GROUP : Georgia Rehabilitation OUtreach Program : Guiding, Removing Obstacles, and Unlocking Potential

GROUP: Guiding

Georgia Rehabilitation
Removing Obstacles

Outreach Program
Unlocking Potential

GROUP is dedicated to assisting Georgians with disabilities to obtain, regain, and maintain selfsupporting employment.
Who is Eligible?
l Individuals between the ages of 14 and 64 with any type of disability:
u Who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or both
u And who are interested in pursuing work goals.

Plans for Achieving Success
GROUP provides:
l Information and assistance on how employment will impact your Social Security and state benefits.
l Advice on benefits planning through the use of work incentives such as Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS), Impairment-Related Work Expense (IRWE), Trial Work Period and 1619B (maintaining Medicaid while working).
l Counseling about work options and support services in other available programs to help you explore your employment choices.
l Follow-up and guidance.

How to Contact Us
GROUP is committed to educating and empowering Georgians with disabilities. Please contact us to schedule a free benefits counseling session with a trained Benefits Specialist.
Georgia Department of Labor Vocational Rehabilitation Program Georgia Rehabilitation OUtreach Program 1700 Century Circle, Suite 300 Atlanta, Georgia 30345
Telephone Numbers: Toll Free: 1-866-489-0001 Toll Free Fax: 1-877-400-0150 Toll Free TTY: 1-866-373-7778 Atl. Metro: 404-486-6331 Atl. Metro Fax: 404-486-6332 Atl. Metro TTY: 404-486-6333
Website: http://www.vocrehabga.org

"Dedicated to

Assisting Georgians

With Disabilities"

BPAO Programs & Service Areas:
(Benefits Planning, Assistance & Outreach)

Georgia Rehabilitation OUtreach Program (GROUP) GDOL/Vocational Rehabilitation Program (See inside)
Benefits Navigator 1-866-772-2726 Shepherd Center
Project 20/20 1-877-821-8400 Walton Options

GROUP provides services in these Georgia counties:

GROUP is a cooperative agreement project awarded by the Social Security Administration. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not represent the official views of the Social Security Administration.
This publication was produced by the Georgia Department of Labor, Vocational Rehabilitation Program, GROUP R , 2002. This publication may be freely copied and distributed in its entirety without change to its content.

Appling Atkinson
Bacon Baker Banks Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Calhoun
Camden Candler Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga
Clay Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Coweta Dade

Dawson Decatur
Early Echols Effingham Emanuel Evans Fannin Floyd Franklin Gilmer Glynn Gordon Grady Habersham Haralson Harris
Hart Heard
Irwin Jeff Davis
Johnson Lamar Lanier Liberty Long
Lowndes Lumpkin
Marion McIntosh Meriwether
Miller Mitchell Montgomery Murray Muscogee

Pickens Pierce Pike Polk
Quitman Rabun
Randolph Schler
Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter
Talbot Tattnall
Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas
Tift Toombs Towne
Troup Truetlen
Turner Union Upson Walker Ware Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Worth

If you live outside these Georgia counties, we will be pleased to direct you to a BPAO service provider in your area.
DOL-4500 (01/03)

GROUP
Georgia Rehabilitation OUtreach Program
Benefits ork W
SSI
SSDI
Guiding, Removing Obstacles, and Unlocking Potential
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
MICHAEL L. THURMOND, COMMISSIONER