benefit Calculators. Use the online calculator or the quick calculator through the website, but you'll have to down load the detailed calculator to your computer.
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Young Money Benefit Calculator There is a Young Money Benefit Calculator that lets you calculate an estimate of your Social Security retirement income.
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Social Security Attorneys FindLaw's a good place to start. I'd look there first. They should have a decent list of social security attorneys.
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Social Security Attorneys "Social Security Law.com, that's where you want to go. It's the best place for social security attorneys on the internet."
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According to the US Census, the average social security check is 895 dollars for retired workers. The average for disabled workers is 834 dollars; widows and widowers averaged 861 dollars respectively.
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According to the US Census, the average social security check is 895 dollars for retired workers. The average for disabled workers is 834 dollars; widows and widowers averaged 861 dollars respectively.
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A surviving spouse could be eligible for the deceased partner's full Social Security benefit -- depending on the age at which the surviving spouse claims that benefit. The key: your age when your spouse dies. If you already have reached your "full retirement age" (as defined by Social Security) when your spouse dies, you generally will be eligible to receive your deceased partner's full benefit. This assumes that your deceased partner's benefit is larger than your current one, based on your earnings history. But if you haven't reached full retirement age when your spouse dies, you will be eligible for somewhat less than 100% of the deceased partner's benefit. Here's an example: Bob is 70 years old and gets $1,800 a month from Social Security. Marcia, 68, collects $900 a month. Bob dies, and Marcia starts to collect $1,800 a month. The reason: Marcia already has reached full retirement age. You can start collecting Social Security survivor benefits as early as age 60, but at a reduced rate. You will get a smaller monthly payment than you would by waiting until your full retirement age, because those checks are being spread over a longer time period. Let's say Marcia is over 60 and hasn't reached her full retirement age when Bob dies (at age 70). Depending on her age, she generally could collect between 71% and 99% of her deceased husband's benefit. If your spouse dies and you receive, or are eligible for, a Social Security retirement benefit based on your own earnings record, you can either collect your own benefit or your survivor benefit -- but not both at the same time.

