The Social Security Administration recently updated its guidance on pandemic-related financial assistance to make it more clear that these funds do not count as a “Fact Sheet: SSI Exclusion for Pandemic-Related Financial Assistance”
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For Older Americans, Some Positive Health News
New York Times: For Older Americans, Some Positive Health News (February 28, 2022) The Covid pandemic has presented older Americans with plenty of grim news, “For Older Americans, Some Positive Health News”
Social Security Opens to Survivors of Same-Sex Couples Who Could Not Marry
New York Times: Social Security Opens to Survivors of Same-Sex Couples Who Could Not Marry (January 23, 2022) This case challenged a policy that limited “Social Security Opens to Survivors of Same-Sex Couples Who Could Not Marry”
New York Suit Contests Social Security Closures, Changes
Public News Service: New York Suit Contests Social Security Closures, Changes (October 5, 2021) Disability advocates and other groups are suing the federal government over “New York Suit Contests Social Security Closures, Changes”
Campos et. al. v. Kijakazi – Litigation
Filed September 16, 2021 in the United States District Court Eastern District of New York The Social Security Administration wrongfully reduced and discontinued SSI benefits “Campos et. al. v. Kijakazi – Litigation”
Plaintiffs Sue Social Security Administration for Wrongful Termination & SSI Benefits Reduction
New York— During the pandemic tens of thousands of people who rely on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to survive have experienced harmful and sometimes life-threatening “Plaintiffs Sue Social Security Administration for Wrongful Termination & SSI Benefits Reduction”
Commonsense Updates to SSI Can Help 3.3 Million Americans Pull Themselves Out of Poverty
If there was a program in existence that could dramatically reduce poverty among older adults and people with disabilities, but it just needed a few “Commonsense Updates to SSI Can Help 3.3 Million Americans Pull Themselves Out of Poverty”
Many Seniors Working Through the Pandemic Can’t Afford to Retire
KTVU Fox 2 Bay Area: Many Seniors Working Through the Pandemic Can’t Afford to Retire (April 26, 2021) Seniors who are too poor to retire “Many Seniors Working Through the Pandemic Can’t Afford to Retire”
Report: SSA’s Reliance on Flawed Data Leads to People Losing SSI Benefits
Thousands of extremely low-income older adults and people with disabilities have likely had their Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits cut off erroneously, bringing many of “Report: SSA’s Reliance on Flawed Data Leads to People Losing SSI Benefits”
Report: SSA’s Reliance on Flawed Data Leads to Low-Income People Losing Vital SSI Benefits
Washington, DC—Thousands of extremely low-income older adults and people with disabilities have likely had their Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits cut off erroneously, bringing many “Report: SSA’s Reliance on Flawed Data Leads to Low-Income People Losing Vital SSI Benefits”
