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Benefits Planning Assistance & Outreach Agencies Sponsored by the Social Security Administration

BPA & O Services help you understand exactly what will happen to all your benefits when and if you earn money.

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Nassau & Suffolk Counties – Abilities, Inc (516) 465-1480
New York and Richmond Counties – Barrier Free Living (212) 677-6688
Kings County – Brooklyn WORKS (718) 368-7923
Hudson Valley Region (Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Saratoga Schenectady, Ulster, Warren, Washington and Westchester counties) Independent Living Center, (845) 565-1162
Western New York Region (Allegheny, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Schuyler, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates counties) Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc., (716) 847-0650
Queens and Bronx – Queens Independent Living Center, Inc. (718) 658-2526
Central and Northern New York – (Broome, Cayaga, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, St. Lawrence, Sullivan, Tioga, Warren, and Washington counties) Resource Center for Independent Living, (315) 797-4642

Map of Contacts by County which are also listed in the table below

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Color	Counties	Agency
	Niagara Orleans	Niagara Frontier Center For Independent Living 1522 Main Street Niagara Falls, NY 14305 (716) 284-0829
	Erie Genesee Wyoming	Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. 295 Main Street, Room 495 Buffalo, NY 14203 (716) 847-0650 Native American Independent Living Services 3108 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214 (716) 836-0822
	Allegany Cattaraugus Chautauqua	Southwestern Independent Living Center 843 North Main Street Jamestown, NY 14701 (716) 661-3010
	Livingston Monroe Ontario Schuyler Seneca Stueben Wayne Yates	The Advocacy Center Medical Arts Building 277 Alexander Street, Suite 500 Rochester, NY 14607 (716) 546-1700 Regional Center For Independent Living – Rochester 1641 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14610 (716) 271-8558
	Cayuga Cortland Onondaga Oswego	ARISE Child And Family Services 1065 James Street Syracuse, NY 13203 (315) 472-3171
	Jefferson Lewis St. Lawrence	Northern Regional Center For Independent Living 165 Mechanic Street Watertown, NY 13601 (315) 785-8703
	Clinton Essex Franklin	North Country Center For Independence 102 Sharon Avenue Plattsburgh, NY 12901 (518) 563-9058
	Nassau Suffolk	Abilities, Inc of the National Center for Disabilities Services 201 IU Willets Road Albertson, NY 11507 (516) 465-1522
	Fulton Hamilton Herkimer Madison Montgomery Onieda Otsego Schoharie Warren Washington	Resource Center For Independent Living - Utica 409 Columbia Street Utica, NY 13501 (315) 797-4642 Resource Center For Independent Living – Herkimer 401 German Street, Suite 208 Herkimer, NY 13350 (315) 866-7245 Resource Center For Independent Living – Amsterdam 2540 Riverfront Center Amsterdam, NY 12010 (518) 842-3561
	Tompkins	Challenge Industries 402 East State Street Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 272-8990
	Broome Chemung Chenango Delaware Tioga	Southern Tier Independence Center 24 Prospect Avenue Binghamton, NY 13901 (607) 724-2111
	Albany Rennselaer Schenectady Saratoga	Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley – Troy Troy Atrium Broadway and 4^th Street Troy, NY 12180 (518) 274-0701
	Columbia Greene	Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley – Hudson Fairview Plaza 160 Fairview Avenue Hudson, NY 12534 (518) 828-4886
	Dutchess Orange Sullivan Ulster	Independent Living, Inc. 5 Washington Terrace Newburgh, NY 12550 (845) 565-1162
	Putnam Rockland Westchester	Westchester Disabled on the Move, Inc. 984 North Broadway Yonkers, NY 10701 (914) 968-4717
	New York	Barrier Free Living, Inc. 270 East Second Street Manhattan, NY, 1009 (212) 677-6668 Center for the Independence of the Disabled in New York 841 Broadway, Suite 205 Manhattan, NY 10003 (212) 674-2300
	Richmond	Staten Island Center for Independent Living 470 Castleton Avenue Staten Island, NY 10301 (718) 720-9016
	Kings	Brooklyn Works 1717 Avenue Z Brooklyn, NY 11235 (718) 368-7928
	Bronx Queens	Queens Independent Living Center, Inc. 140-40 Queens Boulevard Jamaica, NY 11435 (718) 658-2526

The Social Security Administration
Toll Free: 1-800-772-1213 or
The SSA Employment Support Representatives:
Downstate New York … (631) 207-3340 Ext. 223
Upstate New York ……. 1-888-352-9536