Section Outline

Public Benefits Screening

• Documentation Check List
• Federal Poverty Level Chart
• Interviewing and Problem Solving for Public Benefits
• Program and Entitlement Acronyms
• Public Benefits Screening

Advocacy/Appeals

• Consumers’ Rights and Responsibilities
• Formal Appeals: Public Assistance, Food Stamps and Medicaid
• Formal Appeals: Social Security Appeal Procedures
• Informal Advocacy: Tips for Working with Government Agencies
• Legal Services

Child Care/Child Support

• Child Support
• Head Start
• Publicly Funded Child Care
• Transitional Child Care for Public Assistance Recipients

Crime Victim Services

• Adult Protective Services
• Crime Victims Compensation
• Domestic Violence Programs
• Elderly Crime Victim’s Resource Center
• Safe Horizon

Emergency Assistance Grants

• Emergency Assistance for Adults
• Emergency Assistance to Families
• Emergency Safety Net Assistance

Employment and Training

• Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped
• NYC Department for the Aging Senior Employment Programs
• Job Training and Employment Services
• Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID)

Food/Nutrition

• Children’s Nutrition
• Emergency Food/Hunger Programs
• Food Stamps
• Food and Nutrition Program (FAN)
• Government Surplus Food Distribution
• Senior Citizen Nutrition
• Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program (WIC)

Housing/Homeless

• Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE)
• Eviction Prevention
• Homeless Services
• Mitchell- Lama Housing
• Public Housing
• Rent Regulations
• Section 8 Rental Assistance
• Senior Citizen and Disabled Housing
• Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE)
• Tenant’s Rights

Immigrants’ Rights and Services

• Immigrants’ Rights
• Immigrants’ Eligibility for Public Benefits
• Immigration Categories and the Naturalization Process

Income: Insurance Based

• New York State Disability Off-the-Job Disability Insurance
• Social Security Disability Insurance
• Social Security Retirement and Survivors Insurance
• Unemployment Insurance Benefits
• Workers Compensation

Income: Needs Based

• HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA)
• Public Assistance
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Medical Coverage

• ADAP Plus/APIC
• AIDS Health Insurance Program
• COBRA Continuation Coverage Program
• Child Health Plus
• Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage Program (EPIC)
• Expanded In-Home Services for the Elderly Program (EISEP)
• Family Health Plus
• Medicaid
• Medicaid Buy-In
• Medicare
• Medicare Part D: Prescription Drug Benefit
• Medicare Savings Program
• Programs for the Under or Uninsured

Tax Credits/Exemptions

• Child Tax Credit
• Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit
• Earned Income Credit
• Real Property Tax Credit (IT-214)
• Retirement Savings Contribution Credit
• School Tax Relief (STAR)
• Senior Citizen Homeowner’s Exemption

Transportation

• Access-a-Ride
• Half Fare/Reduced Fare for Disabled and Elderly

Utilities/Heat

• Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
• Key Span Energy Delivery Residential Reduced Rate
• New York Telephone Discount Program
• Utility and Telephone Disconnection Protections
• Weatherization Referral and Packaging Program (WRAP)

Veterans

• Civilian Health and Medical Program (CHAMPVA)
• Disability Compensation
• Improved Disability Pension Benefit
• TRICARE Health Benefits
• Veterans Health Care

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