Disability Benefits

POLICY ADVOCACY

Empire Justice Center Testimony on the Governor's Proposed Deficit Reduction Plan

In the Governor’s proposed Deficit Reduction Plan, several funding streams, are slate...

Empire Justice Center Testimony at the Public Protection Hearing for 2009-2010

For the Empire Justice Center, state funding is a critical part of our annual budget ...

NEWSLETTERS

January 2010 :

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UPCOMING EVENTS

HIV AS A DISABLING CONDITION: Maximizing SSI / SSD

This training will provide case managers with basic information about Social Security...

Maximizing Health coverage for DAP clients - Before and After Winning the Case

Brief overview will include: recent changes to Medicaid, Family Health Plus and Child...

 

Recent Disability Benefits Articles

SSA Seeking Comments on Other Listing Revisions
January 21, 2010
In late November 2009, SSA issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and announced that it was seeking comments on potential changes to Multiple Body Systems, Listings 10 & 110, Genitourinary impairments, Listings 6 & 106, and Skin disorders, Listings 8 & 108. 74 Fed. Reg. 57970-57973. Read More

Court of Appeals Joins Electronic Age
January 21, 2010
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit will convert to a new case management system and electronic document filing (“CM/ECF”) effective January 20, 2010. Read More

End Note - January 2010
What New Year's Resolution
January 21, 2010
Having trouble sticking to all those New Year’s resolutions you just made? Maybe it is because you made too many. Read More

SSA Notices Discriminate Against Blind and Visually Impaired
January 21, 2010
A federal court judge in California has ordered relief to a nation-wide class of visually impaired individuals who sought to compel SSA to provide alternative formats of communication. Read More

What Is...Trigeminal Neuralgia?
January 21, 2010
Trigeminal neuralgia is characterized by sudden and intense facial pain that is often mentally and physically debilitating. The condition is most commonly found in women over age 50, and can be seen in patients with multiple sclerosis. Read More