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Field Op 95-012 1995 RSDI/SSI COLA Reports for RRP, AFDC, EAEDC and Food Stamps

DTA

Field Op 95-014 FY95 Funding for AFDC Program

DTA

Field Op 95-007 Trans. Employment for Mass. Parents Pilot Expansion 1

DTA

Field Op 95-006 1995 RSDI/SSI COLA for AFDC, EAEDC, Food Stamps and SSI

DTA

Field Op 95-011 FY95 Funding for the AFDC Program Update #1

DTA

Field Op 95-009 EA Shelter Denials - Case Conference Procedures

DTA

Field Op 95-008 FY95 Funding for the AFDC Program

DTA

Field Op 95-002 Active Cases with Language Code 3

DTA

Field Op 95-005 Voter Registration

DTA

Field Op 95-000 Index of 1995 Field Ops

DTA

Field Op 95-003 Avail. of Substance Abuse Treatment Shelters

DTA

Field Op 95-001- Front-End Detection Tracking System

DTA

Field Op 95-004 Viewdirect On-line Report Viewing System Access

DTA

Hotline Focus for 11/94

DTA
Treatment of time shares for asset determination purposes; old AFDC case issues.

Manual for Hearing Officers (DOH)

Department of Public Welfare
The DOH "Manual for Hearing Officers" was never updated from DPW days. The Division of Hearings confirmed that this was still the manual in use as of 2014.

Hotline Focus for 07/94

DTA
FS: shelter costs determined by amount of mortgage required to be paid not including any extra the family pays each month; old AFDC case issues and old computer system issues.

Hotline Focus for 05/94

DTA
Old commmputer system and medical assistance issues.

FNS Regional Letter 94-25: Final Rule" Administrative Improvement and Simplification Provisions from the Hunger Improvement Act

USDA
Expands definition of disabled and hardship criteria for waiving in-office interview; requires phone access for reporting changes; provisions related to income and verifications; procedural provisions.

Racial Incidents and Harassment Against Students, U.S. Dep’t of Education, Office for Civil Rights (1994),

US Department of Education
The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights announces investigative guidance, under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, that has been provided to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Regional Directors on the procedures and analysis that OCR staff will follow when investigating issues of racial…

Hotline Focus for 03/94

DTA
Old computer program issues.

DOE Advisory Opinion On Student Discipline

Robert Antonucci, Commissioner of Ed
Very helpful when handling suspensions and expulsion hearings or other disciplinary matters. (Document still current.)

Hotline Focus for 01/94

DTA
Old AFDC and medical assistance case issues.

DTA TAFDC Standard Budgets of Assistance Reports

FTA
TAFDC Standard Budgets of Assistance Reports FY87, FY89-94.

Hotline Focus for 11/93

DTA
AFDC: Must use current school year calendar to determine if 18 year-old is expected to graduate by 19th birthday; FS: treatment of situation where person works off their rent; EAEDC: case must be opened if eligible while awaiting response from agency reviewing medical report.

Hotline Focus for 08/93

DTA
FS: leased vehicles not counted as assets; AFDC: calculating income prospectively or retrospectively at reapplication depends on reason for case closing.

Hotline Focus for 06/93

DTA
EA: count gross earned income plus cash benefits; AFDC rent allowance for people living in subsidized mortgage buildings if no Sec. 8 or MRVP in use; AFDC: Uniform Gift to Minors funds not countable; alien sponsor deeming.

Hotline Focus for 04/93

DTA
EAEDC: application is also application for Medicaid; AFDC: explanation of first cousin once removed; AFDC and EAEDC: treatment of tax refunds and EIC; AFDC: If applicant received final paycheck before application and is not working, do not count past paychecks even if received within last 4 weeks;…

Hotline Focus for 02/93

DTA
FS: Quality Control and most frequent errors; missing pay stubs; DTA must act on notification of changed circumstances within 10 days; CIP's; preventing shelter and utility deduction errors; medical expense deduction and family health insurance plan.

1993-1998 DTA Facts and Figures

DTA

Hotline Focus for 12/92

DTA
Outdated AFDC and PACES computer system issues.

Hotline Focus for 10/92

DTA
FS: foster care payments; AFDC: foster care payments; outdated AFDC issues.

Hotline Focus for 07/92

DTA

FNS Regional Letter 92-50: LIHEAA (Fuel Assistance) and the Standard Utility Allowance (SUA)

USDA
Questions and answers from FNS regarding the effects of receipt of LIHEAA fuel assistance on getting the SUA. Basically any FS recipient who is approved for LIHEAA is eligible for the full SUA, even if they are not billed separately for heat. This is especially important for elders and disabled…

Hotline Focus for 06/92

DTA
FS: children on SSI and FS Restaurant Program; outdated AFDC issues.

Hotline Focus for 05/92

DTA
AFDC: do not count wage stubs from terminated employment upon application;  for Monthly Reporting enter wages for the week received not the week earned.

Hotline Focus for 03/92

DTA
AFDC: Terminated employment and Supplemental Payments; Funeral Benefits for persons not receiving any benefits while alive; FS: correction of underpayments; EAEDC: counting of spouse's income and assets.

Hotline Focus for 01/92

DTA
Outdated AFDC issues.

EEOC Policy on Criminal Records in Hiring (1990)

EEOC
EEOC's 1990 Policy Statement on the use of criminal records in hiring. The Policy Guidance states that, since there is a disparate impact on job applicants who are African American or Latino/a, criminal records cannot be used as the basis for a hiring decision absent a business necessity.

POMS on SSA Codes for Disability Claims

SSA
GN 01050.009 DIB and DIB Auxiliary Paid Out of the Disability Insurance Trust Fund The prefix letter “H” identifies a benefit paid out of the Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Therefore, the proper claim symbols should be shown as…

FNS Policy Memo 89-16: Disabled Members

USDA
This Policy Memo supersedes Policy Memos 80-060 and 85-015. The information has been updated and consolidated. Answers questions about definition of disability and medical deductions vis a vis SSI payments. There are more recent FNS policies re: disability.

SSR82-60:Evaluation of DAA (issued in 1982 PRIOR to 1996 changes; NOT current SSA policy)

SSA
SSR is not rescinded but it DOES NOT represent current SSA policy.

FNS Regional Letter 97-47: Standard Utility Allowance (SUA) Requirements and Metholodoliges

USDA
USDA instructions on how states can develop and update their Standard Utility Allowances.

Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR)

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (Children's Bureau/ACF)
The Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) process is undertaken by the Children's Bureau, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, analyzing seven major child welfare outcomes in the areas of safety, permanency, and wellbeing…

POMS SI 00830.099 - Guide to Unearned Income Exclusions

SSA

KIDS COUNT Data Center

Annie E. Casey Foundation
KIDS COUNT is a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and a premier source of data on children and families. Each year, the Foundation produces comprehensive reports — including the KIDS COUNT Data Book — that assesses child well-being in the United States. These publications can be found at the…

DCF Fair Hearing Reports and Dockets

Department of Children and Families
These reports are required by DCF's budget, line item 4800-0015, which must be renewed annually.  This reporting requirement remains in effect in the FY 2018 budget. (see https://malegislature.gov/Budget/FinalBudget).  The department is mandated to report the following…

DCF Annual Report on Staffing

Department of Children and Families
These reports are required by DCF's budget, line item 4800-0015, which must be renewed annually.  This requirement still exists in the FY 2018 budget. (see https://malegislature.gov/Budget/FinalBudget). The department is mandated to report the following information annually no…

DCF Family Resource Center Program Evaluation Report

Department of Children and Families
These reports on the Family Resource Centers are required by DCF's budget, line item 4000-0051, which must be renewed annually.  This reporting requirement remains in effect in the FY 2018 budget.  (see https://malegislature.gov/Budget/FinalBudget). The Executive Office of…

DCF Analysis of Child Fatalities & Near Fatalities

Department of Children and Families
The DCF Analysis of Child Fatalities report is an annual compilation of information on the deaths of children whose families had an open case with DCF or whose case closed within the six months prior to the child's death, as well as children whose deaths were reported to DCF pursuant to M.G.L.…

DCF Child Maltreatment Statistics

Department of Children and Families
The DCF Child Maltreatment Statistics annual report contains descriptive statistics dealing with reports, screening and investigation decisions, reporting groups, and the characteristics of maltreated children, their mothers, and perpetrators. Separate analyses are presented for each type of…