PABBS stands for Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security. (https://choosework.ssa.gov/about/meet-your-employment-team/#PABSS). The services provided by PABBS are a resource through the Ticket to Work program for disability beneficiaries. These “organizations represent eligible beneficiaries to remove barriers to successful employment and will help you understand your rights regarding conditions of employment (https://choosework.ssa.gov/about/meet-your-employment-team/). Let’s answer a few questions to learn more about PABBS.
What is PABBS?
– Legal support, advocacy and information to help you resolve disability employment-related concerns.
Why utilitze PABSS support?
– For employment resources to help people with disabilities who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) that have have a disability-related employment issue.
Who can help?
– A listing of PABSS Service Providers can be found here: https://choosework.ssa.gov/findhelp/result?p_sort=alphabetical&option=2&resStr=paap&p_pagesize=25&p_pagenum=1
How can PABSS help?
– By navigating organizations and services to support your efforts to work and protect your rights such as appealing decisions of a vocational rehabilitation agency or EN.
– Requesting reasonable accommodations in your workplace, college classes, training courses, and licensing programs.
– Other disability-based legal issues that are barriers to employment, such as transportation.
More services PABSS can offer: https://www.ssa.gov/work/protectionadvocacy.html?tl=0%2C1%2C2
– Securing services from community agencies, including Employment Networks providing services under the Ticket to Work program.
– Helping people who are entitled to benefits understand Work Incentives and issues with their disability benefits.
– Protecting beneficiaries’ rights regarding conditions of employment.
– Helping beneficiaries understand and protect their employment rights, responsibilities and reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws.
– Protecting rights to transportation.
– Protecting access to housing assistance
– Obtaining vocational rehabilitation and employment related services and supports.
We at Mission Possible can help you navigate all the resources offered through the Ticket to Work program. Feel free to reach out to our Ticket to Work Program Manager, Tina, at 888-359-2366.
~ Stella
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