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SSA publishes SSR 06-03p - Considering Opinions and Other Evidence From Sources Who are not Acceptable Medical Sources, 71 Fed.

Pdf is attached.This ruling, which seems to be largely positive, has 2 parts. Part 1 expands upon 20 CFR 404.1513, 416.913(Medical and other evidence of your impairments) and 20 CFR 404.1527, 416.927 (Evaluating Opinion Evidence) Basically, the SSR emphasizes that, while an impairment must be…

SSA 3288 - Consent for Release of Information

This is the form to use to get permission to obtain information and/or records from SSA about a claimant or beneficiary you do not represent. The claimant or beneficiary may give consent to an individual or an organization to obtain the information and records.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) Online

Links to Axis I and Axis II Disorders.

ACT !! Coalition's Recommendations to the Connector Board on Affordable Enrollee Premiums and Cost Sharing

ACT II

Health Reform/Budget Update August 2, 2006

MLRI

Summary of MassHealth FY 2007 Budget and Health Reform

Flier: Food Stamps for Working People

USDA
USDA flier on common myths about Food Stamps for working individuals and families, and the information correcting them.

ABA LEP Standards for the Provision of Civil Legal Aid

American Bar Association (ABA)
The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants published Standard 4.6 on Communication in the Primary Langauges of Persons Served which states, "A provider should assure that all langauge groups within its low income communities have access to its services…

Keep Your Housing - A Guide to Help Mass. Tenants With Mental Health Issues Maintain Their Housing

Northeastern University School of Law and Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
From the Guide's introduction: "This guide is designed to help tenants understand their housing rights and responsibilities, so that they are able to maintain their housing.  This guide does not cover the topics of accessing housing or defending against eviction (although it does…

HA 4632 - Claimant's Medications

Summary of DSI Final Regulations - Do they Help or Hurt Claimants (NOSSCR 7/06)

Meeting Agenda

Revised DSI Checklist (NOSSCR 7/19/06)

NOSSCR/DLC Region I Representatives Meeting
Issues to look out for as the Disability Service Improvement (DSI) process is rolled out.

Using the DSI Advocates Listserv

Health Reform Highlights for Low Income People

MLRI
MLRI's summary of key features of health reform affecting low income people

Food Stamps and Utility Expenses: Advocacy letters and CLE flier

 Attached are two updated documents and a Client Legal Education flieron FS and Utility Expenses. MLRI has received reports of Food Stamp recipients being underpaid because DTA did not consider their heating/cooling expenses or receipt of fuel assistance when calculating their food stamp…

Steps that Advocates Can Take to Avoid Foreclosure

NCLC
Information from the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) about steps that advocates can take to help seniors and other homeowners to prevent foreclosures. For more information, see also Brochures for Older Consumers.

An Advocate's Guide to the Disaster Food Stamp Program

FRAC
This guide was developed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but it also explains a lot of the steps in the disaster declaration process generally.

Massachusetts Health Reform -Summary of chapter 58

Updated summary of key provisions in the health reform law enacted in April 2006

Summary of SSA's New Administrative Review Process (Disability Law Center, April 2006)

Summary of Disability Service Improvement (DSI) final regulations. Attached below, in Word, WP, and pdf.

List of state funded public housing units, broken down by community and bedroom size

2005 Information about state public housing units, broken down by bedroom size

GBLS
2005 listing of state public housing authorities broken down by bedroom size

Insurance for Mental Health Services

Mental Health Legal Advisors
This links to a section on MassLegalHelp.org which discusses how to get mental health services paid for once you have health insurance (either private or through MassHealth).

DTA 2005 Annual Report

DTA's 2005 Annual Report on cash assistance, homeless services, and food stamps.

Section by Section Summary of Health Reform Bill

A section by section summary of the April 4, 2006 health reform bill (H # 4580)prepared by the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing.

Dimensions of Institutional Racism in Psychiatry

MELVIN SABSHIN, HERMAN DIESENHAUS, and RAYMOND WILKERSON
Defining institutional racism in terms of self-perpetuating barriers to blacks' participation as equals in all areas of psychiatry, the authors review the influence of white racism on the image of the black patient, neglected problem areas, treatment accessibility, community mental health, research,…

Our Homes, Our Communities: How Tenants Preserve, Protect and Steward Public Housing

A report prepared by the Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants and Massachusetts Law Reform Institute for Joint Committee on Housing's special hearing on preserving state public housing. The report calls for more capital and operating funds and, through the stories that people rarely hear,…

Our Homes, Our Communities: How Tenants Preserve, Protect and Steward Public Housing

Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants and the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
The use of a narrative in advocacy.  MLRI's "storytelling project" that led to an advocacy tool that public housing resident leaders used at the statehouse to shine a light on the good work that public housing residents do in their communities which goes mostly unseen. 

Documenting Disability - Simple Strategies for Medical Providers

This manual is a guide to documenting medical impairments in support of applications for the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) disability benefits programs. It is primarily intended for health care providers in the United States serving individuals with disabilities who are homeless or…

Flyer on Medicare Part D Appeal Rights-Spanish-Espanol

Flyer entitled "My Medicare Drug Plan Won't Pay for My Drugs, What Can I Do?" in English & Spanish prepared by Medicare Advocacy Project

USDA Findings on DTA Food Stamp Access Barriers

MLRI
MLRI memo on February 1st USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Report on the November Program Access Review, and attached report of findings of serious violations of federal food stamps requirements.In November, FNS Regional Staff visited four local DTA offices to review both open and closed food…

Resources for Professional Development of Spanish Court Interpreters

Office of Trial Court Services (NJ)
Resources for people wanting to improve their interpreting skills Content Includes: -Standard Reference Materials -Self-help Training Resources -Sample Examination -Colleges/Universities That Offer Courses -Other…

2006 SSI Payment Levels and SSI/SSDI Thresholds

Tables with 2006 SSI payment levels in Massachusetts reflecting 4.1% cost of living adjustment. Payment levels are grouped by living arrangement and indicate federal benefit rate and state supplement. Separate chart with 2006 threshold amounts, including substantial gainful activity (SGA), trial…

Report on state Food Stamp participation rates for 2003

Mathematica report of November 2005 on State Food Stamp Participation Rates for 2003. No surpises here, for the FOURTH year in a row, Massachusetts is IN THE DOG HOUSE! 51st after all states and DC!!! The Bay State CAP program increased the state's FS caseload by 50,000 since February of 2005 -…

Relationship between Medicare Part D and Uncompensated Care Pool

DHCFP
Attached is a memo from DHCFP discussing the coverage relationship of the two programs.

MA Income:Poverty Ratio Charts (1989, 1999, 2003)

NCLC charts and tables, based on the 2004 Current Population Survey, illustrate the concentration of poverty in Massachusetts among African American, Hispanic, and elderly populations and changes in the state's population by income to poverty ratio groups. There has been a considerable growth in the…

PLAN of Massachusetts Pooled Special Needs Trusts

Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Massachusetts, Inc. (PLAN of Massachusetts) • Provides education and assistance to people with disabilities and their families in planning for future needs of people with disabilities. • Administers two Special Needs Pooled Trusts that are designed to…

SSR 05-02: Titles II and XVI: Determination of Substantial Gainful Activity if Substantial Work Activity is Discontinued or Redu

Combined Jewish Philanthropies Disabilities Trust

Available regardless of religion, the Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) Disabilities Trust is a pooled trust for adults with disabilities. Administered jointly with Jewish Family and Children's Services.

Berkshire County ARC Pooled Trust

The Berkshire County Arc Master Special Needs Pool Trust has been serving individuals with disabilities since 2002. During that time twenty-four people have joined the pooled trust, and the trust has administered or is currently administering more than three hundred thousand dollars for its members.…

Social Security Benefits for Homeless People With Disabilities (Fall 2005 flyer)

DLC, GBLS, DDS & others

DSI Flow Chart (from SSA)

Study of the Appropriate Operating Costs for State-Funded Public Housing in Massachusetts

Prepared by the Harvard Graduate School of Design for CHAPA and MassNAHRO

Language Barriers to Justice in California

California Commission on Access to Justice
The report includes recommendations on how to improve access to justice for those with limited English proficiency.

August 1, 2005 DHCD Memo: Domestic Violence Priority Status

"... The major thrust of this memorandum explains the verification that LHAs may require of applicants requesting Emergency Case Status because of an Abusive Situation, and makes clear that an LHA may not insist on any one form of verification, such as a restraining order against the…

The Changing Face of Massachusetts

MassInc and Center for Labor Market Studies
The Changing Face of Massachusetts is a joint project of MassINC and the Center for Labor Market Studies.  The research shows that the state faces a serious human capital challenge: while immigrants have become our principal source of new labor, growing numbers are arriving with limited…

Restraining Order Violators, Corrective Programming And Recidivism

MA Office of the Commissioner of Probate
This is a report by the Massachusetts Office of the Commissioner of Probation, November 1, 2004. Offenders who completed certified batterer intervention program were the least likely to have a subsequent arraignment of any kind (47.7%), an arraignment for a subsequent violent offense (37%), or…

Summary Process Survey - 2005

MLRI
Results of a 2005 survey bt Mass. Law Reform Institute analysing summary process eviction cases in 7 courts in Massachusetts. The survey analyzed: + How fast courts are processing eviction cases; + To what extent parties are represented by lawyers; and +What the outcomes are.

Agenda for May 13th SSI Coalition Meeting

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POMS SI 00502.100 - Basic SSI Alien Eligibity Requirements (revised March 2005)

SSA
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