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Category archives: Protection for Disability

Looming Deadline for Electronic Check-in for Home Care Workers Raises Concerns
6 years ago
Starting in 2019, providers of home health care services will be required to clock in electronically with Medicaid prior to performing services. However, disability rights advocates and a bipartisan group of senators are calling for the state-by-state rollout of these Electronic Visit Verification (... [read more]

Is Your Child Eligible for Childhood Disabled Beneficiary Benefits?
6 years ago
Understanding what benefits might be available to your child or loved one with special needs can be confusing. Different benefits apply in different circumstances, and sometimes different benefit programs can work together to help meet the needs of an individual. Childhood disabled beneficiary bene... [read more]

Report: Affordable Housing "Virtually Impossible" for Single SSI Recipients
6 years ago
As rental housing prices continue to escalate nationwide, particularly in urban centers, low-income people with disabilities are finding it increasingly difficult to find affordable housing. The Technical Assistance Collaborative and the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities recently rele... [read more]

Trump Administration Seeks to Delay Rules to Reduce Racial Bias in Special Education
6 years ago
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) is proposing a two-year delay in Obama-era regulations aimed at reducing racial disparities in special education. Disability rights advocates are strongly opposing any delay. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires states to gathe... [read more]

Low-Income Housing for People with Disabilities
7 years ago
People with disabilities are disproportionately low-income. Like many other marginalized communities, people with disabilities are being priced out of many neighborhoods, especially in large metropolitan centers, as rental prices continue to skyrocket and affordable housing stocks dwindle. Accord... [read more]

Government’s Duty to Accommodate People with Disabilities in Natural Disasters
7 years ago
Hurricanes, floods and wildfires have ravaged large swaths of the U.S. this year. Every major natural disaster disproportionately harms society’s most vulnerable populations, particularly people with disabilities. Hurricane Katrina, for example, left hundreds of thousands with disabilities stran... [read more]

Campaign Launches to Boost Enrollment in ABLE Accounts
7 years ago
New savings accounts for families of people with disabilities, known as ABLE accounts, are rapidly becoming available nationwide as programs continue to roll out on a state-by-state basis. But this new savings option, as potentially revolutionary as it is, contains many nuances and caveats, and is n... [read more]

How Special Needs Trusts Affect Eligibility for Housing Assistance
7 years ago
Those with special needs often cannot get by without housing assistance from federal programs like the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. For example, while many people with special needs are on Supplemental Security Income (SSI), the average rent for a modest one-bedroom rental unit is equal... [read more]

Are Trusts Still Useful If the Estate Tax Is Repealed?
7 years ago
With Republicans in control of Congress and the presidency, there is talk of eliminating the federal estate tax. In 2017 the tax affects only estates over $5.49 million, meaning that for more than 99 percent of Americans, it's already been repealed. With no estate tax, do you still need a trust? W... [read more]