Social Security disability
Disability benefits in New Mexico
Social Security rules are the same in every state. This page covers what is different in New Mexico: 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.
Who decides your claim in New Mexico?
New Mexico Disability Determination Services (NMDDS)
This state office decides the medical part of your Social Security disability claim. Social Security checks the other rules, like work credits and income.
- Part of
- New Mexico Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR), New Mexico Public Education Department
- Phone
- 505-841-5600 (toll-free 800-432-5868)
- Fax for records
- 505-841-5724
- Disability Determination Services, 7421 Bartlett Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107
- Website
- https://www.dvr.state.nm.us/
Does New Mexico add money to SSI?
Payments to Adults in Residential Care (Adult Residential Shelter Care Home program)
New Mexico pays $100 a month to SSI recipients who live in a shelter care home licensed by the New Mexico Department of Health. You must need help with personal care, like bathing, dressing, eating or taking medicine. The payment depends on state funding. There is no state supplement for people who live on their own.
Paid by: the state
| Who | State part | Total per month with SSI | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSI recipient living in a licensed residential shelter care home | $100 | $1,094 | March 1, 2025 |
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 New Mexico Health Care Authority, Income Support Division (not Social Security). You can apply at yes.nm.gov or call 1-800-283-4465.
- Contact
- New Mexico Health Care Authority (HCA), Income Support Division
1-800-283-4465
https://yes.nm.gov/
Medicaid in New Mexico
New Mexico's Medicaid managed care program is called Turquoise Care. If you get SSI, you get Medicaid. You do not need a separate Medicaid application. Most members then pick a health plan.
- Program
- New Mexico Medicaid (Turquoise Care managed care, since July 1, 2024)
- Medicaid agency
- New Mexico Health Care Authority (HCA)
https://www.hca.nm.gov/turquoise-care/
1-800-283-4465
Medicaid for working people with disabilities: Working Disabled Individuals (WDI) Medicaid
New Mexico has a Medicaid group for people with disabilities who work, called Working Disabled Individuals (WDI). People in this group get full Medicaid benefits. Apply through the Health Care Authority at yes.nm.gov or call 1-800-283-4465.
State disability and paid leave in New Mexico
New Mexico has no state-run short-term disability or paid medical leave program listed here.
Hearing offices and federal court in New Mexico
1 hearing office serves New Mexico. Hearing office locator (Social Security)
Albuquerque, NM Hearing Office
Hearing office
- Address
- Suite 200, 555 Broadway, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102
- Phone
- (866) 731-3998
- Fax
- (833) 561-0420
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 New Mexico
Court help for people without a lawyer
Counties covered (1)
- All counties in New Mexico (the whole state is one district)
Free help in New Mexico
Protection & Advocacy agency (P&A)
Disability Rights New Mexico
- Phone
- 505-256-3100 (toll-free 800-432-4682)
- Website
- https://www.drnm.org/
Legal aid
- New Mexico Legal Aid · 1-833-545-4357 (1-833-LGL-HELP)
https://newmexicolegalaid.org/ - DNA-People's Legal Services · 1-928-871-4151
https://dnalegalservices.org/
Benefits counseling and work (WIPA)
- Southern Nevada Center for Independent Living (WIPA project listed by SSA for New Mexico) · 702-927-9097
https://choosework.ssa.gov/findhelp
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)
New Mexico Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
- Phone
- 505-954-8500 (toll-free 800-224-7005)
- Website
- https://www.dvr.state.nm.us/
Good to know in New Mexico
- New Mexico pays $100 a month on top of SSI to people who live in a licensed residential shelter care home. The state runs this payment, not Social Security. (8.106.500.10 NMAC)
- Since July 1, 2024, New Mexico's Medicaid managed care program is called Turquoise Care. It replaced Centennial Care. (HCA)
Recent changes
July 1, 2024: Turquoise Care replaced Centennial Care as NM Medicaid managed care; the Human Services Department became the Health Care Authority (HCA) (8.243.600 NMAC amended 7/1/2024 names HCA). March 1, 2025: 8.106.500 NMAC replaced; shelter care payment stated as $100 a month.
More RobinClaim guides for New Mexico → · All states
Sources
- SSA POMS SI 01715.010 - Medicaid and the SSI Program
- SSA POMS SI 01415.000 - Elements of State Supplementary Payments (table of contents, 10/21/2026)
- SSA hearing office locator
- NDRN - Member Agencies (New Mexico)
- SSA Ticket to Work - Find Help (WIPA search by ZIP)
- 8.106.500 NMAC - State funded assistance programs, eligibility policy (payments to adults in residential care)
- 8.106.100 NMAC - State funded assistance programs, definitions
- 8.243.600 NMAC - Medicaid eligibility, Working Disabled Individuals (WDI), benefit description
- NM Health Care Authority - Turquoise Care Overview
- U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico - Pro Se
- 28 U.S.C. 111 - New Mexico
- New Mexico Legal Aid
- New Mexico Disability Determination Services (NMDDS)
- Social Security: office locator
Last checked: November 2026