The Boston Globe: Don’t Make it Impossible for People with Disabilities to Save Money (Aug 6, 2023) Supplemental Security Income was started in 1972 as “Don’t Make it Impossible for People with Disabilities to Save Money”
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Being Poor is Hard Enough—Let’s Update SSI so People Have a Real Chance of Meeting Their Needs
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program turned 50 this October. It has lifted millions of older adults and people with disabilities out of poverty, but “Being Poor is Hard Enough—Let’s Update SSI so People Have a Real Chance of Meeting Their Needs”
Free Webinar: Access to SSI – Ensuring Access to Assistance from State and Local Governments and Nonprofits
This webinar took place on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries may receive help in cash “Free Webinar: Access to SSI – Ensuring Access to Assistance from State and Local Governments and Nonprofits”
The SSI Restoration Act of 2021
The Supplementary Security Income (SSI) Restoration Act of 2021 has been introduced in both the House and the Senate. The bill would improve the lives “The SSI Restoration Act of 2021”
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”
Pandemic Creates Challenges for People Applying for SSI Benefits
Scripps National News: Pandemic Creates Challenges for People Applying for SSI Benefits (March 4, 2021) In this broadcast news segment, Senior Staff Attorney Kate Lang “Pandemic Creates Challenges for People Applying for SSI Benefits”
Trump Administration Proposes Social Security Rule Changes that Could Cut off Thousands of Disabled Recipients
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Trump Administration Proposes Social Security Rule Changes that Could Cut off Thousands of Disabled Recipients (December 12, 2019) The Trump administration is “Trump Administration Proposes Social Security Rule Changes that Could Cut off Thousands of Disabled Recipients”
Justice in Aging’s Letter to California’s Governor Elect Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom, California’s new governor, will begin his term among a growing crisis of senior poverty in the state. It will be critical that the “Justice in Aging’s Letter to California’s Governor Elect Gavin Newsom”
Justice in Aging’s Statement on Passage of the Tax Bill
December 20, 2017-Today, the House and Senate passed their destructive tax bill on a purely partisan basis. The tax bill provides an enormous tax break “Justice in Aging’s Statement on Passage of the Tax Bill”
Justice in Aging Launches New Bay Area Project with Two New Attorneys
Oakland, CA – Justice in Aging is pleased to announce a new outreach, education and advocacy project in the San Francisco Bay Area that will “Justice in Aging Launches New Bay Area Project with Two New Attorneys”