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Social Security disability

Disability benefits in Indiana

Social Security rules are the same in every state. This page covers what is different in Indiana: 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 Indiana?

Indiana Disability Determination Bureau (DDB)

This state office decides the medical part of your Social Security disability claim (SSDI and SSI). Social Security checks the other rules, like work credits and income. It works with the local Social Security field offices in Indiana.

Part of
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA)
Phone
800-622-4968 (ask for the examiner on your claim)

The Indiana DDB says it works with 26 local Social Security field offices in Indiana. Find a Social Security office

Does Indiana add money to SSI?

Residential Care Assistance Program (RCAP)

RCAP helps pay for room, board and laundry for people who live in a licensed residential care facility or county home that has an RCAP contract with the state. You must be 65 or older, blind, or have a disability, and get Medicaid or SSI. It is for people who cannot live at home but do not need nursing home care.

Paid by: the state

How to apply
RCAP is a separate application from SSI. The RCAP facility helps you fill out the RCAP application. Send it with all supporting papers to the Division of Family Resources by email at [email protected].
Contact
Indiana FSSA Division of Aging (Bureau of Better Aging) and Division of Family Resources
https://www.in.gov/fssa/ddars/bba/provider-resources/residential-care-assistance-program

Medicaid in Indiana

If you get SSI in Indiana, you also get Medicaid. You do not need a separate Medicaid application. Your SSI award letter will say you will hear from the state about Medicaid.

Program
Indiana Medicaid
Medicaid agency
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), Indiana Medicaid
https://www.in.gov/medicaid/members/aged-blind-and-disabled/

Medicaid for working people with disabilities: MEDWorks (M.E.D. Works)

MEDWorks lets people with disabilities who work get Medicaid with a little more income than other Medicaid programs allow. You pay a monthly premium based on your income. Your disability must meet Social Security's definition.

https://www.in.gov/medicaid/members/member-programs/hhw-package-c-medworks-premium/

State disability and paid leave in Indiana

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

Hearing offices and federal court in Indiana

4 hearing offices serve Indiana. Hearing office locator (Social Security)

Evansville, IN Hearing Office

Hearing office

Address
Old Post Office, 2nd & 3rd Floors, 100 NW Second Street, Evansville, IN 47708
Fax
(833) 985-2301

Fort Wayne, IN Hearing Office

Hearing office

Address
6511 Brotherhood Way, Fort Wayne, IN 46825
Fax
(833) 302-0014

Indianapolis, IN Hearing Office

Hearing office

Address
101 W Ohio St, Ste. 1010, Indianapolis, IN 46204-1523
Fax
(833) 619-0756

Valparaiso, IN Hearing Office

Hearing office

Address
1250 Eastport Centre Drive, Valparaiso, IN 46383
Fax
(833) 702-0714

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 Northern District of Indiana

Court help for people without a lawyer

Counties covered (32)
  • Adams
  • Allen
  • Blackford
  • DeKalb
  • Grant
  • Huntington
  • Jay
  • LaGrange
  • Noble
  • Steuben
  • Wells
  • Whitley
  • Cass
  • Elkhart
  • Fulton
  • Kosciusko
  • LaPorte
  • Marshall
  • Miami
  • Pulaski
  • St. Joseph
  • Starke
  • Wabash
  • Benton
  • Carroll
  • Jasper
  • Lake
  • Newton
  • Porter
  • Tippecanoe
  • Warren
  • White

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Court help for people without a lawyer

Counties covered (60)
  • Bartholomew
  • Boone
  • Brown
  • Clinton
  • Decatur
  • Delaware
  • Fayette
  • Fountain
  • Franklin
  • Hamilton
  • Hancock
  • Hendricks
  • Henry
  • Howard
  • Johnson
  • Madison
  • Marion
  • Monroe
  • Montgomery
  • Morgan
  • Randolph
  • Rush
  • Shelby
  • Tipton
  • Union
  • Wayne
  • Clay
  • Greene
  • Knox
  • Owen
  • Parke
  • Putnam
  • Sullivan
  • Vermillion
  • Vigo
  • Daviess
  • Dubois
  • Gibson
  • Martin
  • Perry
  • Pike
  • Posey
  • Spencer
  • Vanderburgh
  • Warrick
  • Clark
  • Crawford
  • Dearborn
  • Floyd
  • Harrison
  • Jackson
  • Jefferson
  • Jennings
  • Lawrence
  • Ohio
  • Orange
  • Ripley
  • Scott
  • Switzerland
  • Washington

Free help in Indiana

Protection & Advocacy agency (P&A)

Indiana Disability Rights

Phone
317-722-5555 (voice/TDD; toll-free 800-622-4845)

Legal aid

Benefits counseling and work (WIPA)

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)

Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation (FSSA Division of Disability, Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services)

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Good to know in Indiana

  • If your disability claim is pending, you can call the Indiana Disability Determination Bureau at 800-622-4968. Ask for the examiner named on the last page of your DDB letter. (FSSA)
  • Indiana's state supplement, RCAP, is paid with state money only to people in licensed residential care facilities with an RCAP contract. (FSSA)

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Sources

Last checked: November 2026