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Protect Medicaid Website

Center for Public Representation
CPR has established a new website on proposed federal Medicaid cuts, particularly those related to people with disabilities. Here is a link: protectourmedicaid.org  

Justfix Presentation

JustfixNYC
Online presentation about the Justfix NYC tool, presented to Massachusetts legal services and tenant advocates in February 2017.

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income 101

Kate Lang, Justice in Aging
 Kate Lang, a senior staff attorney at Justice in Aging, lays out the basics of SSI and SSDI. She examines eligibility for each and the decision and appeals process for both. Click the "go to website" link below to access the article from the Shriver website.

Medicaid Defense: Fact Sheets on Medicaid & the ACA in Mass

various
The latest proposal from House Republicans is to repeal the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion and drastically reduce Medicaid funding by converting it to a Block Grant or a Per Capita Allotment. Attached are fact sheets on the importance of Medicaid in Massachusetts, and the harm that…

Questions and Answers on Housing

Northeast Legal Aid and Community Legal Aid
This handout, with commonly asked questions about housing, was produced by the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation.

Questions and Answers on Medicare and Prescription Drugs

Medicare Advocacy Project (MAP), Greater Boston Legal Services
This handout, with commonly asked questions about Medicare and Prescription Drugs, was produced by the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation.

The Iowa Guide to Changing Legal Identity Documents

University of Iowa Law and Policy in Action Clinic for the University of Iowa LGBTQQ Health Clinic
A Handbook and Roadmap for Transgender Individuals Interested in Changing Their Legal Name and Gender on Government and Personal Records and Accounts. From the intro: In this day and age, every person must show some form of identification to open a bank account, apply for a credit card, borrow…

Questions and Answers on Mass Health and Connector Care

Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
This handout, with commonly asked questions about Mass Health and Connector Care, was produced by the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation.

Questions & Answers on Domestic Violence and Family Law

MetroWest Legal Services, Neighborhood Legal Services, South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Greater Boston Legal Services, Community Legal Aid, and Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
This handout, with commonly asked questions about domestic violence and family law, was produced by the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation.

Your Rights In An Immigration Interview While in Massachusetts Jails or Prisons

CPCS
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) agents work inside Massachusetts jails, houses of correction, and prisons and may try to interview you or ask you to sign documents. Other corrections officers working with ICE may also try to question you about your immigration or criminal…

Title VI Language Access Conference 2016

Tere Ramos et al.
Title VI Language Access Conference Learn to successfully represent clients with limited English proficiency by advocating for their language access rights In Massachusetts, 22% of the population speaks a language other than English at home, and…

Know Your Rights: Is It Safe to Apply for Health Insurance or Seek Health Care?

National Immigration Law Center
Fact sheet for immigrants about applying for health insurance or seeking heath care. In English and Spanish.

Is Racism a Disease?

Rebecca Onion
Is a psychological diagnosis a useful way to view racism—or does it merely absolve the racist of blame? After looking at the long history of psychology’s approach to racism, Gilman has come to the conclusion that we’ve gone around in circles. “There’s been a lot of discussion lately of ‘baskets…

Revised Health Income Guidelines for November 1, 2016 Open Enrollment

MLRI
MLRI's Income Table for MassHealth and Other Health Programs has been updated for the Open Enrollment Period governing the Connector's programs beginning November 1st, 2016. MLRI's Tables shows upper income limits by month and by week including the amount of the standard deduction…

New Health Income Chart for Use in Open Enrollment Beginning November 1st, 2016

MLRI
Attached hereto, please find a new income chart for use in ConnectorCare and Qualified Health Plans for Open Enrollment which begins November 1st, for effective coverage beginning in January 2017.  These new numbers are based on the 2016 Federal Poverty level and are used for benefits for the…

Info for ConnectorCare members who didn't file a 2015 federal tax return

Vicky Pulos
This 2-page flyer is intended for people who received ConnectorCare in 2015 but did not file a federal tax return for 2015. They will not be eligible for ConnectorCare in 2017 unless they file their 2015 return along with a form to account for the advance premium tax credits that are part of…

Training Opportunities Program (TOP) Information and Application

DUA

Toolkit - Filing a Wage Complaint with the Massachusetts Attorney General

MLRI
Click the "go to webiste" link below to access a step by step toolkit on how to file a complaint for unpaid wages with the Massachusetts Attorney General's office.

How Racism has Shaped Welfare Policy in America since 1935

Alma Carten
A brief examination of social welfare policy developments in the U.S. over a 50-year period from the New Deal to the 1996 reforms. Findings reveal that U.S. welfare policies have, from their very inception, been discriminatory.

Rethinking and Updating Demographic Questions: Guidance to Improve Descriptions of Research Samples

Jennifer L. Hughes, Abigail A. Camden, and Tenzin Yangchen Agnes Scott College
From the authors: In this editorial, we encourage authors to rethink and update the demographic questions they use in their research surveys. We argue that this is important for ethical and professional reasons (i.e., inclusion and advancing diversity) and also for research integrity reasons…

National Resource Center on LGBT Aging

LGBT Aging Center
The National Resource Center on LGBT Aging is the country's first and only technical assistance resource center aimed at improving the quality of services and supports offered to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) older adults.  Click the "go to website" link below to access resource…

SSA Guide for Organizational Representative Payees

SSA

Link to "Representing Clainmants" Page on SSA Website

SSA
Includes information, samples and forms re: fee petitions and fee agreements.

Know Your Language Access Rights Videos

MLRI
The "Know Your Language Access Rights" video series provides understandable information about your rights to interpretation and fair access to public services. The video is available below in Spanish, English, Portuguese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Haitian Creole and…

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act: Education Rights for Homeless Youth

Childrens Law Center
This pamphlet, available in English and Spanish, explains the rights of homeless preschoolers, children and youth to an education in Massachusetts.

Planning for Long-Term Care and Medicaid Eligibility

MetroWest Legal Services
Issues to consider when planning for long-term care.  

For Low-Income Victims, Nuisance Laws Force Ultimatum: Silence Or Eviction

Pam Fessler,NPR
Local communities are increasingly passing laws to control crime and nuisances on rental properties. They do so mostly by limiting the number of times police can be called to a residence. But it turns out that crime victims — especially victims of domestic abuse — are often the ones who…

Consumer Protection Agencies and Resources

MLRI
There are many agencies and associations which provide information and assistance to consumers and their advocates. The following is a partial listing. National Consumer Law Center -- As described on their website, "The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) is the nation's consumer law…

Language Access Issues in Housing

Renee Williams, National Housing Law Project
PowerPoint from The National Language Access Advocates Network (N-LAAN) monthly call discussing: Title VI obligations and HUD LEP Guidance; Language access issues in housing, particularly federally assisted housing; HUD’s new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule and…

Mass. Agency Language Access Coordinator Contact Info (as of May 2016)

DSI Information on SSA's Website

SSA

Glossary of Massachusetts Sentencing Terms

Lee Gartenberg- Middlesex Sheriff's Office
Glossary of Massachusetts sentencing terms compiled by Lee Gartenberg, Director of Inmate Legal Services, Middlesex Sheriff's Office

GBLS DTA complaint language access April 2016

Naomi Meyer
Complaint filed by Naomi Meyer on behalf of LEP client who was denied DTA benefits due to language barriers.

By the Numbers: Using Disaggregated Data to Inform Policies, Practices and Decision-making

The Annie E. Casey Foundation
This publication is the second installment in the Race for Results case study series. It features an inside look at how the W. Haywood Burns Institute and the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Social Policy use disaggregated data on race and ethnicity to improve the lives of children and…

WriteClearly.org

LawNY
WriteClearly.org, maintained by LawNY (a legal services program in New York), has a wide range of resources on plain language and readability issues for legal services.  Their resources include: training materials on how to write clearly,  a plain language library with documents…

The Governor’s FY2017 Budget Proposal for MassHealth (Medicaid) and Health Reform Programs

Mass. Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI)
The Governor’s FY2017 Budget Proposal for MassHealth (Medicaid) and Health Reform Programs The Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI), a program of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, is pleased to share a new budget brief, The Governor’s FY2017 Budget Proposal…

MassHealth Income Guidelines March 2016

MLRI
Here are the March 1, 2016 MassHealth Income Guidelines.  Two files attached: MLRI MassHealth Income Guidelines MassHealth FPL-Desk Guide

Massachusetts State House Floorplan

MLRI
Floorplan of the Massachusetts State House, including room numbers.

Unequal Justice: Housing Court in Massachusetts

MLAC
Lack of funding forces civil legal aid programs in Massachusetts to turn away 64% of eligible residents who seek their services for civil legal issues related to housing, employment, health care, education, family law and domestic violence, among others. Tens of thousands of low-income people must…

A Guide to Gathering and Using Legislative History in Massachusetts

Sean J. Kealy, Boston University School of Law
The article provides an overview of the legislative process in Massachusetts.  It includes sections on: the Massachusetts legislative process and timelines sources of legislative history reconstructing a bill's legislative history where to find Committee and legislative…

MassHealth: Children's Issues Series

MLRI
For which MassHealth Program(s) is my child eligible? See https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines for the 2015 Federal Poverty Level guidelines.  See http://www.masslegalservices.org/content/new-income-chart-masshealth-open-enrollment-beginning-january-2016 for current Poverty Level…

The Psychology of Race

AmerenCorp
Dr. Kira Hudson Banks discusses The Psychology of Race.  This video focuses on how an individual may think about race, racial identity or ethnicity based upon conditioning and experiences. Download the Facilitator Guide (http://spr.ly/6184Bn59n) and Participant Booklet…

Advocates for Home Education in Massachusetts (AHEM)

AHEM
Website with information and support on homeschooling in MA.  Advocates for Home Education in Massachusetts (AHEM) is a nonprofit, independent, grassroots, volunteer-run, educational organization that gathers and disseminates information about homeschooling in Massachusetts through education,…

SSI Payment Charts and Income Thresholds 2016

Disability Law Center
nike tnair jordan pas cherair jordan pas cher nike tnair jordan pas cherair jordan pas cher The 2016 Massachusetts SSI/SSP Payment level and threshold charts for 2016 contain maximum benefit levels by categorically eligibility type, living arrangement, and marital status.  Actual…

PowerPoints from the December 15th BBA brown bag presentation: What to Know About the Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Practical Overview of Law and Process

Catholic Charities, Ascentria, ORI
Catholic Charities PowerPoint Office of Refugees and Immigrants PowerPoint Ascentria Care Alliance PowerPoint

Racial Equity Impact Assessment Toolkit

Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation
A Racial Equity Impact Assessment (REIA) is a systematic examination of how different racial and ethnic groups will likely be affected by a proposed action or decision. REIAs are used to minimize unanticipated adverse consequences in a variety of contexts, including the analysis of proposed…

Sample Letter Requesting DUA Waiver

MLRI
A sample letter requesting a waiver of overpayment of unemployment insurance. Advocate: Brian Flynn,, GBLS 

The Art and Science of Interviewing Pro Bono Clients 2015

PLI
Asking the right questions in the right way can start your attorney-client relationship off on the right note and prevent unnecessary frustration. This skill is especially important when working with pro bono clients who have had limited experience with the legal system or face other barriers.…

New FPL Guidelines for Open Enrollment 2015-16

MLRI
Attached are the updated Federal Poverty Standards for the Connector Programs (Connector Care and Qualified Health Plans) for the Open Enrollment period beginning November 1st .  The actual effective date for eligibility purposes is January 1st, but enrollment for January starts in…

Standards and Indicators for Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice

National Association of Social Workers
From the introduction: This revision builds on the previous work to introduce new concepts and expand on others. These standards reinforce the concept of “culture” as being inclusive beyond race and ethnicity; inclusive of, but not limited to, sexual orientation, gender identity or…