Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.

Policy and Practice Briefs

These publications are sponsored in part by the Social Security Administration and is a collaborative publication of Cornell University’s Program on Employment and Disability and Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. (NLS) of Buffalo, NY.

Table of Contents

P&P #1: State & Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Program
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P&P #2: State Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Programs
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P&P #3: Funding of Assistive Technology to Make Work a Reality
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P&P #4: The Transition from School to Work
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P&P #5: Dealing with Overpayments of Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits
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P&P #6: The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program
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P&P #7: Effect of Defaulted Student Loans on Return to Work Efforts
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P&P #8: Supporting the Employment Outcomes of SSI and SSDI Beneficiaries in Section 8 or Subsidized Housing
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P&P #9: Expanding Health Insurance Options
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P&P #10: Fifteen Years Along the Bumpy Road to Self Support
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P&P #11: Medical Continuing Disability Reviews and Related Concepts
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P&P #12: PASS: SSI's Plan for Achieving Self-Support
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P&P #13: Funding of Assistive Technology to Make Work a Reality, Part II
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P&P #14: Transition to Retirement Benefits
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P&P #15: Practical Legal Research
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P&P #16: Representative Payment
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P&P #17: Self-Employment and the Benefits Planning Process
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P&P #18: Self-Employment and the Benefits Planning Process Part II -- The Case of Brenda Smith
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P&P #19: Administrative Offsets and Social Security Benefits
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P&P #20: Delivering Advocacy Services Through P&A for Beneficiaries of Social Security Programs
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P&P #21: The Federal Earned Income Tax Credit
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P&P #22: Administrative Finality
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P&P #23: Order of Selection for Vocational Rehabilitation Services
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P&P #24: Medicaid and Persons with Disabilities
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P&P #25: Conducting Outreach to Transition-Aged Youth
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P&P #26: Planning Structured Settlement for Social Security Beneficiaries
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P&P #27: OVERVIEW OF MEDICARE PART D
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P&P #28: Expedited Reinstatement of Social Security or SSI Disability Benefits
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