Disability Benefits and Help in Nevada

SSDI and SSI in Nevada

Social Security disability works the same in every state: SSA takes your application, and a state agency makes the medical decision. In Nevada, that agency is the Bureau of Disability Adjudication (Rehabilitation Division, Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation). 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 Nevada on socialsecurityofficesnearme.com, the office finder from the same publisher.

Does Nevada Add to SSI?

Nevada's optional supplement is federally administered and goes to aged or blind SSI recipients living independently, in another person's household, or in state-certified domiciliary care. SSI recipients who qualify only as disabled receive no Nevada supplement. SSA pays it together with your SSI.

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

Short-Term Disability in Nevada

Nevada 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 Nevada

Nevada's Medicaid program is run by the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Care Financing and Policy (DHCFP); eligibility determined by the Division of Social Services (DSS, dss.nv.gov). The state uses SSI's eligibility rules for Medicaid but makes its own Medicaid decisions for SSI recipients, so you apply to the state Medicaid agency as well. (SSA)

Working with a disability: Health Insurance for Work Advancement Covers employed individuals age 16 through 64 with disabilities with combined net earned and unearned income up to 250% of the federal poverty level.

Home and Community Services in Nevada

• NV Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver for Persons with Physical Disabilities (4150.R07.00): People 65 or older and people with physical disabilities of any age who meet a nursing facility level of care
• NV HCBS Waiver for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (0125.R08.00): People with intellectual disabilities of any age who meet an ICF/IID level of care
• NV Waiver for the Frail Elderly (0152.R08.00): People 65 or older who meet a nursing facility level of care
• NV Waiver for Structured Family Caregiving (2426.R00.00): People 65 or older and people with other disabilities ages 0 to 64 who meet a nursing facility level of care

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

Vocational Rehabilitation in Nevada

Nevada's vocational rehabilitation agency helps people with disabilities prepare for, find and keep jobs:

• Nevada Rehabilitation Division (Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation; the division also includes the Bureau of Services to the Blind and Visually Impaired)

How it works: vocational rehabilitation.

Disability Rights Help in Nevada

Nevada Disability Advocacy & Law Center (NDALC) is Nevada's protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities.

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

ABLE Accounts in Nevada

ABLE Nevada (Nevada ABLE Savings Program): Administered by the Nevada State Treasurer's Office. 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 Nevada

Apply through the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) using SP-27 Disabled Persons License Plate/Placard Application (placards can also be requested online through DriveNV, 'Request ADA Products'). Temporary red placards valid for up to six months; moderate blue placards valid for up to two years; permanent plates, stickers or blue placards valid for ten years.

How placards work everywhere: disability parking placards.

Nevada Disability Help: Common Questions