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Guide to Rogers Guardianship

Massachusetts Probate and Family Court
From the introduction to the pamphlet: Since the 1983 decision of Rogers v. Commissioner of Department of Mental Health, 390 Mass 489 (1983), the Probate and Family Court has been charged with acti ng upon requests for permission to administer antipsyc hotic medication to individuals who…

Searchable database of SSA Emergency Message (EM)

SSA
Emergency messages update existing operational instructions (mostly POMS) for SSA district offices and ODARs. These EMs are seldom integrated into the POMS. Click the "Go to Website" link below to conduct a limited search of EMs by subject matter. Full access to the database is available…

Prescription Advantage home page (Elder Affairs)

MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs

Prescription Advantage Application Form

MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs

2015 MassHealth Income Standards

Office of Medicaid
MassHealth updated its income standards to reflect updated 2015 federal poverty levels on March 1. MLRI is currently working on our version of the 2015 income standards which we will be posting soon. 

DESE Advisory 2014-3 Identifying the Need for Paraprofessional Support

Mass Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Special Education Technical Assistance Advisory on the use of and training for paraprofessionals.  The purposes of this advisory are to: Advise school districts and parents about concerns regarding inappropriate utilization of paraprofessionals. Clarify when it may be…

Enrollment Dashboard for 2015 Open Enrollment

Connector and Office of Medicaid
2015 Open Enrollment started on Nov. 15, 2014 and ended on Feb. 23, 2015. It was the time in which people could freely purchase non-group health insurance on their own and also coincided with a new eligibility and enrollment system for MassHealth & the Connector going live and with various forms…

Sample MassHealth Renewal-Related Notices

Office of Medicaid
In 2015, the Office of Medicaid began renewing MassHealth eligibility for 1.2 million members under age 65 who are subject to the new MAGI methodology and have not had their eligibility renewed since October 2013. The first wave of 500,000 members have already been notified to submit a new…

MassHealth Renewals Process for 2015

Office of Medicaid
In this set of powerpoint slides posted on the MassHealth Training Forum website, MassHealth lays out its process for renewing eligibility for 1.2 million current MassHealth members starting in Feb. 2015.

UIPP 2015.01: 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. 

Memorandum of Understanding Between Department of Housing and Community Development and Department of Children and Families

DHCD and DCF
The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and the Department of Children and Families (DCF) enter into this Memorandum of Understanding for the purpose of better coordinating the services each provide to homeless families of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

2015 Facts and Figures DTA Caseload Reports

DTA
January 2015 Facts and Figures February 2015 Facts and Figures March 2015 Facts and Figures April 2015 Facts and Figures May 2015 Facts and Figures June 2015 Facts and Figures

E-fax Numbers for MassHealth Updated Jan. 2015

MassHealth
MassHealth is using a new fax number for submitting applications and verifications (except for Long Term Care).  Attached is MassHealth's Tip Sheet on Where to Send Applications and Verifications  

2015 DTA Performance Scorecards

DTA
DTA monthly scorecards for 2015, which include performance measures such as SNAP, EAEDC, and TAFDC caseloads, average waiting times, and accuracy rates. July 2015 August 2015 September 2015 October 2015 November 2015 December 2015

Schools' Civil Rights Obligations to English Learner Students and Limited English Proficient Parents

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights
The obligation not to discriminate based on race, color, or national origin requires public schools to take affirmative steps to ensure that limited English proficient (LEP) students, now more commonly known as known as English Learner (EL) students or English Language Learners (ELLs), can…

Massachusetts Bulletin for People with Medicare

Executive Office of Elder Affairs
Helpful information for Massachustts Medicare recipients regarding Medicare coverage, Medigap and Medicare Advantage Plans, and help paying for Medicare premiums and cost sharing.

Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP)

Department of Children and Families
Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP) The CFSP is a five-year strategic plan that sets forth the vision and the goals to be accomplished to strengthen the states' overall child welfare system. It is reported by states in order to receive federal funding under Title IV-B.  The goals…

Massachusetts Trial Court Language Access Plan

Chief Justice of the Trial Court Paula M. Carey, Court Administrator Harry Spence, in cooperation with the Language Access Advisory Committee
The enclosed document serves as the plan for the Massachusetts Trial Court to provide comprehensive services for Limited English Proficiency (LEP) individuals in compliance with Massachusetts and federal law, and represents the policy of the Trial Court to provide meaningful language access for all…

MA Attorney General's Advisory Regarding the Unauthorized Practice of Law

Office of the Attorney General
Advisory information on the unauthorized practice of law.

HUD Limited English Proficiency (LEP) website

HUD
HUD's expanded Limited English Proficiency (LEP) website features factsheets, housing brochures and other forms in Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Chinese, Farsi, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese, in addition to English  The HUD site offers brochures on…

Trial Work Period Earning Thresholds

SSA

Landlord/Tenant Information

MA Office of Consumer Affairs

DHCD Section 8 Policies 2014-2015

DHCD
The attached​ ​DHCD ​material gives the details of Housing Choice Voucher changes. ​ ​Attachments are:  1) sequestration powerpoint; 2) utility allowance powerpoint, 3) Changes in Section 8 Admin Plan, 4) DHCD's approved Moving To Work plan.  

DHCD Tenant Selection Review Decision Index 36

DHCD
All decisions made between May 21, 2014 and November 19, 2014.

Same Sex Marriages

Department of Homeland Security
Frequently asked questions on family based immigrant visas and petitions for those in same sex marriages.  Click the "go to website" link below to view the questions on the DHS website.

HUD Fair Market Rents

HUD
A link to HUD's website, which includes current and historical information about Fair Market Rents (FMR).

Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission

Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission website.

Amendment to Bullying Legislation April 2014

MA DESE
Information on MA DESE website on legislation amending the original anti-bullying law.   Chapter 86 of the Acts of 2014, which amended G.L. c. 71, §370, the anti-bullying statute, and was signed into law on April 24, 2014. G.L. c. 71, §370, as amended, requires all school…

Boston, Cambridge & Worcester CORI ordinances and Boston regs

City of Boston, City oF Cambridge and City of Worcester

US DOE OCR Guidance on Bullying

US Office for Civil Rights
OCR issued updated guidance for schools stating that bullying of students cannot be tolerated.   If a student with a disability is being bullied, federal law requires schools to take immediate and appropriate action to investigate the issue and, as necessary, take steps to stop the bullying and…

Boston ordinance extending condo conversion eviction protections, Chapter 16 Ordinances of 2014

City Council of Boston
Official copy of the Boston ordinance extending condo conversion eviction protections.

BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT STANDING ORDER 1:09

BMC
The BMC has revised standing order 1-09, which permits a judge in one division of the Boston Municipal Court to also seal cases from the other seven BMC courthouses at the same time if there are at least three charges that need to be sealed.   The order is revised to say that a court can hold a…

Frequently Asked Questions on Medicare and the Marketplace

CMS
In this set of Frequently Asked Questions CMS addresses the interaction between Medicare and new low cost insurance available for purchase through state or federal Marketplaces (also known as Exchanges). In Massachusetts we have a state based Marketplace/Exchange called the Health Insurance…

Public Housing Notice 2014-15: Revised Income Limits for Admission and FMRs for Continued Occupancy

DHCD
Attached please find the 2014 revised income limits for admission to state-aided public housing and for participation in the AHVP which are effective August 9, 2014. Pursuant to 760 CMR 5.06 these income limits are set at two year intervals and are the "Low Income Limits" set by…

DESE Technical Assistance Advisory 2014-5 Charter Schools and Students with Disabilitities

Mass Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
Charter School Responsibilities for Students with Disabilities Who May Need an Out-of-District Program - 603 CMR 28.10(6) All Massachusetts public charter schools are required to accept, enroll, and serve students with disabilities and to provide a free and appropriate public education to those…

Confidentiality Toolkit - sharing data between government agencies

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
From the preface: "We’re very pleased to be issuing the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Confidentiality Toolkit, a product of ACF’s Interoperability Initiative.  For decades, human services agencies have been seeking to identify ways to promote…

Small Claims Court Rules and Procedures (including October 2009 and August 2010 Updates)

MLRI
New Small Claims Court Rules went into effect in October 2009.  According to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, these "amendments address many of the issues identified by the Working Group in collection cases, and four in particular: increased certainty of service, insufficiently detailed…

Multilingual Small Claims Forms, Instructions and Videos

MA Trial Court
The MA Trial Court’s Access to Justice Initiative received a Technical Assistance Grant through the State Justice Institute to translate small claims forms and instructional materials into the seven most commonly spoken non-English languages in the Commonwealth: Spanish, Russian, Portuguese,…

Mass. Department of Children and Families

Dept. of Children and Families (previously DSS) website.

EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues

EEOC
In July 2014, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued updated guidance on pregnancy discrimination.  Download the guidance from EEOC's website, https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/pregnancy_guidance.cfm EEOC has also issued Questions and Answers about this…

Massachusetts Office of HIV/AIDS

Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Centralized Waiting List (Massachusetts)

Massachusetts Centralized Section 8 Waiting List
Eighty-one (81) Massachusetts housing authorities utilize this one computerized list; all applicant information entered onto this list can be accessed and updated by any and all participating housing authorities. The site also includes information about how to apply to the Centralized…

Education resources for children in foster care

US Department of Education
The US Department of Education released new guidance whose goal is to support the education needs of children in foster care. New Guidance on Uninterrupted Scholars Act Press Release Students in Foster Care (new Department of Education page with resources) Joint letter with US Department…

EPSDT-A Guide for States: Coverage in the Medicaid Benefit for Children & Adolescents

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has just published a Guide to the Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment benefits for children and youth under age 21 in Medicaid. The 38 page EPSDT Guide was written in collaboration with the National Health Law…

Student Health Insurance and Subsidized Plans

Mass. Health Connector
Memo from the Health Connector reminding colleges and universities that under the Jan 2014 Student Health Insurance rules, the following programs are comparable coverage and eligible for a waiver of the school's student health insurance plan: Commonwealth Care, ConnectorCare, MassHealth (except…

DHCD Tenant Selection Adjudicatory Hearing Decision Index XXXV

DHCD
Includes decisions from November 21, 2013 to May 20, 2014.

GN 00210.706 Same-Sex Marriage – HI Premium Reduction for Aged and Disabled Individuals

Social Security Administration
This transmittal outlines the policies and procedures for adjudicating Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance, HI) premium reduction requests for aged and disabled individuals who are seeking a premium reduction based on quarters of coverage of a current or former same-sex spouse. On June 26, 2013,…

Same Sex Couples -- Social Security

Social Security Administration
Click the "Go to Website" link below to visit the Frequently Asked Questions - Same Sex Couples section of the SSA website.

Electronic Document Management (EDM)

MLRI
What is Electronic Document Management? Electronic Document Management, or EDM, is the new document management system used by DTA to scan and keep track of client forms and documents (verifications). EDM changes how documents are received by DTA. Documents are now processed out of one…

UIPP 2014-04 - Reasonable Assurance for Adjunct Professors

Department of Unemployment Assistance
This memo communicates DUA's revised policy regarding adjudication of reasonable assurance issues for adjunct professors.  Note that the previous policy regarding adjunct professors, as set forth in the Service Representatives Guide SRH 1557J, has been rescinded.