Benefits Planning Providers

Please Note: This list is for reference only. If you currently have an open DORS case, please do not contact the benefits planning providers below directly. Your counselor will facilitate a referral for you for this service.

If you DO NOT have an open DORS case and require benefits planning, Social Security's Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program will be happy to link you with this service. Please contact them first at: www.innow.org/md-win

  • Access Benefits Counseling Services
  • Alconis & Associates, LLC
  • Appalachian Parent Association
  • Baltimore Brilliance
  • Adama Bangura
  • The Benefits Guru, LLC
  • Benefits Understood Counseling Services
  • Benefits Work for You
  • Bnafsh, Inc.​​​
  • CareerUp
  • Chesapeake Center, Inc.
  • Consulting Connection Services, LLC
  • Cornerstone Montgomery
  • Deaf Future Works, LLC
  • Full Circle Employment Solutions, LLC
  • Horizon Vocational Navigation and Assessment Services, LLC​
  • Robin Horne, CPWIC
  • Humanim
  • Independence Now
  • Interlink Counseling & Vocational Services
  • J.M. Davis Consulting Group, LLC
  • LJV Independent Benefits Counseling
  • Lydia's House in Southeast, Inc.
  • Maryland Employment Network (MD-EN)
  • Next Step Success, LLC
  • Open Doors Benefits Counseling
  • Pathways, Inc.
  • Peer Wellness & Recovery Services
  • Resources for Independence
  • RiseHands Communication
  • SEEC
  • Sheppard Pratt – Gaithersburg
  • Spectrum Support, Inc.
  • Tracette White​
  • Your Benefits Matter​


The Vocational Rehabilitation program receives 78.7% of its funding through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. For the Federal fiscal year 2026 the total amount of grant funds awarded was $65,379,115.00. The remaining 21.3% of the costs ($17,694,728.71) were funded by State appropriations.