Benefit Counseling: Benefit Specialists

This page includes information on benefit specialists and how they can help older adults and people with disabilities understand and apply for benefits.

What do benefit specialists do?

Benefit specialists provide trusted and confidential advice to older adults and people with disabilities about benefits, including health care, disability income, and programs that could save them money.

Benefit specialists can help with:

The services benefit specialists provide are free. They don’t sell anything and aren’t paid by a company or plan. Their only goal is to help you identify and apply for programs and health care that will best meet your needs.

Find examples of ways benefit specialists can help you.

Which benefit specialist is right for you?

There are different types of benefit specialists. They include:

Where can I find a benefit specialist?

Find a benefit specialist near you

Program reports

Learn more about the benefit specialist programs: Disability and Elder Benefit Specialist Program Summary Reports, P-00332

Find the Benefit Specialist program brochure that's right for you in the following table. The brochures are available in English, Spanish and Hmong. If you need them in a language other than Spanish, English, or Hmong, contact the ADRC or Tribal aging and disability resource specialist in your service area to request language translation or interpreter services.

ADRC Brochure - Benefit Specialist Programs

Assigned Number Title Release Date Sort ascending File Type Language Available to Order
P-03712ASE ADRC Brochure - Benefit Specialist Programs, Serbian (Serbo-Croatian) 03/31/2025 PDF Serbian (Serbo-Croatian)
P-03712AAR ADRC Brochure - Benefit Specialist Programs, Arabic 03/31/2025 PDF Arabic
P-03712ASO ADRC Brochure - Benefit Specialist Programs, Somali 03/31/2025 PDF Somali
P-03712AR ADRC Brochure - Benefit Specialist Programs, Russian 03/31/2025 PDF Russian
P-03712AS ADRC Brochure - Benefit Specialist Programs, Spanish 03/31/2025 PDF Spanish
P-03712AL ADRC Brochure - Benefit Specialist Programs, Laotian 03/31/2025 PDF Laotian
P-03712A ADRC Brochure - Benefit Specialist Programs 03/31/2025 PDF English
P-03712A ADRC Brochure - Benefit Specialist Programs, Statewide 03/31/2025 PDF English
P-03712ACM ADRC Brochure - Benefit Specialist Programs, Chinese (Simplified) 03/31/2025 PDF Chinese (Simplified)
P-03712AH ADRC Brochure - Benefit Specialist Programs, Hmong 03/31/2025 PDF Hmong

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Last revised May 5, 2025