SSI Charts Updated
January 1, 2009
Author: Catherine M. Callery (Kate)| Louise M. Tarantino
Ann Biddle, Esq., Paul M. Ryther, Esq.
More thanks are in order to Jim Murphy of the Cortland office of Legal Services of Central New York. In the September edition of the Disability Law News, we announced that Jim had compiled all the SSI benefit level charts since 1976, which was available on the Online Resource Center as DAP #507. Jim has now added the 2009 benefit level chart to his compendium. DAP #507, available on the Empire Justice Center’s on-line resource center, has been updated to reflect the new information.
Jim has also updated his SSI Budget Worksheet that he created last year. The new version is updated with 2009 figures and will calculate budgets for years from 2000, including all those squirrelly deeming calculations. It is available on the Online Resource Center as DAP #511.
Who knows how Jim manages to do all he does for DAP, especially since DAP work is only a small part of what he does? Advocates will recall Jim’s presentation at last year’s Partnership Conference on accessing SSA’s e-files, which he has shared at Task Force meetings. Jim’s recent Denny Ray Award was well-deserved indeed!
The 2009 Benefit Level chart, along with this year’s Deeming chart, are also available separately on the Online Resource Center as DAP #512. Note, however, that these benefit levels may be subject to change if the Governor’s proposed state supplement reduction, which is discussed on page four of this newsletter, goes into effect.
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Janaury 2009 - Benefit Level Chart | January 2009 - Deeming Break-Even PointsCopyright © Empire Justice Center. All rights reserved. Articles may be reprinted only with permission of the authors.
