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Benefits Calculators (2)
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Benefits Check Up
This web site provides information about what benefits seniors may be eligible for. You will be required to fill out a form on the Internet. Content Detail
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2010 Guide to Benefits Programs for the Older Georgians
This brochure is a brief guide to benefits that are available for people who are 60 years old or older, including information on Medicaid, Nursing Home Medicaid, Medicare, Hospital Medicare, Nursing Home Medicare, Medicare Buy-In programs, Food Stamps, Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, and the Community Care Services Program. Content Detail
Fair Hearings & Appeals (1)
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Social Security Appeals Process
When the Social Security Administration makes a decision on your claim, we will send you a letter explaining our decision. If you do not agree with our decision, you can appeal—that is, ask us to look at your case again. When you ask for an appeal, we will look at the entire decision, even those parts that were in your favor. If our decision was wrong, we will change it. This document answers the following questions: (1) When and how can I appeal? (2) How many appeal levels are there? (3) Will my benefits continue? (4) Can someone help me? Content Detail
Income Support (1)
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Supplemental Security Income (SSI): The Law on Overpayments and Collections (Video)
This video about Social Security Overpayments and Collections was created for GeorgiaLegalAid.org by Maria Keller and Jacqueline Givens, law students at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School. The video content is based on a community education brochure created by Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc. and prepared under the direction of Georgia Legal Services Program. This is legal information, not legal advice. If you have a legal problem, you should speak with a lawyer. Read More
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Issues with SSI and Social Security (6)
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Do You Have Student Loans and You're Receiving Social Security Benefits?
DO YOU RECEIVE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS? Has Social Security determined your Medical Improvement is Not Expected (“MINE”)? If you answered yes to either question, then you MAY be eligible to have your Student Loan Debt FORGIVEN. YOUR LOAN TYPE MUST BE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: • William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program • Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFEL) • Federal Perkins Loan Program • TEACH Grant Service obligation Content Detail
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Social Security Appeals Process
When the Social Security Administration makes a decision on your claim, we will send you a letter explaining our decision. If you do not agree with our decision, you can appeal—that is, ask us to look at your case again. When you ask for an appeal, we will look at the entire decision, even those parts that were in your favor. If our decision was wrong, we will change it. This document answers the following questions: (1) When and how can I appeal? (2) How many appeal levels are there? (3) Will my benefits continue? (4) Can someone help me? Content Detail
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Social Security Electronic Payments Are Coming! Are you ready for March 1, 2013?
People currently getting federal benefit paper checks must switch to electronic payments on March 1, 2013. Content Detail
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- Spanish / Español
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SSI Overpayments: What to Do if You Got a Notice of Overpayment from Social Security
This video provides basic advice on what to do if you receive a notice of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) overpayment from Social Security. It reviews your options for what to do next, including reconsideration or a waiver of overpayment. Read More
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Supplemental Security Income Rights and Responsibilities
This document lists your rights and responsibilities in connection with Supplemental Security Income payments. Content Detail
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Supplemental Security Income (SSI): The Law on Overpayments and Collections (Video)
This video about Social Security Overpayments and Collections was created for GeorgiaLegalAid.org by Maria Keller and Jacqueline Givens, law students at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School. The video content is based on a community education brochure created by Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc. and prepared under the direction of Georgia Legal Services Program. This is legal information, not legal advice. If you have a legal problem, you should speak with a lawyer. Read More
- Read this in:
- Spanish / Español
Related Information (4)
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Benefits Check Up
This web site provides information about what benefits seniors may be eligible for. You will be required to fill out a form on the Internet. Content Detail
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2010 Guide to Benefits Programs for the Older Georgians
This brochure is a brief guide to benefits that are available for people who are 60 years old or older, including information on Medicaid, Nursing Home Medicaid, Medicare, Hospital Medicare, Nursing Home Medicare, Medicare Buy-In programs, Food Stamps, Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, and the Community Care Services Program. Content Detail
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
TANF stands for "Temporary Assistance to Needy Families". If you meet certain requirements, you may be able to get the fifty dollar ($50) Monthly Subsidy Payment (MSP) or the Crisis Intervention Services Payment (CRISP). You may also be able to get other types of TANF. Content Detail
- Read this in:
- Spanish / Español
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What if I'm Already the Trustee of a Qualified Income Trust, What Do I Do Every Month?
If you have already been named Trustee of a QIT, it is most important that you manage the money properly. This is a list of tips on how to do well and information on what happens if you don't. Read More
Social Security & SSI (12)
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Benefits For Children (Social Security)
This page outlines what Social Security's benefits for children are and who qualifies to receive them Content Detail
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- Spanish / Español
- Russian / Pусский
- Chinese / 中文
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Can I Get Social Security Benefits If I Am Not a Citizen of the United States?
Social Security is a monthly payment from the federal government to blind, disabled or older people who have paid into the social security system. (Social security payments are usually taken out of your paycheck.) Even if your employer did not report your wages to the government, you might still be able to get benefits. Spouses and children of persons who have paid into the Social Security system may also be able to get benefits. Content Detail
- Read this in:
- Spanish / Español
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Do You Have Student Loans and You're Receiving Social Security Benefits?
DO YOU RECEIVE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS? Has Social Security determined your Medical Improvement is Not Expected (“MINE”)? If you answered yes to either question, then you MAY be eligible to have your Student Loan Debt FORGIVEN. YOUR LOAN TYPE MUST BE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: • William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program • Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFEL) • Federal Perkins Loan Program • TEACH Grant Service obligation Content Detail
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How Social Security Can Make Payments to Someone Who is Managing Your Money For You
Social Security's Representative Payment Program provides fiduciary assistance for our beneficiaries who are incapable of managing or directing someone else to manage their Social Security or SSI payments. Content Detail
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Income Support: Social Security
Social Security, the nation's best known form of insurance, provides a retirement and insurance program for older and disabled Americans. There are three basic categories of cash benefits under Social Security: retirement, disability and survivor benefits. Rules, payment schedules and eligibility for each program are distinct. Although a person may qualify for more than one type of benefit under Social Security, he/she can collect only one of these three benefits at a time. The following are brief highlights of each program. Read More
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Overpayments & Collections - Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits
An overpayment happens when the total amount received by an individual is more than the total amount which should have been paid for that period. Content Detail
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Red Book - Reference for Employment-Related Programs of Social Security Administration
The Red Book serves as a general reference source about the employment-related provisions of Social Security Disability Insurance and the Supplemental Security Income Programs for educators, advocates, rehabilitation professionals, and counselors who serve people with disabilities. The Red Book is from the Social Security Administration web site. Content Detail
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- Spanish / Español
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Social Security Appeals Process
When the Social Security Administration makes a decision on your claim, we will send you a letter explaining our decision. If you do not agree with our decision, you can appeal—that is, ask us to look at your case again. When you ask for an appeal, we will look at the entire decision, even those parts that were in your favor. If our decision was wrong, we will change it. This document answers the following questions: (1) When and how can I appeal? (2) How many appeal levels are there? (3) Will my benefits continue? (4) Can someone help me? Content Detail
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Social Security Electronic Payments Are Coming! Are you ready for March 1, 2013?
People currently getting federal benefit paper checks must switch to electronic payments on March 1, 2013. Content Detail
- Read this in:
- Spanish / Español
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SSI Overpayments: What to Do if You Got a Notice of Overpayment from Social Security
This video provides basic advice on what to do if you receive a notice of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) overpayment from Social Security. It reviews your options for what to do next, including reconsideration or a waiver of overpayment. Read More
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Supplemental Security Income Rights and Responsibilities
This document lists your rights and responsibilities in connection with Supplemental Security Income payments. Content Detail
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Supplemental Security Income (SSI): The Law on Overpayments and Collections (Video)
This video about Social Security Overpayments and Collections was created for GeorgiaLegalAid.org by Maria Keller and Jacqueline Givens, law students at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School. The video content is based on a community education brochure created by Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc. and prepared under the direction of Georgia Legal Services Program. This is legal information, not legal advice. If you have a legal problem, you should speak with a lawyer. Read More
- Read this in:
- Spanish / Español
TANF/Temporary Aid to Needy Families (9)
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An Overview of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and Public Housing Authorities
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families is the new "Welfare" program. In 1996 Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act. This act abolished the old welfare entitlement program Aid to Families with Dependant Children (AFDC), and created a new block grant program, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). Under TANF, you no longer get a check for an indefinite period of time. In Georgia, families that include an adult in the grant have a lifetime limit of 48 months (4 years) in which they can receive benefits. This document contains more important information about TANF. Read More
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Client Study Guide for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Program and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Read about your rights as a person with disabilities under the Georgia TANF program Content Detail
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TANF for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: $50 Supplement and Emergency Cash Grant
TANF stands for ?Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.? If you meet certain requirements, you may be able to get the fifty dollar ($50) Monthly Subsidy Payment (MSP) or the Crisis Intervention Services Payment (CRISP). Content Detail
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TANF Sanctions: What Are My Rights?
People who receive aid under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program have to meet a number of requirements. This document explains what happens when families receiving TANF fail to comply with the TANF requirements. Read More
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TANF: What Happens When I Go to Work?
This document describes the different kinds of support services that families receiving TANF can get when the head of the household goes to work, such as child care, Medicaid health benefits and help with transportation. The document also describes what you can do if you do not get the support services you have asked for. Read More
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and Public Housing
This document answers common questions about Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and the way the benefits affect a family's rights in Public Housing. Read More
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
TANF stands for "Temporary Assistance to Needy Families". If you meet certain requirements, you may be able to get the fifty dollar ($50) Monthly Subsidy Payment (MSP) or the Crisis Intervention Services Payment (CRISP). You may also be able to get other types of TANF. Content Detail
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- Spanish / Español
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The Enhanced Services Project Attorney's Guide to TANF
This video reviews the most important things for Enhanced Services Project volunteer attorneys to know about TANF when following up with Atlanta Legal Aid clients. Georgia's TANF State Plan: http://ow.ly/XG7va TANF paper application: http://ow.ly/XG9eG Read More
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Work and Public Housing and TANF Benefits
Information on public housing policies which encourage tenants to work. Read More
Your SSI and Social Security (4)
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Do You Have Student Loans and You're Receiving Social Security Benefits?
DO YOU RECEIVE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS? Has Social Security determined your Medical Improvement is Not Expected (“MINE”)? If you answered yes to either question, then you MAY be eligible to have your Student Loan Debt FORGIVEN. YOUR LOAN TYPE MUST BE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: • William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program • Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFEL) • Federal Perkins Loan Program • TEACH Grant Service obligation Content Detail
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Income Support: Social Security
Social Security, the nation's best known form of insurance, provides a retirement and insurance program for older and disabled Americans. There are three basic categories of cash benefits under Social Security: retirement, disability and survivor benefits. Rules, payment schedules and eligibility for each program are distinct. Although a person may qualify for more than one type of benefit under Social Security, he/she can collect only one of these three benefits at a time. The following are brief highlights of each program. Read More
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Social Security Electronic Payments Are Coming! Are you ready for March 1, 2013?
People currently getting federal benefit paper checks must switch to electronic payments on March 1, 2013. Content Detail
- Read this in:
- Spanish / Español
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SSI Overpayments: What to Do if You Got a Notice of Overpayment from Social Security
This video provides basic advice on what to do if you receive a notice of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) overpayment from Social Security. It reviews your options for what to do next, including reconsideration or a waiver of overpayment. Read More
Banking (1)
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Direct Deposit or Debit Card? Learn More about Low-cost Checking Account Options in Your Area for Your Social Security Benefits
Social Security benefits recipients must make a decision on direct deposit or a federal benefits DEBIT Master card by March of 2013. Paper checks will no longer be mailed. This resource contains maps of the Athens area noting banks and credit unions that offer free or free with modest direct deposit amount each month. Read More
Know Your Rights Articles (20)
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Authorization to Disclose Information to the Social Security Administration
We need your written authorization to help get the information required to process your claim, and to determine your capability of managing benefits. Laws and regulations require that sources of personal information have a signed authorization before releasing it to us. Also, laws require specific authorization for the release of information about certain conditions and from educational sources. Content Detail
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Benefits Check Up
This web site provides information about what benefits seniors may be eligible for. You will be required to fill out a form on the Internet. Content Detail
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Can I Get Social Security Benefits If I Am Not a Citizen of the United States?
Social Security is a monthly payment from the federal government to blind, disabled or older people who have paid into the social security system. (Social security payments are usually taken out of your paycheck.) Even if your employer did not report your wages to the government, you might still be able to get benefits. Spouses and children of persons who have paid into the Social Security system may also be able to get benefits. Content Detail
- Read this in:
- Spanish / Español
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Client Study Guide for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Program and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Read about your rights as a person with disabilities under the Georgia TANF program Content Detail
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Direct Deposit or Debit Card? Learn More about Low-cost Checking Account Options in Your Area for Your Social Security Benefits
Social Security benefits recipients must make a decision on direct deposit or a federal benefits DEBIT Master card by March of 2013. Paper checks will no longer be mailed. This resource contains maps of the Athens area noting banks and credit unions that offer free or free with modest direct deposit amount each month. Read More
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Disability Programs (Social Security Online)
These web pages describe the different disability programs administered by the social security program including information about how to apply for benefits, how to manage the benefits you are receiving now, the different forms of health insurance that are available and other information. Content Detail
- Read this in:
- Spanish / Español
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Do You Have Student Loans and You're Receiving Social Security Benefits?
DO YOU RECEIVE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS? Has Social Security determined your Medical Improvement is Not Expected (“MINE”)? If you answered yes to either question, then you MAY be eligible to have your Student Loan Debt FORGIVEN. YOUR LOAN TYPE MUST BE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: • William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program • Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFEL) • Federal Perkins Loan Program • TEACH Grant Service obligation Content Detail
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Georgia Medicare Savings Program Applications
This site will allow you to apply online for the type of Medicaid that provides partial financial assistance with Medicare premiums, deductibles and co-payments to certain low income Medicare beneficiaries. Read More
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2010 Guide to Benefits Programs for the Older Georgians
This brochure is a brief guide to benefits that are available for people who are 60 years old or older, including information on Medicaid, Nursing Home Medicaid, Medicare, Hospital Medicare, Nursing Home Medicare, Medicare Buy-In programs, Food Stamps, Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, and the Community Care Services Program. Content Detail
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Income Support: Social Security
Social Security, the nation's best known form of insurance, provides a retirement and insurance program for older and disabled Americans. There are three basic categories of cash benefits under Social Security: retirement, disability and survivor benefits. Rules, payment schedules and eligibility for each program are distinct. Although a person may qualify for more than one type of benefit under Social Security, he/she can collect only one of these three benefits at a time. The following are brief highlights of each program. Read More
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Overpayments & Collections - Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits
An overpayment happens when the total amount received by an individual is more than the total amount which should have been paid for that period. Content Detail
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Shepherd Center's Benefits Navigator Program
Shepherd Center's Benefits Navigator Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Program (WIPA) assist persons with disabilities, who want to work understand Social Security's rules about how working may affect Social Security cash and medical benefits and how other State benefits might be affected. We work with people age 14 to Full Retirement Age who are already eligible for Social Security benefits. Contact Sally Atwell at 404-350-7598 or Curtis Rodgers at 404-764-7459. Content Detail
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Snapshot of Social Security
This publication provides a snapshot of the most important features of the Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicare programs. You can find specific information about these programs, including our publications, by visitingwww.socialsecurity.gov on the Internet. Content Detail
- Read this in:
- Chinese / 中文
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Social Security Appeals Process
When the Social Security Administration makes a decision on your claim, we will send you a letter explaining our decision. If you do not agree with our decision, you can appeal—that is, ask us to look at your case again. When you ask for an appeal, we will look at the entire decision, even those parts that were in your favor. If our decision was wrong, we will change it. This document answers the following questions: (1) When and how can I appeal? (2) How many appeal levels are there? (3) Will my benefits continue? (4) Can someone help me? Content Detail
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Social Security Benefits Calculator
This page has three calculators that you can use to try to estimate what your social security will be when you retire. Content Detail
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- Spanish / Español
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SSI Overpayments: What to Do if You Got a Notice of Overpayment from Social Security
This video provides basic advice on what to do if you receive a notice of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) overpayment from Social Security. It reviews your options for what to do next, including reconsideration or a waiver of overpayment. Read More
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Supplemental Security Income Rights and Responsibilities
This document lists your rights and responsibilities in connection with Supplemental Security Income payments. Content Detail
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Supplemental Security Income (SSI): The Law on Overpayments and Collections (Video)
This video about Social Security Overpayments and Collections was created for GeorgiaLegalAid.org by Maria Keller and Jacqueline Givens, law students at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School. The video content is based on a community education brochure created by Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc. and prepared under the direction of Georgia Legal Services Program. This is legal information, not legal advice. If you have a legal problem, you should speak with a lawyer. Read More
- Read this in:
- Spanish / Español
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
TANF stands for "Temporary Assistance to Needy Families". If you meet certain requirements, you may be able to get the fifty dollar ($50) Monthly Subsidy Payment (MSP) or the Crisis Intervention Services Payment (CRISP). You may also be able to get other types of TANF. Content Detail
- Read this in:
- Spanish / Español
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What if I'm Already the Trustee of a Qualified Income Trust, What Do I Do Every Month?
If you have already been named Trustee of a QIT, it is most important that you manage the money properly. This is a list of tips on how to do well and information on what happens if you don't. Read More
