Disability Benefits and Help in New Hampshire

SSDI and SSI in New Hampshire

Social Security disability works the same in every state: SSA takes your application, and a state agency makes the medical decision. In New Hampshire, that agency is the Bureau of Disability Determination Services (New Hampshire Department of Education). 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 New Hampshire on socialsecurityofficesnearme.com, the office finder from the same publisher.

Does New Hampshire Add to SSI?

Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled (APTD) is state cash assistance for people ages 18 to 64 who are physically or mentally disabled; anyone eligible for APTD cash is also eligible for medical assistance. The disability must be expected to last at least 48 months or result in death, and countable resources can be no higher than $1,500. The state runs it through New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Family Assistance (State Supplement Programs: Old Age Assistance (OAA), Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled (APTD) and Aid to the Needy Blind (ANB)), separately from SSA.

Source: state program page. See how SSI works and the SSI calculator.

Paid Medical Leave in New Hampshire

New Hampshire has no temporary disability insurance, but New Hampshire Paid Family and Medical Leave (NH PFML) pays benefits for your own serious health condition, up to 6 weeks. Voluntary, not mandatory: employers may buy a group plan and workers may buy an individual plan (premium no more than $5 per week by state law). Base coverage is paid family leave and paid medical leave in a single policy, 60% wage replacement up to the Social Security wage cap, up to 6 weeks per benefit year. Whether a given plan covers your own health condition depends on the plan purchased; the home page did not spell out own-health coverage by plan type. New Hampshire Paid Family and Medical Leave (NH PFML) details

Compare every state program in state disability insurance.

Medicaid for People With Disabilities in New Hampshire

New Hampshire's Medicaid program is run by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medicaid Services. The state is a 209(b) state, which federal law allows to use Medicaid rules more restrictive than SSI's. SSI recipients apply to the state Medicaid agency separately and its rules can differ from SSI's. (SSA)

Working with a disability: Medicaid for Employed Adults with Disabilities (MEAD), ages 18 through 64; Medicaid for Employed Older Adults with Disabilities (MOAD), age 65 or older lets people with disabilities who work keep Medicaid coverage.

Home and Community Services in New Hampshire

• NH Choices for Independence Waiver (0060.R08.00): People 65 or older and people with physical or other disabilities ages 18 to 64 who meet a nursing facility level of care
• NH Developmental Disabilities Waiver (0053.R08.00): People with autism, intellectual disabilities or developmental disabilities of any age who meet an ICF/IID level of care
• NH In Home Supports for Children with Developmental Disabilities (0397.R05.00): Children and youth ages 0 to 21 with autism, intellectual or developmental disabilities who meet an ICF/IID level of care
• NH Acquired Brain Disorder Waiver (4177.R06.00): People with brain injury age 22 or older 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 New Hampshire

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

• New Hampshire Vocational Rehabilitation (Division of Career Technology and Adult Learning, NH Department of Education)

How it works: vocational rehabilitation.

Disability Rights Help in New Hampshire

Disability Rights Center - New Hampshire (DRC-NH) is New Hampshire's protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities.

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

ABLE Accounts in New Hampshire

The NH ABLE Plan: Oversight shared by the NH State Treasurer and the Executive Director of the Governor's Commission on Disability; offered through the National ABLE Alliance. 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 New Hampshire

Apply through the New Hampshire Department of Safety, Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) using Application for Walking Disability Privileges (RDMV 130). Temporary placards are authorized for up to six months; permanent placards for up to five years, but they expire at the same time as your driver license or non-driver ID card and must be renewed.

How placards work everywhere: disability parking placards.

New Hampshire Disability Help: Common Questions