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Mass. Agency Language Access Coordinator Contact Info (as of May 2016)

Mass. Health and Human Services Language Access Plans (as of May 2016)

PDF Language Access Plans for the Board of Registration in Medicine, Chelsea Soldiers' Home, MCB, MCDHH, DCF, DDS, DMH, DPH, DTA, DVS, EOEA, ORI, Medicaid, MRC, and Soldiers' Home Holyoke.    Some of these LAPs are not dated, and some may be pre-empted by revised or more…

Mass. Energy and Environment Language Access Plans (as of May 2016)

PDF Language Access Plans for DAR, DCR, DOER, DEP, DFG, DPU, and EOEEA.    Some of these LAPs are not dated, and some may be pre-empted by revised or more current versions from that agency or its executive office.…

Mass. Labor and Workforce Development Language Access Plans (as of May 2016)

PDF Language Access Plans for DIA, DWD, and EOLWD.     Some of these LAPs are not dated, and some may be pre-empted by revised or more current versions from that agency or its executive office.…

Mass. Transportation and Public Works Language Access Plans (as of May 2016)

PDF Language Access Plans for the MBTA, Department of Transportation, and State 911 Department.   Some of these LAPs are not dated, and some may be pre-empted by revised or more current versions from that agency or its executive office.…

Mass. Education Language Access Plans (as of May 2016)

PDF Language Access Plans for the EEC, ESE, and EDU.    Some of these LAPs are not dated, and some may be pre-empted by revised or more current versions from that agency or its executive office.…

Mass. Housing and Economic Development Language Access Plans (as of May 2016)

PDF Language Access Plans for the DHCD, DTC, Banks, Professional Licensure, Standards, EOHED, Consumer Affairs, and Section 8.     Some of these LAPs are not dated, and some may be pre-empted by revised or more current versions from that agency or its executive office.…

Mass. Public Safety and Security Language Access Plans (as of May 2016)

PDF Language Access Plans for the Department of Correction, Department of Fire Services, Department of Public Safety, Emergency Management Agency, Municipal Police Training Committee, Parole Board, and Sex Offender Registry Board.     Some of these LAPs are not dated, and some may be…

2016 COLA Fact Sheet

SSA

HUD Guidance on Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Use of Criminal Records by Providers of Housing and Real Estate-Related Transactions

HUD
The Fair Housing Act (or Act) prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of dwellings and in other housing-related activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin.1 HUD’s Office of General Counsel issues this guidance…

UIPP 2016.05: Issues to be Transferred to the UI Policy and Performance Department

Jennifer Lavin, Director, UI Policy & Performance
The UI Policy and Performance Department is responsible for assisting in the UI claims process for former EOLWD employees as well as issuing determinations on the following types of disputed unemployment claims:    Redeterminations High Profile Claims Plant Closings Domestic Violence 

DCF Multiple 51A Reports

Department of Children and Families
These reports are required by G.L. c. 18B, Section 25 (see https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleII/Chapter18b/Section25).  The commissioner is to report on a quarterly basis on the total number of cases of multiple 51A reports reviewed by the department under subsection…

Budget Amounts Directive - 2016

Secretary of Veterans’ Services
Veterans Services desktop budget chart. Although titled 2016, there was no change for FY 17, so it remains in effect until June 30, 2017.

UIPP 2016.04: Revision of Reasonable Attempt Policy for Adjudication of Pending Issues

Jennifer Lavin, Director, UI Policy and Performance Department
To provide updated guidance on reasonable attempts to obtain the material facts from the parties to a disputed UI benefit claim. 

UIPP 2016.03: Proper Procedure for Processing UI Claims Filed by Former Work Release Inmates

Jennifer Lavin, Director, Policy and Performance Department
To provide guidance on whether services provided while working as part of a workrelease program at a Department of Correction facility constitutes employment for the purposes of Chapter 151A and whether the wages earned in the work release program can be used to establish a UI benefit claim. 

UIPP 2016.02: Implementation of Time Limit on Replacement UI Payments

Jennifer Lavin, Director, UI Policy & Performance
To provide guidance on the implementation of a time limit on requests for replacement UI payments.  

Probate and Family Court Standing Orders

Massachusetts Trial Court Libraries
The Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries now has a page in its website for all Massachusetts and Family Court Standing Orders.  Click on the "Go to Website" link below to access this page. 

SSA Service to Homeless Individuals

Plaintiff and Defendant Domestic Violence Resource Brochures

Massachusetts Trial Court
As directed by the Act Relative to Domestic Violence, plaintiff and defendant domestic violence resource brochures have been created and will be distributed to all divisions in the relevant court departments, including the Superior Court, District Court, Boston Municipal Court, Probate and Family…

UIPP 2016.01: 1099-G Certain Government Payments

Jennifer Lavin, Director, UI Policy and Performance
To provide guidance to DUA staff regarding the annual issuance of tax related information pertaining to the amount of unemployment insurance compensation received for the previous year.

Connector information in Spanish & other languages

Connector
The on-line application is currently only available in English but if you select a language in the upper right hand corner of the screen much of the information on mahealthconnector.org has been translated into other languages . Paper applications are available in English or Spanish.…

2016 Red Book

SSA
As described by SSA:  "One of the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) highest priorities is to support the efforts of disabled beneficiaries who want to work by developing policies and services to help them reach their employment goal. The Social Security Disability Insurance…

Department of Transitional Assistance Executive Staff 2016

DTA
This is the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) Executive Staff Listing of 2016

UIPP 2015.11: New Minimum Base Period Wage Requirement for Claims

Jennifer Lavin, Director, UI Policy & Performance
For claims effective on and after Sunday, January 3, 2016, the new minimum base period wage requirement for Unemployment Insurance eligibility is $3,900.  The current minimum base period wage requirement is $3,500.  Chapter 151A, §24(a) requires the minimum base period wage requirement for…

Court Interpreter List

Office of Court Interpreter Services (OCIS)
Office of Court Interpreter Services (OCIS) maintains and periodically updates a public list of court interpreters. These interpreters may be hired by legal services programs to come to program offices to do interpreting and translating. All are screened. The table indicates which are certified.

DHCD Tenant Selection Review Decision Index No. 38

DHCD
All decisions made between May 19, 2015 and November 16, 2015.

OSEP Dear Colleague on Aligning IEP with Standards

US DOE Office of Special Ed and Rehabilitative Services (OSEP)
Student's IEP should be aligned with the state academic standard for the grade in which the child is enrolled. "Research has demonstrated that children with disabilities who struggle in reading and mathematics can successfully learn grade-level content and make significant academic…

DCL: FAPE and Alignment with State Standards

US DOE OSERS
Dear Colleague Letter from OSERS on FAPE and the definition of general education curriculum for children with disabilities as the same as that for nondisabled children.  "The cornerstone of the IDEA is the entitlement of each eligible child with a disability to a free appropriate public…

SSA pub-n on How to File an Unfair Treatment Complaint against ALJ

SSA

How UI Benefits Are Determined

Massachusetts Labor and Workforce Department
Inforation on DUA's website about how unemployment benefits are caculated. Includes topics such as  monetary determination benefit rate and benefit credit calculating your benefit rate understanding your base period and benefits year dependency allowance severance…

2016 ConnectorCare Materials

Connector
The Connector has updated flyers and other informational materials about ConnectorCare for 2016 coverage.   Follow the link to their "Resource Download Center" for documents that include the 2016 Guide to ConnectorCare; a Guide to subsidized plans explaining how advance…

UIPP 2015.10: Application of the Part-Time Availability Language in 430 CMR 4.45.

Jennifer Lavin, Director, UI Policy & Performance
To provide guidance on the part time availability language in 430 CMR 4.45,  which allows claimants to limit their availability for work in the benefit year to  part time employment and to update the memorandum issued by UI Policy and  Performance on July 9, 2009 entitled “Part-Time Availability.” 

UIPP 2015.09: New Maximum UI Weekly Benefit Amount

Jennifer Lavin, Director, UI Policy & Performance
The DUA Research Department has provided notification that the maximum UI weekly benefit amount to be paid to any individual whose benefit year commences on or after the first Sunday in October 2015 and prior to the first Sunday in October 2016 will be $722.00. This rate will become effective for…

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 02-16

United States Department of Labor
State Responsibilities for Ensuring Access to Unemployment Insurance Benefits. Click the "Go to Website" link below to download the letter from DOL's website.

Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 01-16

United States Department of Labor
Federal Requirements to Protect Individual Rights in State Unemployment Compensation Overpayment Prevention and Recovery Procedures. Click the "Go to Website" link below to download the letter from DOL's website.

UIPP 2015.08: Adjudication of Separations Caused by Possession of Less than One Ounce of Marijuana

Jennifer Lavin, Director, UI Policy & Performance
To provide guidance on the distinction between discharge for testing positive for less than an ounce of marijuana and discharge for misconduct  for using marijuana in the workplace in deliberate disregard of the employing unit’s interest. 

UIPP 2015.07: Treasury Offset Program for Fraud Overpayments and Overpayments Due to Unreported Earnings (Fault or Non-Fault)

Jennifer Lavin, Director, Policy and Performance Department
To provide an overview of the Treasury Offset Program that allows states to intercept and apply Federal income tax refunds to unemployment compensation debts. 

SSA Fact Sheet on Foreign Workers and Social Security Numbers

SSA

Operations Bulletin 2015-05: Authorization for Reimbursement of Interim Assistance Reminders

DTA
Operations Bulletin 2015-5: Authorization for Reimbursement of Interim Assistance Reminders (Issued 8/20/2015) As part of a recent Social Security review, DTA staff is reminded that an Authorization for Reimbursement of Interim Assistance (AP-SSI-IAR) must be completed accurately and…

UIPP 2015.06: Issuing At Fault Determinations Under G. L. c. 151A, § 69(a), and Fraud Determinations Under G. L. c. 151A, § 25(j).

Jennifer Lavin, Director, UI Policy & Performance
 To provide guidance on how to properly determine:   whether a claimant was at fault in connection with the receipt of erroneously paid unemployment benefits; whether the benefits were paid ‚because of such individual’s failure knowingly to furnish accurate information concerning any material…

DOL Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2015-1

United States Department of Labor
 The Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “Suffer or Permit” Standard in the Identification of Employees Who Are Misclassified as Independent Contractors. Click the "Go to Website" link below to download the Interpretation from DOL's website.

UIPP 2015.05: UI Eligibility Requirements and Enrollees in DAS-Approved Apprentice Training Programs

Jennifer Lavin, Director, UI Policy and Performance
To clarify the applicability of the availability requirements of G. L. c. 151A, § 24 (b) for enrollees in training programs approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards (formerly, the Division of Apprentice Training) as well as union members attending required skills enhancement training. 

UIPP 2015.04: Application of the “construed liberally” language in G. L. c. 151A, § 74.

Jennifer Lavin, Director, UI Policy & Performance
To provide guidance on how to properly understand the statutory requirement that the Unemployment Insurance Law “shall be construed liberally in aid of its purpose, which purpose is to lighten the burden which now falls on the unemployed worker and his family,” G. L. c. 151A, § 74, and to provide…

SSA Guide for Representative Payees

SSA

UIPP 2015.03: School Employees, G.L. c. 151A, §28A

Jennifer Lavin, Director, UI Policy and Performance
To discuss the concept of 'reasonable assurance' as it applies to claims based on services performed for, and wages earned from, an educational institution as set forth in G.L. c. 151A, §28A. 

DHCD Tenant Selection Review Decision Index 37 Volume XXXVII

DHCD
Decisions made between November 20, 2014 and May 18, 2015.

National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services

US HHS -- Office of Minority Health
National standards from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health.  The standards are primarily directed at health care organizations and seek to make practices more culturally and linguistically accessible.

SSA Ticket to Work Information Page

SSA
Click the "Go to Website" link below to go to Social Security's overview page.  Also, SSA has a 3 part video series in American Sign Language called Finding Your Path to Employment With Ticket to Work.   

DTA Online Guide

Department of Transitional Assistance
In the fall of 2014, DTA created an Online Guide with policy information for the EAEDC, SNAP and TAFDC programs.  It also includes BEACON data-entry and procedural steps for case managers to process cases. Click the "Go to Website" link below to view DTA's Online Guide…

UIPP 2015.02: Revision to G.L.c.151A, §25(e) – Requalifying Wage Provision

Jennifer Lavin, Director, UI Policy and Performance
To provide clarification regarding re-qualifying for benefits after a disqualifying separation.