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Category Archives: Supplemental Security Income
WEBINAR: SSI Basics
Free Webinar When: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 2 – 3:30 PM EDT We covered the basic eligibility rules for the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program which provides modest financial support for older people and people with disabilities who lack other … Continue reading
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Senate Bill Updates SSI and Would Help Elderly Poor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 7, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC – The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2014 (S2089) was introduced today in the U.S. Senate by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). The bill, championed by the National …
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Tagged Economic Security, Elderly Poor, SSI, Supplemental Security Income
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The Supplemental Security Restoration Act of 2014
Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the Supplemental Security Restoration Act of 2014 on March 7, 2014.
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Income Network Alert: Aging Committee Hearing Focuses on Senior Poverty; SSI Fixes Urged
(3/7/2014) At a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing to spotlight senior poverty today, key witnesses advocated for updating the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and other National Senior Citizens Law Center priorities.
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ISSUE BRIEF: SSA’s Failure to Process SSI Appeals Requests
January 2014 — An issue brief from the National Senior Citizens Law Center says that the Social Security Administration needs a uniform system in place to input and track appeals by Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients and to ensure that …
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Sponsors and Endorsements of SSI Restoration Act 2014
As of May 2014, there were 74 organizational endorsements of the SSI Restoration Act in Congress (S.2089 & H.R. 1601).
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SSI Restoration Act Policy Issue Brief
The SSI Policy Issue Brief outlines the background and highlights of both S.2089 and H.R.1601 which was introduced in the U.S. Senate in March 2014 and in the House of Representatives in April 2013.
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SSI Fact Sheet 2014
The SSI Fact Sheet shares updated information on the Supplemental Security Income program including the federal benefit rate, the resource limit, demographics and more.
SSI Turns 41; It’s Time to Restore the Program to Its Original Intent
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, 2013 WASHINGTON, DC –On October 30, 1972, President Richard M Nixon signed into law an amendment to the Social Security Act that created the Supplemental Security Income program. Over eight million Americans, all of them …
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Why SSI Needs an Appeal Process that Works
September 2013 –An NSCLC issue brief, Why SSI Needs an Appeals Process that Works, provides an overview of how Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients are harmed when the Social Security Administration decides to stop or decrease their benefits, and they …
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