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DTA Metrowest Community Provider Forum

DTA
Selected materials shared by DTA at recent informational sessions for providers and community partners about DTA programs, particularly SNAP. Materials include: DTA brochure -- overview of SNAP and cash assistance DTA brochure -- SNAP income eligibility chart (2011) DTA…

The Governor’s House 2 Budget Proposal for FY 2013

MMPI, Mass Budget, & MLRI
This budget brief describes the proposals in the Governor's FY13 budget which affect MassHealth (Medicaid) and other health care programs. It is the first in a series of fact sheets that will be published by the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI) and produced by the Massachusetts…

Food SNAP Coalition Recommendation re FY2013 Budget Admin Funding

MLRI
Food SNAP Coalition letter to House Ways and Means in support of administrative funding for front line DTA staff in FY2013 state budget.

ABA Standards for Language Access in Courts

American Bar Association (ABA)
The American Bar Association House of Delegates adopted a new set of language access standards (see attached) for courts across the nation on February 6, 2012.The standards are a guide for state Courts to better assist and be more accessible to the growing numbers of limited English proficient (LEP)…

Promising Practices for Language Access in Federal Administrative Hearings and Proceedings

Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ)
The Administrative Conference of the United States and the Department of Justice put together a workshop for federal agency representatives to explore challenges and solutions to LEP individuals in administrative hearings and proceedings in hopes of helping them fulfill commitment to Executive Order…

Language Access in Court Forms

Language Access Coalition
The Language Access Coalition (LAC) is a recently formed group of legal services advocates focused on the legal rights of limited English proficient (LEP) persons. We are collecting data and examples of LEP persons’ experiences when interacting with the trial…

Massachusetts Law About Immigration Consequences of State Convictions

Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries
An overview prepared by the Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries which links to sources regarding the consequences of Massachusetts state criminal convictions on immigration status. Click the "Go to Website" link below to access the overview from the Library's website.

Rights of Massachusetts Individuals with a Representative Payee

Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
Click the "Go to Website" link below to download an overview which includes the following information about SSI, SSDI and representative payees: What is a representative payee? When does the Social Security Administration appoint a representative payee? How is a representative…

Rights of Homeless Students under the McKinney-Vento Act: Children’s Issues Series

Children's Law Center
What is the McKinney-Vento Act? The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (“Act”), 42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq., is a federal law that is designed to ensure that homeless children and youth have the same access as other children to public education, including public preschool…

Link to National Housing Trust database on expiring properties

National Housing Trust

Access to Home-Based Mental Health Services: Children's Issues Series

Center for Public Representation
Access to Home-Based Mental Health Services Rosie D. v. Patrick and the Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI) For an overview of home-based behavioral health services for children available through MassHealth and how to access them, including providers by region, see:…

Child Care Questions and Answers: Children's Issue's Series

GBLS
Who oversees child care in Massachusetts? The Mass. Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) licenses and regulates child care providers and administers the system for child care subsidies for parents. EEC has contracts with regional agencies called Child Care and Referral Agencies…

Cornell Employment and Disability Institute - Policy and Practice Briefs

Cornell Employment and Disability Institute
Briefs on work-related topics including vocational rehabilitation, funding of assistive technology, transition from school to work, overpayments, and state protection and advocacy programs.

SSI Payment Charts and Income Thresholds

Disability Law Center

ABA Commission on Law and Aging

ABA

Rights of Youth with Mental Health Needs Regarding Education and Special Education in Massachusetts

Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
A comprehensive overview.which includes the following chapters: Eligibility Referral Evaluation IEP/ Services in School IEP Placement Options Transition Planning Chapter 688 Referral After School Programming School Disciplinary Actions Due Process…

Your Rights Under the Massachusetts Community Residence Tenancy Law

Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
Click the "Go to Website" link below to download an overview of an individual's rights under the Community Residency Tenancy law.

Parents' How-To Guide to Children's Mental Health Services in Massachusetts

Boston Bar Association/ Children's Hospital Boston
Link to the Boston Bar Association for a copy of the third edition of this guide to mental health services for children.  According to the BBA, "[t]he Guide is designed to help parents in Massachusetts find the child mental health services and resources their children need.Practical…

Direct Express Prepaid Debit Card for Social Security, SSI, and Other Federal Payments, Consumer Fact Sheet

National Consumer Law Center

Free and Reduced-Price School Meals and Debts: Issues to Watch in Massachusetts

MLRI and Metrowest Legal Services
All Massachusetts public schools, and most charter and some parochial schools participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). School Districts sign an agreement with the MA Department of Early and Secondary Education (DESE) to administer the program and abide by the NSLP rules.The attached…

Chapter 688 Process in Massachusetts

Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
Chapter 688 provides a two-year planning process at graduation from high school or at the time when special education services end, whichever comes first. Since special education services can continue until age 22, the process is sometimes called the “Turning 22” process.  Click…

Special Education Questions and Answers: Children's Issue's Series

Mass Advocates for Children
When should a special education evaluation be considered? Students having certain problems or issues at school and/or at home may be referred for a special education evaluation. Examples of such problems include: Not going to school Aggressive behavior Throwing tantrums, acting up,…

TAFDC Caretaker Exemption: Children's Issues Series

GBLS
What is the TAFDC Caretaker Exemption Rule? Under the TAFDC work requirement rule, families must do a work activity for 20-30 hours each week (hours are based on the age of their youngest child) as a condition of receiving TAFDC. The time limit rule says that families can also receive TAFDC for…

National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators

NAJIT
"The National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators' (NAJIT) mission is to promote quality services in the field of legal interpreting and translating. NAJIT members play a critical role in ensuring due process, equal protection and equal access for non-English or limited…

HIV Anti-Discrimination Law in Massachusetts

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders
Click the "Go to Website" link below to download information about Massachusetts anti-discrimination laws protecting people with HIV from discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations  from GLAD's website. Also includes information on remedies for…

Massachusetts SNAP and Cash Assistance Caseload by County, City and Town - October 2011

DTA

Report on Child Care from the National Womens Law Center

National Women's Law Center
This report tells the stories of parents and providers who were harmed by state cuts in child care funding. Press Release 2011 Report on child care: STATE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE POLICIES 2011: REDUCED SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES IN CHALLENGING TIMES 2005 Report

Benefits Plain Language Sample Documents

LawNY Inc. & Trancend
This document contains sample documents in plain language about specific benefits topics. It has been extracted from a larger document titled, The Essential Plain Language Collection. This is a guide created by LawNY and Trancend for legal aid advocates. The Essential Plain Language Collection will…

Basic Interpreter Training Videos

Clarity Interpreting
These basic training videos, produced by Clarity Interpreting, highlight 7 tips that demonstrate some of the core differences between a trained and untrained interpreter.  The videos give examples of each tip through a recorded interpreted encounter. The 7 Tips include: Body…

Diagnostic Bias and Conduct Disorder: Improving Culturally Sensitive Diagnosis

Lauren Mizock and Debra Harkins
From the article: Disproportionately high rates of Conduct Disorder are diagnosed in African American and Latino youth of color. Diagnostic bias contributes to overdiagnosis of Conduct Disorder in these adolescents of color. Following a diagnosis of Conduct Disorder, adolescents of color face…

Fact Sheet: Key Information for Massachusetts Lawyers and Other Child Advocates About Free Meals for Foster Children

MLRI
MLRI fact sheet about important provisions in the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 which ensure that children in foster care can access free meals in schools and day care, and changes in the law allowing other children in the home to access free or reduced-price meals.

MassHealth Drug Copayment Increase: Letter for October 1st

MassHealth

Clothing Allowance Restored for September 2011

MLRI
We just learned from DTA that the full $150/child clothing allowance will be paid in September 2011.Thanks to your advocacy, the Legislature and the Governor prioritized restoration of the clothing allowance if revenues improved. There has in fact been an increase in revenues over projections and…

Six Ways That States and School Districts Can Make It Easier For Children in Foster Care to Get Free Meals as School

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
How states and school districts can take advantage of new opportunities resulting from the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 to assist children in foster care by establishing effective systems for enrolling eligible children in free meal programs.  Click the "Go to…

Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act 2008

Center for Law and Social Policy
Center for Law and Social Policy's (CLASP's) information section on supporting kinship families including the Fostering Connections to Success Act.  Click the "Go to Website" link below to access these resources.  

MLRI’S Child Advocacy: Achieving Stability & Opportunity for Low-Income Children in Massachusetts

MLRI
An overview of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute's advocacy work on behalf of children.

New Process for Handling Disability Supplements (EOM 11-06)

Office of Medicaid
New Process for Handling Disability Supplements is described in the attached  Eligibility Operations Memo

Living Trusts

National Consumer Law Center
Two brochures prepared by the National Consumer Law Center about living trusts. Tips for Seniors on Living Trusts (brochure for consumers) -- This fact sheet has basic information about living trusts and wills, and describes some of the most common scams.Avoiding Living Trust Scams: …

Mapping America: Every City, Every Block

New York Times
This easy to use mapping tool browses local data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, based on samples from 2005 to 2009. Because these figures are based on samples, they are subject to a margin of error, particularly in places with a low population, and are best regarded as…

Disaster Unemployment Assistance

MLRI and WMLS
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) may be available for those in a federal disaster area whose employment has been lost or interrupted due to the disaster.  In particular, people who are self-employed may be eligible for DUA benefits, even if they would not otherwise be eligible for…

Proving Your Identity After a Disaster

Mass Justice Project
A fact sheet about proving your identity after a disaster.  Click the "Go to Website" link below, to download the fact sheet from MassLegalHelp.org

Consumer Rights for DV Survivors in Massachusetts

National Consumer Law Center
Consumer Rights for Domestic Violence Survivors, National Consumer Law Center, (2011) "Many victims and survivors of domestic violence have financial difficulties. This is common and nothing to be ashamed of. Perhaps your abuser handled all the money in the household, and you are not sure…

Most Commonly Spoken Languages in Massachusetts LEP Population

Language Access Coalition
These documents contain easy-to-read graphs and tables made with information from the U.S. Census, American Community Survey, Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over for the United States, April 2010.

Serving LEP Clients 2011 Conference Virtual Handout

Language Access Coalition
The following is a virtual handout including links to many useful LEP resources compiled for the Language Access Coalition's June 3, 2011 LEP Conference. Conference Materials Handout from Michael Mulé Handout from U.S. Census-Boston Region: Your Community by Numbers Conference…

Serving LEP Clients 2011 Conference Packet

Language Access Coalition
This is a digital copy of the materials handed out at the LEP Conference on June 3, 2011.

Education of Homeless Children & Youth

National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
Education of Homeless Children and Youth- The Guide to Their Rights  Published by National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (2011) ABOUT THIS BOOKLET More than 1.35 million children and youth experience homelessness each year. These young people may be living on the streets, but…

Just for Youth: Advocating for Youth in the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services

Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
  The Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee's DYS Project has released the on-line version of the Third Edition of "Just for Youth: Advocating for Youth in the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services." This edition incorporates changes in DYS policy and practice,…

Medicare Beneficiary Alert: Are You a Hospital Inpatient?

Medicare Advocacy Project
If you are a Medicare beneficiary, Medicare can pay for up to 100 days of care in a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) such as a nursing home.  Unless you are in a Medicare Advantage plan which allows otherwise, to qualify for Medicare coverage, among other criteria, you must have a qualifying…

SSI Coalition Agenda, May 20, 2011

Linda Landry, Svetlana Uimenkova

White Fragility

Robin DiAngelo
White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and insulates them from race-based stress. This insulated environment of racial protection builds white expectations for racial comfort while at the same time lowering the ability to tolerate racial stress, leading to what I…