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Join Jett Foundation’s Community Webinar Series as we welcome Delia M. De Mello, Metropolitan Public Affairs Specialist, for a presentation and discussion on social security and disability benefits.
Social Security and Supplemental Security Disability Benefits
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
1pm ET | 12pm CT | 11am MT | 10am PT
Delia De Mello has been with the Social Security Administration for over 30 years. She has been an agency Claims Representative and Technical Expert. She currently handles Public Affairs outreach in Southeastern MA, South Shore and the Cape & Islands, with a focus on Retirement, Disability, Survivors & Medicare benefits, and Social Security On-line Services. Delia has been a presenter speaker at many large conferences, including the annual Massachusetts Councils on Aging Conferences, among others.
She is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish. She is a regular contributor on Social Security topics to the South Shore Senior Newspaper, Patch and the Senior Scope. Her weekly column appears nationally in the Portuguese Times. Dalia was a member of the Agency’s Office of Communications Multi-language Review Team, which provides online and printed versions of publications in various languages. She is a contributor on 17 local Patch pages, as well A Praca magazine, among others.
Delia holds a B.A. from University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth and is married and has two children.
Our Community Webinar Series is focused on ensuring that our Duchenne community is better prepared for those unexpected moments, challenging medical decisions, and difficult stages when on a Duchenne journey.
No one ever expects Duchenne and there is no correct way to tackle a diagnosis, but we can always better prepare. This webinar series is an opportunity to equip yourself with more knowledge, resources, and tools for those real-life, often unanticipated, scenarios.
Tune in on February 29 to hear from our panel and moderators on how they are accomplishing goals and living life to the fullest!
Your gift helps Jett Foundation provide programming and opportunities, such as Camp Promise, to many families impacted by Duchenne muscular dystrophy each year.