12/8/2011

11-INF-14: Revised “Request for Voluntary Restricted Payments” (LDSS-4580)
11-INF-15: Process for Requesting Temporary Assistance Recertification Waiver(s)
Las Vegas ordinance puts lenders in charge of vacancy upkeep
Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service Programs – Data Update
Attention turning to equal rights fight

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12/7/11

HRA Policy Bulletins and Policy Directives Updated
11 MA/027 – 2012 Medicaid Only Income and Resource Levels – Effective January 1, 2012
Lowest Income Families Paying More for Child Care
Obama administration targeting food stamp fraud as program reaches record highs

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12/6/11

Occupy Wall Street takes on the housing crisis
Living Below the Line: Economic Security and America’s Families
SNAP’S Homeless Shelter Deduction Can Provide Much-Needed Help for Homeless Individuals and Families
Foreclosures Cripple the State’s Economy
Judicial salaries stagnate in much of the country
Urban Institute: Helping Poor Families Gain and Sustain Access to High-Opportunity Neighborhoods

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12/5/11

Large Majority of Housing Voucher Recipients Work, are Elderly, or Have Disabilities
GAO Report: Mental Health and Substance Use: Employers’ Insurance Coverage Maintained or Enhanced Since Parity Act, but Effect of Coverage on Enrollees Varied
Though Lean, Court Budget Tries to Ease Impact of Prior Cuts
Interpreting The Constitution In The Digital Era
Buying a printer? The real cost is ink

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12/2/2011

Time to Stop Arguing About Disclosure Reform 
CBO Report: Spending Patterns for Prescription Drugs Under Medicare Part D 
Empire Justice Testimony on Improving Access to Family Court for Kinship Caregivers & Individuals with Mental Disabilities 
NY Times: Massachusetts Sues 5 Major Banks Over Foreclosure Practices 
Facing the Foreclosure Crisis: Four Urgent Needs to Address Now.
Food banks drawing statewide attention

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12/1/2011

HRA Policy Bulletins and Policy Directives Updated.
Step-by-step guide to enrolling in the NYSARC Pooled SNT for Medicaid spend-down (Updated)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Interim report on credit card complaints
GAO Report: Medicare Advantage: Enrollment Increased from 2010 to 2011 while Premiums Decreased and Benefit Packages Were Stable
Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York November 2011 Report & Appendices
NY Times: The Supreme Court’s Recusal Problem

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11/30/11

Researchers at Columbia University conclude that millions of printers open to devastating hack attack
IOLA Trustees Meeting December 14, 2011
Study: Employers Could Dump Sickest Employees On Public Health Care
The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit – An Updated Fact Sheet
NY Times: A New Shot at Mortgage Relief
New Job Openings Posted

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11/29/11

11-INF-12: Social Security Administration (SSA) Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for January 2012 – SSI Benefit Levels Chart
Immigrant Eligibility for Publicly Funded Health Care Benefits
Unemployment Insurance and the Great Recession

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