DVR Benefits Planning
Project Dates
2025
Funding Source
Hawaiʻi Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Team
About
DVR Transition Education and Benefits Planning is a project funded by the Hawaii Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR). Our goal is to enable people with disabilities to make informed choices and a successful transition to self-sufficiency. All referrals to the project must come through DVR counselors. The project has two components: Disability Benefits Planning and Outreach.
Benefits Planning Services
CDS benefits planners provide a benefits orientation presentation, an individualized benefits counseling session, and a written benefits analysis. Participants receive detailed information on the ways that employment may affect their disability benefits, which can include Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Medicare, or Medicaid. Participants receive a customized work incentives plan.
Contact
All referrals to this project must come through DVR counselors. DVR contact information can be found on the Hawaii Department of Human Services website.
For more information contact the project’s Principal Investigator Jared Galeai.
Jared Galeai
Disability:IN Hawaii
University of Hawaii
Center on Disability Studies
1410 Lower Campus Road #171F
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 808-956-9353
Fax: 808-956-7878
Email: galeaij@hawaii.edu