Disability Benefits and Help in North Dakota

SSDI and SSI in North Dakota

Social Security disability works the same in every state: SSA takes your application, and a state agency makes the medical decision. In North Dakota, that agency is the Disability Determination Services (North Dakota Health and Human Services). 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 North Dakota on socialsecurityofficesnearme.com, the office finder from the same publisher.

Does North Dakota Add to SSI?

No. North Dakota doesn't pay an optional state supplement to SSI.

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

Short-Term Disability in North Dakota

North Dakota 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 North Dakota

North Dakota's Medicaid program is run by the North Dakota Health and Human Services (ND Medicaid). 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: Workers with Disabilities Medicaid Coverage For North Dakota residents ages 16 to 65 with an SSA-guideline disability who are employed or become employed; one-time $100 enrollment fee and a monthly premium equal to five percent of gross countable income (fact sheet updated April 2024).

Home and Community Services in North Dakota

• ND Medicaid Waiver for Home and Community Based Services (0273.R06.00): People 65 or older and people with physical or other disabilities ages 18 to 64 who meet a nursing facility level of care
• ND Traditional IID/DD Home and Community Based Services Waiver (0037.R09.00): People with intellectual or developmental disabilities of any age who meet an ICF/IID level of care
• ND Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Birth through Twenty Waiver (0842.R03.00): Children and youth with autism ages 0 to 20 who meet an ICF/IID level of care
• ND Medicaid Waiver for Medically Fragile Children (0568.R04.00): Medically fragile children ages 3 to 21 who meet a nursing facility level of care
• ND Children's Hospice Waiver (0834.R03.00): Medically fragile children ages 0 to 21 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 North Dakota

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

• North Dakota Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

How it works: vocational rehabilitation.

Disability Rights Help in North Dakota

Protection & Advocacy Project (North Dakota state agency) is North Dakota's protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities.

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

Disability Parking Placards in North Dakota

Apply through the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT), Motor Vehicle Division using SFN 2886 - Application for Mobility-Impaired Parking Permit. Permanent (blue) permits are valid for a three-year cycle (non-reversible conditions renew without physician consent; reversible conditions need a physician); temporary (red) permits are issued for three months and are not renewable. Replacement of a lost or stolen permit costs $3.

How placards work everywhere: disability parking placards.

North Dakota Disability Help: Common Questions