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National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives

National Legal Resource Center for Elder Advocates

Administration on Aging, others
The NLRC website is a collaborative effort developed by the Administration on Aging to provide legal support to the aging advocacy network.  The section of the website that is linked below includes information on Grandparent Rights and Caring for Grandchildren.

HousingWorks: Link to Find Housing in Massachusetts

HousingWorks
Resources for people looking for housing or vouchers. Additional resources for housing providers and advocates.

How to Help Older Americans Avoid Loss of Utility Service

National Consumer Law Center
Information from the National Consumer Law Center about maintaining continuous utlity service.

2010 SSI Payment Levels and SSI/SSDI Thresholds

DLC
Charts with 2010 SSI payment level and SSDI and SSI thresholds are attached.

HOME A LOAN? A Quick Guide on Reverse Mortgages for Senior Advocates

National Consumer Law Center
Information from the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) on what a "Reverse Mortgage" is, potential difficulties, and conclusions. NOTE:  this brochure is being updated, and is not currently available.

2010 SSI Charts

Division for Perinatal, Early Childhood and Special Health Needs, MA Department of Public Health

How Can I Meeet the TAFDC Work Requirement (flier)

GBLS
Flier for education and training providers explaining sanctions and how providers can help families avoid or undo them.

What If I Can't Meet the TAFDC Work Requirement (Flier)

GBLS
Know your rights flier covering exemptions, domestic violence waivers and good cause for not complying with work and other requirements.

US Department of Labor Employment and Training

U.S. DOL

Massachussetts AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO

All 50 States Workers' Compensation Agencies

N.C. Industrial Commission
Links to all 50 States' and D.C.'s Home Pages for Workers' Compensation Agencies.

Equal Employment Opportunity Comission

EEOC

National Employment Law Project

NELP
The National Employment Law Project ("NELP") website has helpful policy information on a range of topics pertaining to low-income workers.

Consumer Handout re Martinez Settlement

Justice in Aging
Update from the National Senior Citizen's Law Center (NSCLC) (now called Jusitice in Aging)  on the settlement implementation in Martinez v. Astrue. Did Social Security Stop Your Benefits Because You Had an Arrest Warrant? You may be able to start your benefits…

Links to Important Documents Relating to Adult Guardianships

Jennifer Honig, MHLAC
On July 1, 2009, M.G.L. c. 190B, Article V, Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property as added by Uniform Probate Code, St. 2008, c. 521 went into effect. Among other changes, Article V promotes the creation of "limited guardianships" and also makes a distinction…

SSI Coalition Meeting Agenda, November 13, 2009

Linda Landry,Svetlana Uimenkova

Language Portal: A Translation and Interpretation Digital Library

Migration Policy Institute -- National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy
This portal is a database of hundreds of resources used to provide services to LEP individuals. It seeks to provide relevant documents and guidance to government agencies and others who are seeking to make their services available to those who have limited proficiency in English. Materials include…

Research Guides and Resources

Massachusetts Law Refrom Institute
Resources to help you conduct legal research.  General legal: Boston College Law School Research Guides:   series of research guides on a variety of topics, prepared by Boston College Law School. Guides include, among others, Finding Cases, Using Law Reviews, Using Statutes,…

Is Massachusetts Asking You to Pay Back Unemployment Benefits That You Have Received?

Margaret Monsell, MLRI
In late October, 2009, the state's Division of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) announced that it had mistakenly sent out approximately 4100 Unemployment Insurance checks to persons ineligible to receive them.  (For more information about this, see the Boston Herald article from Friday, October 30,…

Discrimination Complaint

SSA

Guidance: Requests for Medical Letters to Protect Against Utility Shut-off

Medical-Legal Partnership
Low-income households with (a) an infant member or (b) a member who has a serious or chronic serious illness, and who have filed a "financial hardship statement" with the utility company are eligible for the service shut-off protections as described in the attached guidance.  Households in…

Standards and Procedures of the Office of Court Interpreter Services

The Committee for the Administration of Interpreters for the Trial Court, Administrative Office of the Trial Court
To provide judges, attorneys, and court personnel with essential information about the utilization of interpreter services in the Massachusetts Trial Court, and to supply interpreters with principles and protocols to follow when interpreting for the Office of Court Interpreter Services, it is…

2010 Part B Medicare Premiums for Persons with Higher Income Levels

DHHS

Suspending Damage: A Letter to Communities

Eve Tuck
In this open letter, Eve Tuck calls on communities, researchers, and educators to reconsider the long-term impact of “damage-centered” research—research that intends to document peoples’ pain and brokenness to hold those in power accountable for their oppression. This kind of research operates with…

Link to USCIS (formerly INS) Information on Public Charge

USCIS (INS)
Questions and answers about public charge.

CHIPRA (AWSS) Upgrades in Eligibility in Effect in Advance of State Regulations

Neil Cronin
Even though the office of Medicaid has not yet published regulations on the matter, under the provisions of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) various classes of AWSS immigrants (five year barred immigrants) have been upgraded to better programs for health…

Medicare Part B and CommonHealth

Nancy Lorenz, Medicare Advocacy Project
In July 2009, the MassHealth agency notified thousands of CommonHealth recipients that MassHealth would no longer pay for their Medicare Part B premiums. This flyer explains what happened and what options are available to those affected by this change.

Foreclosure Rescue Scams

Federal Trade Commission
Written material, as well as a short video, produced by the FTC on how to avoid foreclosure rescue scams.

The Five Habits: Building Cross-Cultural Competence in Lawyers

Susan Bryant
Overview Click, "Go to Website" link below to access the article.  Professors Susan Bryant and Jean Koh Peters developed a methodology called “the Habits”. The methodology consists of five habits targeted to enhance an individual’s ability to interact with…

Appointment of Representative, SSA Form 1696

SSA

Children's Mental Health-Rosie D. website

Link to the website maintained by the lawyers for the class of children with serious emotional disturbances in the Rosie D. MassHealth lawsuit with information on relief available to the class.

Fact Sheet: Food Stamps/SNAP: A Fork-Ready Stimulus

MLRI
Attached is a document for your use with local elected officials, themedia and grocers to argue the case for increased support to processFood Stamp/SNAP applications. Also attached is a list of fast facts from Pat Baker of MLRI. Important FACTS to remember about FS/SNAP benefits: Over 600,000 low…

Resources for RSDI recipients now over-income for MassHealth

CMS
Attached is a 2002 CMS publication describing rules enabling certain former SSI recipients to retain Medicaid/MassHealth as "deemed SSI" recipients when RSDI income exceeds Medicaid/MassHealth standards, and a Clearinghouse Review note explaining how to calculate whether one of these…

Education Acronyms

Massachusetts Advocates for Children
Following are the key acronyms for special education.   IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act DESE  -  Department of Elementary and Secondary Education ABA  -  Applied Behavior Analysis IEP - Individual Education Program OCR - Office for…

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Stimulus) provisions affecting MA

MLRI
Chart summarizing some of the ARRA provisions that affect people with low incomes in MA. It does not purport to cover everything. Among other things, it does not include education provisions (except for the higher ed tax break) and does not include the infrastructure projects.

Flyers for tax preparers on Individual Mandate

MLRI
MLRI has prepared two flyers for tax preparers: 1. A summary of the ways in which uninsured taxpayers are protected from the individual mandate penalty in 2008 without the need to file a hardship appeal. 2. A handout for taxpayers who do need to file a hardship appeal explaining what happens next.

Presentation to Connector on Administrative Appeals

Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority
Powerpoint presentation by Connector legal staff at Jan. 09 board meeting with stats. on hardship appeals from individual mandate penalties in 2007 --2/3 of appeals were dismissed on procedural grounds; but 3/4 of those making it to review were approved. Also stats. on Commonwealth Care appeals.

How Coalitions Can Help Legal Aid Attorneys Improve Access for Their Limited-English-Proficient Clients

Clearinghouse Review
Legal aid attorneys are increasing serving limited-English-proficient (LEP) clients bringing claims of discrimination based upon an inability to access an array of government services, such as public benefits, law enforcement, and the courts. While traditional litigation approaches may offer…

Food SNAP Coalition: "Fork Ready Stimulus" Proposal to Governor Patrick FY2010 Budget

Food Stamp Improvement Coalition
Attached is a letter to Governor Patrick, EOHHS Secretary Bigby and the Governor's Director of Infrastructure Investment, Jeffrey Simon. Yesterdays' Boston Globe highlighted the crisis faced by DTA in processing an overwhelming increase in Food Stamp applications.  The CORE recommendations -…

Attorney General's Advisory on the Independent Contractor Law (2008)

The need for proper classification of individuals in the workplace remains of paramount importance to the Commonwealth.  Misclassification deprives individuals of the many benefits, both public and private, that employees enjoy.  The Commonwealth is also harmed by misclassification in the…

MLRI Analysis of CHIP Reauthorization

MLRI
On Feb 4, 2009 President Obama signed the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization into law. MLRI analyzes some of the new options for states to improve coverage for children in Medicaid and CHIP under the new law.

An Advocate's Guide to the New and Temporary SSI Extension Law for Humanitarian Immigrants (non tech Creole)

An Advocate's Guide to the New and Temporary SSI Extension Law for Humanitarian Immigrants (Amharic)

SSI Extension Q&A (Spanish)

An Advocate's Guide to the New and Temporary SSI Extension Law for Humanitarian Immigrants (Vietnamese)

An Advocate's Guide to the New and Temporary SSI Extension Law for Humanitarian Immigrants (French)

An Advocate's Guide to the New and Temporary SSI Extension Law for Humanitarian Immigrants (Russian)

An Advocate's Guide to the New and Temporary SSI Extension Law for Humanitarian Immigrants (Lao)

Cultural and Linguistic Competence Implementation Guide

Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health
From the intro: The Cultural and Linguistic Competence Implementation Guide provides community examples, best practices, and information on specific tools and resources that can assist system of care communities, partnering agencies, and organizations to build and promote CLC. The Implementation…