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COLA

Since 1975, Social Security's general benefit increases have been based on increases in the cost of living, as measured by the Consumer Price Index. We call such increases Cost-Of-Living Adjustments, or COLAs. Because there has been a decline in the Consumer Price Index, there will be no cola payable in 2011.

ARTICLES

We're In the Money: SSA Pays COLA for 2012
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2012, the first since 2009. Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 60 million Americans will increase by 3.6 percent. Read More

COLA? What COLA?
Recipients in all of Social Security’s benefit programs, including retirement, disability and SSI, will be disappointed again in 2011 because of no cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for the second year in a row. Read More

No 2010 COLA Planned
And we are not talking about the tax on sugary soft drinks proposed by New York Governor Paterson as a method for closing the State’s budget gap. We are talking about that sacred cow, annual cost of living adjustments (COLA) in the Social Security programs linked historically to increases in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Read More

SSA Announces 2009 COLA
On October 16, 2008, SSA announced its cost of living adjustments (COLA) for benefits effective January 2009. It is largest annual increase (5.8%) since 1982, and is based on the annual change in the Consumer Price Index. Read More


COLA: Articles



POLICY ADVOCACY

Empire Justice Center Testimony on the 2009-2010 Human Services Executive Budget Proposal
Our testimony today will focus on a series of recommendations for the human services budget and will touch on the need to restore the elimination of civil legal services funding. Read More




NEWSLETTERS

Disability Law News - December 2011
The Disability Law News is a quarterly newsletter published for DAP advocates. Featured in this issue highlights the announcement of a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2012 for monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Additional articles discuss ALJ bias and defining the rolls of representatives and ALJs. Also in this issue you will find articles on Regulations, Court Decisions, and Administrative Decisions. Read More

Legal Services Journal - Winter 2010-2011 Issue
The Winter 2010 - 2011 issue of the Legal Services Journal features articles on Consumer Issues, Special Education, Food Stamps and Disability Benefits. Read More