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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

Attached

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

SSA
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Apples and oranges in child custody disputes: Intimate terrorism vs. situational couple violence

Michael Johnson
In response to Dutton's critique of feminist theories of domestic violence, the author of this article makes three points relevant to the debate about the gender asymmetry of intimate partner violence. First, there are three major types of intimate partner violence, only one of which (intimate…

NEW Appointment of Representative Form (SSA-1696)

SSA
SSA has issued a new SSA from 1696 form. It incorporates changes in the Social Security Protection Act of 2004 providing for non-attorneys eligible to receive direct payment of fees, and a few other things, e.g., hether the representative has ever been disbarred or suspended. Advocates in some areas…

PASSPlan.org

Website with information about Plans for Achieving Self-Support (PASS), one of Social Security's work incentives for people on benefits who want to return to work. One of the most useful features of this site is that it has lots of examples of PASS plans.

SSR 05-1c: Whether Past Relevant Work Must Exist in Significant Numbers in the National Economy (70 Fed. Reg. 7787, 2/15/05)

Step 4.  Pdf version attached.  Text version online.

Food Stamps: DTA SA-30 Report Feb 2005- Application/Recertificationst

DTA
DTA report of Food Stamp applications and dispositions by office.

MLRI Report: A Closer Look at Immigrant-Access Barriers in the Massachusets Food Stamp Program

MLRI
Detailed report by Emerson National Hunger Fellow Katy Mastman tracking immigrant access to food stamps and barriers. Report includes individual case descriptions, analysis of federal and state policies affecting access and specific recommendations to USDA and DTA to improve access barriers. Report…

MLRI Report: A Closer Look at Immigrant Access Barriers in the Massachusetts Food Stamp Program: APPENDICES

Sample client outreach fliers, in English, Spanish and Portuguese; eligibility charts and sample correspondence on access issues.

Food Stamps: DTA's SA-30 Report -Jan 2005- Application/Recertifications

DTA
DTA report on Food Stamp applications and dispositions by office.

Summary of House 1 (Governor's proposed FY06 budget)

Summary by regarding relevant portions of House 1.

Elder Legislation Filed in 2005 Session

A listing of legislation filed for the 2005-2006 session which address elder issues

Welfare Reform Advisory Committee 2004 Report - MLRI dissent

Attached is MLRI's dissent from the DTA Welfare Reform Advisory Committee's 2004 report. The report with this dissent, comments of the Mass Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition and others is available on the DTA website (https://www.mass.gov/orgs/department-of-transitional-assistance). 

MassHealth Proposed Regs Encourage Premature Nursing Home Placement

Fact Sheet on MassHealth and Long Term Care Insurance

A Brief Legislative History of the Child Welfare System

Kaisa O'Neill Murray, Sarah Gesiriech

MAP Advisory: Special Medicare Rights for Tricare Beneficiaries

Diane Paulson
Read about a new Part B special enrollment period for TRICARE beneficiaries and waiver of certain late enrollment premium penalties . . .

Serving Clients with Limited English Proficiency: Resources and Responses

Legal Services Corporation, published by Clearinghouse Review
In the summer of 2003  the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) convened, from both LSC-funded and other legal aid programs, a group of poverty lawyers, all of whom had worked with immigrant clients, to discuss how programs might improve their services to clients with limited English…

Enforcing Language Access Rights: Trends and Strategies

Clearinghouse Review
For thirty years, federal civil rights policies have required federal agencies and federally funded entities to ensure that national-origin minorities with limited English proficiency have meaningful access to government services and activities. The mandate arises from Title VI of the Civil Rights…

RAFT (Residential Assistance for Families in Transition) up and running

RAFT provides housing assistance up to $3,000 to families at risk of homelessness. Attached is a description of the program, income eligibility guidelines for 2004, and a list of the regional agencies distributing the money. As you may have anticipated, there has been an overwhelming interest in the…

Budget/Veto Fact Sheet

FY05 Conference Committee Budget Results

 The FY05 Conference Committee Budget was released yesterday, and it contains excellent results for elders. Following are some of the highlights of the Budget:FY05 Conference Committee Budget ResultsJune 16, 2004The FY05 Conference Committee Budget was released yesterday, and it contains…

Website of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR)

Advance Health Care Directives bibliography

Bob Fleischner, CPR
A bibliography of articles and cases about health care proxies and advance health care directives, highlighting their use by people with disabilities.

Supporting the Employment Outcomes of SSI and SSDI Beneficiaries in Section 8 or Subsidized Housing

Cornell Policy and Practice Brief

Hancock v. Driscoll REPORT

Margot Botsford, J.
 This is a Report to the Supreme Judicial Court on the remedy phase of McDuffy v. Secretary of the Executive Office of Education, 415 Mass. 545 (1993). In McDuffy, the Supreme Judicial Court declared that under the Massachusetts Constitution, the Commonwealth has an “enforceable…

Extended Medicare Decision Tree

Figuring out how long a person is eligible for extended Medicare can be complicated. This decision tree walks you through the process.