Disability Benefits and Help in Indiana

SSDI and SSI in Indiana

Social Security disability works the same in every state: SSA takes your application, and a state agency makes the medical decision. In Indiana, that agency is the Disability Determination Bureau (Indiana Family and Social Services Administration). In 2026, SSI pays up to $994 a month for an individual before any state supplement, and work above $1,690 a month generally rules out disability benefits.

Start with how to apply, SSDI vs SSI and the eligibility screener. To visit an office, find Social Security offices in Indiana on socialsecurityofficesnearme.com, the office finder from the same publisher.

Does Indiana Add to SSI?

Indiana pays a state-administered optional supplement, Room and Board Assistance (RBA), to SSI and Medicaid recipients living in room and board facilities, and a $22.00 state payment to SSI recipients in Medicaid-certified facilities who get a $30.00 SSI payment. There is no supplement for people living independently. The state runs it through Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, separately from SSA.

Source: SSA. See how SSI works and the SSI calculator.

Short-Term Disability in Indiana

Indiana has no state short-term disability insurance program and no state paid medical leave program for your own health condition.

Compare every state program in state disability insurance.

Medicaid for People With Disabilities in Indiana

Indiana's Medicaid program is run by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning. The state has a 1634 agreement with SSA, so SSA makes the Medicaid decision for SSI recipients: when SSA approves your SSI, Medicaid generally follows. (SSA)

Working with a disability: MEDWorks (Medicaid for Employees with Disabilities) lets people with disabilities who work keep Medicaid coverage.

Home and Community Services in Indiana

• Health and Wellness Medicaid Waiver: individuals 59 and younger who meet nursing facility level of care
• PathWays Medicaid Waiver: individuals aged 60 and older who meet nursing facility level of care
• Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver: people with traumatic brain injury
• Community Integration and Habilitation Waiver
• Family Supports Waiver

More on Medicaid for people with disabilities and getting paid as a family caregiver.

Vocational Rehabilitation in Indiana

Indiana's vocational rehabilitation agencies help people with disabilities prepare for, find and keep jobs:

• Vocational Rehabilitation (VR), Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, Division of Disability, Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DDARS)
• Blind and Visually Impaired Services (BVIS) (for people who are blind or visually impaired)

How it works: vocational rehabilitation.

Disability Rights Help in Indiana

Indiana Disability Rights is Indiana's protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities.

Know your rights: the ADA, accommodations at work, IEPs and 504 plans.

ABLE Accounts in Indiana

INvestABLE Indiana: Overseen by the ABLE Authority under the Indiana Treasurer of State. In 2026 you can contribute up to $20,000 a year, and the disability must have started before age 46.

Details: ABLE accounts.

Disability Parking Placards in Indiana

Apply through the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) using Application for Disability License Plate or Parking Placard - State Form 42070. Fee: No additional charge for license plates or up to 2 permanent placards; a temporary placard costs $5.. Permanent placards do not expire unless a healthcare provider certifies the disability is no longer permanent. Temporary placards expire on the date the healthcare provider indicates on the application or one year from issuance, whichever comes first.

How placards work everywhere: disability parking placards.

Indiana Disability Help: Common Questions