Web Site Resources

Federal and State Benefits

Department of Veterans Affairs
Web site: http://www.va.gov/

This government-agency Web site includes information on veterans' benefits ranging from health care to home loan guarantee services.

Social Security Online
Web site: http://www.ssa.gov/

This government-agency Web site provides information on retirement and disability benefits. Users can also sign up for Social Security through this site. The site also contains reports to Congress, statistics, legislation affecting Social Security, and a number of other documents produced by the Social Security Administration. A Spanish version of the site is also available.

Medicare Part D

BenefitsCheckup
Web site: www.benefitscheckup.org

A comprehensive online service to screen for federal, state and some local private and public benefits for older adults (ages 55 and over). It contains over 1,350 different programs from all fifty states (including the District of Columbia). On average there are 50 to 70 programs available to individuals per state.

Family Caregiver Alliance
Web site: www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=1274

This website provides information on publicly-funded caregiver support programs in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. You will find information on programs funded through the National Family Caregiver Support Program, Aged/Disabled Medicaid waivers, and state-funded programs that either have a caregiver-specific focus, or include a family caregiving component in their service package.