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Social Security disability

Disability benefits in Idaho

Social Security rules are the same in every state. This page covers what is different in Idaho: who decides your claim, state money added to SSI, Medicaid, hearings and free help.

You have 60 days to appeal each decision, plus 5 days for mail.

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Who decides your claim in Idaho?

Idaho Disability Determinations Service (DDS)

This state office decides the medical part of SSDI and SSI disability claims for people in Idaho. You do not apply to DDS. Social Security offices send your claim to DDS. Social Security checks the other rules, like work credits and income.

Part of
Idaho Department of Labor
Fax for records
866-898-6448
Mail
Disability Determinations Service, P.O. Box 21, Boise, ID 83707-0021 (office: 317 W. Main St., Boise, ID 83735)

How long a decision takes depends partly on how fast your doctors send records and whether DDS needs to send you for a medical exam. Call DDS if you have a new phone number or address, see a new doctor, have upcoming medical appointments, or go back to work.

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Does Idaho add money to SSI?

Aid to the Aged, Blind, and Disabled (AABD) cash assistance

Idaho pays a small monthly AABD cash payment to some people who get SSI and are 65 or older, blind, or disabled. You must get an SSI payment for the month. The amount depends on where you live, your income and your resources. People in residential assisted living facilities or certified family homes do not get AABD cash.

Paid by: the state

WhoState partTotal per month with SSIEffective
Single person (living alone, with an ineligible spouse, with another participant, or in another's household) - maximum$53$1,047July 1, 2024
Couple (both getting AABD) - maximum$20$1,511July 1, 2024
Person in a room and board home - maximum$198$1,192July 1, 2024
Person in a semi-independent group residential facility (SIGRIF) - maximum$169$1,163July 1, 2024

The total uses the federal SSI amount for that living arrangement. For people living on their own, the federal SSI part is $994 a month for one person or $1,491 for a couple in 2026. In another person's household or in a medical facility it is less.

How to apply
Apply to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. It is not automatic with SSI. You can apply online at idalink.idaho.gov.
Contact
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW)
877-456-1233
https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/services-programs/financial-assistance/about-aabd-cash-assistance

Medicaid in Idaho

Idaho Medicaid does not start automatically when you get SSI. You must apply to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Idaho uses SSI rules to decide Medicaid for people who are aged, blind or disabled.

Program
Idaho Medicaid (AABD Medicaid for aged, blind and disabled adults)
Medicaid agency
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW), Division of Medicaid
https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/services-programs/medicaid-health/about-medicaid-elderly-or-adults-disabilities
877-456-1233

Medicaid for working people with disabilities: Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities (MWD)

MWD is Medicaid for people with a disability who work or are self-employed. You must have a disability under Social Security's rules, be 16 to 64 years old, live in Idaho, and meet income and resource limits. In 2026, the resource limit is $10,000 for one person ($15,000 for a couple). There is no premium if your income is up to 133% of the poverty level ($1,789 a month for one person). Above that, premiums are $10 to $200 a month for one person, up to 500% of the poverty level. You get the Medicaid Enhanced Plan. Apply for Medicaid and mark that you are interested in MWD.

https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/services-programs/medicaid-health/medicaid-workers-disabilities

Medicare Savings Programs

Idaho's Medicare Savings Programs (QMB, SLMB, QI) help pay Medicare costs. In 2026 the monthly income limits for one person are $1,350 (QMB), $1,616 (SLMB) and $1,816 (QI), with a $9,950 resource limit. (DHW income limits page)

State disability and paid leave in Idaho

Idaho has no state-run short-term disability or paid medical leave program listed here.

Hearing offices and federal court in Idaho

1 hearing office serves Idaho. Hearing office locator (Social Security)

Boise, ID Satellite Office

Satellite office

Address
Suite 275, 720 East Park Boulevard, Boise, ID 83712-9902
Fax
(833) 721-0875

Federal district court

If you appeal to federal court, you file in the district court that covers your county.

U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

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Counties covered (1)
  • All Idaho counties (Idaho, except Yellowstone National Park, is one judicial district)

Free help in Idaho

Protection & Advocacy agency (P&A)

DisAbility Rights Idaho

Phone
208-336-5353 (voice/TDD; toll-free 866-262-3462)

Legal aid

Benefits counseling and work (WIPA)

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)

Idaho Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (IDVR)

ABLE savings account

Idaho ABLE Savings Plan

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Good to know in Idaho

  • Since January 15, 2026, Idaho has its own ABLE program, the Idaho ABLE Savings Plan, run through a partnership with the national STABLE Account program. (Idaho State Treasurer)
  • Idaho's AABD cash payment adds at most $53 a month for a single person who gets SSI. You apply to the state, not Social Security. (IDAPA 16.03.05.514)

Recent changes

January 15, 2026: Idaho ABLE Savings Plan launched (Idaho State Treasurer). January 2026: AABD income limit $1,047 individual / $1,511 couple; MWD and Medicare Savings Program limits updated (DHW income limits page).

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Sources

Last checked: November 2026