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New Mexico’s Legal & Financial Weekly
Vol. 10.101 No. 13
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Working From Home With Ticket To Work
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f you receive Social Security disability benefits and are interested in working from home, Social Security’s Ticket to Work (Ticket) Program may be able to help! The Ticket Program supports career development for people ages 18 through 64 who receive Social Security disability benefits (SSDI/SSI) and want to work. Through this free and voluntary program, eligible participants can work with service providers to receive the supports and services they need to find and maintain employment.
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2. Create a morning routine. A morning routine will help you prepare for work and set you on the path to a productive day. 3. Keep a schedule. It’s important to maintain boundaries between your work and home life. If you have a home office, shut that door at the end of the day. Decompressing after work can be difficult when you’re at home, but setting a schedule helps you maintain that boundary so you c a n switch your attention from work to home.
Ticket program service providers can help you 4. Stay connected. Take advantage of videoconferencing to stay connected determine if working with your co-workers. It may take some practice to learn how to interact from home would be a with your colleagues this way. Studies show that people learn better good fit for you. They through video, they retain more from meetings and co-workers feel more can help identify work from home opportunities and polish your resume energized and connected with each other. for those positions. How can the Ticket to Work program help? If you’re already working with a service provider, and you’ve started a remote position, here are 4 tips that can help you succeed when working To learn how the Ticket program can help you explore working from from home: home, visit choosework.ssa.gov or call the Ticket to Work Help Line at 1-866-968-7842 or 1-866-833-2967 (TTY) Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. 1. Work from your home office. If you can, designate one room where to 8 p.m. ET. Ask a representative to send you a list of service providers or you’ll do your work. Try not to do anything else in that room. If you don’t find providers on your own with the Ticket program Find Help tool. have the extra space, set up a desk or table that’s dedicated to work. -(NAPSI)
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Free Professional Help For Family Caregivers
here is good news for many individuals who care for a loved one living The Foundation is managing the program in partnership with the U.S. with an injury or illness connected to military service. They’re now Department of Veterans Affairs, CareLinx, Wounded Warrior Project, eligible for free professional assistance. AARP, and Bob Woodruff Foundation. The professional caregivers are provided by the trusted and licensed professionals of the CareLinx network Who Helps and follow CDC guidelines to ensure everyone’s safety. A new program offered by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation provides veteran “I was skeptical that using respite care would actually help—I thought it caregivers with trained professionals to perform daily tasks, including might be more work than it was worth,” said veteran caregiver Jennifer housekeeping, meal preparation, grocery shopping, and grooming. Mackinday. “But it was game-changing. It was the first step for me to start taking better care of myself mentally and physically.” Military caregivers nationwide can apply for 24 hours of services free through the Foundation’s website hiddenheroes.org/respite. The number of Who Can Get Help available hours is limited, so caregivers are urged to apply right away. If you assist a service member or veteran with dressing, bathing, “Military caregivers have always struggled with the enormous responsibility transportation, managing medication, physical therapy, or dealing with the on their shoulders, but the risks and restrictions of COVID-19 have sent rates symptoms of post-traumatic stress, you may be a military caregiver. of caregiver burnout, depression and isolation soaring,” said Steve Schwab, CEO of the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. “We developed this emergency Learn More assistance program to give America’s hidden heroes the precious time they For more information about military caregiving and available services, visit need to rest, relax and recharge.” hiddenheroes.org/respite. -(NAPSI)