Whats the difference between Social Security Disability and SSI?
Here is a rough description of those two different programs administered by SSA. SSI is generally for very poor people with little or no work history. To get SSI, Social Security has to examine what resources you have. Social Security disability is for people who have a good work history and are not impoverished. For this program, SSA does not care what resources you have. However, you must generally have a good work history and worked roughly 5 of the past 10 years.
