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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

Shades of Belonging

The Pew Center
When census takers, pollsters or bureaucrats with application forms ask people to identify their race, most have no problem checking a box that corresponds to one of the five, standard, government-defined racial categories. In the 2000 Census, for example, 90 percent of the U.S. population was…

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 . . .

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…

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…

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.

Social Security Protection Act of 2004 (Pub. Law 108-203)

DLC
The text of the new law, entitled the "Social Security Protection Actof 2004," is attached. It was signed by the President on3/2/04.  A summary of thenew law with the effective dates of the provision, prepared by SSA, isattached.  A memo on the new law by Ray Cebula of the…

Rights as a Medicare Beneficiary Regarding Hospital Discharge Planning

GBLS
Rights as a Medicare Beneficiary Regarding Hospital Discharge Planning 

Advocacy in a Post-HIPAA World

Hilary Sohmer Dalin
Advocates now must determine whether or not they have the legal status to require the entity in question to disclose protected health information.

Model Community Service Plan for PHAs

Food Stamps for Legal Immigrants: MIRA Coalition Q&A on Who's Eligible

Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition

Advocates' Guide to the Public Housing Community Service/Self Sufficiency Requirement in Massachusetts

Deborah Harris, MLRI

2004 Social Security COLA (SSA Fact Sheet)

SSA
Additional information at https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/.

Observational Statement from Homeless Shelter/Outreach Worker

DDS Advisory C'tee Homeless Sub-C'tee
Form to be filled out by a shelter or outreach worker to support homeless applicants for SSI or SSDI. Also used by some Disability Determination Services examiners.

Lab Tests Online

Activites of Daily Living Form for Homeless Applicants

DDS

Advocating on Behalf of SSI Claimants (National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, 7/02)

NLCHP

Extended Medicare for SSDI Beneficiaries who Work (pdf)

VCU-BARC

Extended Medicare for SSDI Beneficiaries who Work (Word)

VCU-BARC

Final Rule: Elimination of Sanctions for Refusal of Vocational Rehabilitation (68 Fed. Reg. 40119, July 7, 2003)

SSA
SSA SUMMARY: We are amending our regulations to remove provisions relating to the imposition of benefit sanctions on account of a beneficiary's refusal of rehabilitation services. We are making these changes to reflect the repeal of sections 222(b) and 1615(c) of theSocial Security Act (the…

National Institutes of Health

Lancellotta v. Sec'y HHS, 806 F.2d 284 (1st Cir. 1986)

1st Cir.
stress; mental impairments; individualized assessment of residual functional capacity.

Social Security Ruling 03-1p.; Development and Evaluation of Disability Claims Involving Postpolio Sequelae, 68 Fed.Reg. 39611 (

SSA

Evangelista v. Sec'y HHS, 826 F.2d 136 (1st Cir. 1987)

1st Cir.
remand; good cause

Q & A - Criminal Prosecution of Institutional Residents by Staff

Susan Stefan
Criminal Prosecution of Institutional Residents by Staff Prepared for TEAC/NAPAS Susan Stefan Center for Public Representation July, 2003 Question: My client is being prosecuted by a staff member at the hospital where he resides for assault arising out of a struggle during a restraint…

Hornstine v. Township of Moorestown

Wolfson, District Judge
>Hornstine v. Township of Moorestown In a case that received widespread media attention, a federal court in New Jersey issued an injunction prohibiting a school district from implementing a new policy allowing for multiple valedictorians at high school graduation ceremonies. The policy had been…

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Immune System Disorders (68 Fed. Reg. 24896, 5/9/

SSA

Link to HIPAA Information on HHS Office of Civil Rights Website

HHS OCR

McDonald v. Sec. HHS, 795 F.2d 1118 (1st Cir. 1986)

west
Leading 1st Circuit SSI/SSDI case discussing the severity standard at step 2 of the sequesntial evaluation process.

Q&A on HIPAA from National Health Law Program (April, 2003)

NHeLP
Fact sheet on Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) from National Health Law Program

Avery v. Sec. HHS, 797 F.2d 19 (1st Cir. 1986)

west
Leading 1st Circuit Social Security case on pain and the factors to be considered in analyzing pain in the disability determination process.