Many stay-at-home moms and homemakers are left out of the disability benefit system, except for those with very low household income or whose spouses have become disabled or died.
Learn more about where Arkansas' claims are decided, their approval and denial rates, the amount of SSI a person can receive, and how long an appeal takes to be heard.
How a divorce affects your disability payments depends on whether you were receiving disability benefits on your spouse's earnings record, on your own work record, or through the SSI program.
In Georgia, a state agency called Disability Adjudication Services (DAS) decides if a disability applicant is disabled for the purpose of SSDI or SSI benefits.