Benefits Counseling featuring Shantelle Rockman, Executive Director of Integrating Supports Colorado

– What a benefits counselor/planner is (2:37)
– The importance of understanding your benefits (4:27)
– Advice about staying safe from benefits trafficking (6:20)
– How to locate and get started with a benefits counselor/planner (7:14)
- You can access co.db101.org or the CO Office of Employment First website, www.employmentfirstcolorado.org (10:04)

Acronyms used in this episode: SSI = Social Security Income, SSDI = Social Security Disability Insurance, SNAP = Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly Food Stamps), DVR = Division of Vocational Rehabilitation