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

The ADRC brochure Benefit Specialist Programs, P-03712A (PDF) and Tribal Benefit Specialist Programs, P-03712AT, (PDF) are available to the public. The brochures encourages people anywhere in the state to connect to their local ADRC or Tribal partner agency by calling 1-844-WIS-ADRC or visiting FindMyADRC.org.

The following list contains alternative versions with an editable field for the insertion of local ADRC or Tribal ADRS contact information. The ADRC brochure is available in Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Hmong, Laotian, Russian, Serbian (Serbo-Croatian), Somali, and Spanish. Translation and interpreter services are also available by request from the local ADRC or Tribal ADRS.

Benefit Specialist Programs Brochure

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

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Last revised May 15, 2025