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Has a disability and wants to work

Use when someone with a physical or mental health disability, including addiction recovery, wants to get or keep a job, or is on SSI or SSDI and worried about losing benefits.

In danger right now: call 911. Crisis or thoughts of suicide: call or text 988. Not sure where to start? Call the Silver City Gospel Mission: 575-388-5071. Police, fire or sheriff, not an emergency: 575-388-8840 (Central Dispatch). Print our list of phone numbers →
These are the same steps our staff use when they help someone. "They" means the person who needs help: you, or someone you are helping. Go in order, and call ahead when you can.

1Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)

DVR helps people with physical or mental health disabilities, including addiction recovery, get and keep a job.
It can pay for training, tools, work clothes and a job coach.
NM Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) - Silver City office
Vocational rehabilitation (jobs for people with disabilities)
575-538-5351
3088 32nd St Bypass, Suite A, Silver City · Weekday business hours (call)
Bring
  • ID
  • medical or disability records
  • SSI or SSDI letters if they have them
Blind or low vision:
NM Commission for the Blind - Las Cruces Field Office
Job training, independent living skills and devices for blind and low-vision peo
888-513-7960
277 E. Amador Ave, Suite 101, Las Cruces · Weekday business hours

2Working while on SSI or SSDI

Many people can work and keep some benefits. Free counselors explain how.
Social Security Administration - Ticket to Work Help Line
Free work help and benefits counseling (WIPA) for SSI/SSDI recipients
866-968-7842
· Mon-Fri 8am-8pm Eastern

3Asking for changes at work

Employers must make reasonable changes for a disability (like a stool, a set schedule or extra breaks).
Treated unfairly because of a disability?
NM Department of Workforce Solutions - Human Rights Bureau
File a discrimination complaint (job, housing, credit, public places)
800-566-9471
· Statewide phone/online; weekday business hours
Can't work at all? Use the guide "Has a disability and can't work (SSI or SSDI)".

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Questions, or want someone to walk through this with you? The Silver City Gospel Mission, 111 S. Texas St., Silver City, 575-388-5071, weekdays 9:00am-1:45pm. Everyone is welcome.