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SSI, People With Disabilities, and Reaching the Federal Poverty Level. Information Bulletin #366 (11/2012). ~ Steve Gold http://stevegoldada.blogspot.com/2012/11/ssi-people-with-disabilities-and.html Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is basically a federal program for people who are disabled (and older Americans). As of 2011, there were … Continue reading →

We need not just jobs, but jobs that pay By Barbara Ehrenreich, Special to CNN August 23, 2011 12:12 p.m. EDT Editor’s note: Barbara Ehrenreich’s book “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America” (Macmillan) has just been released … Continue reading →

California’s Adult Day Health Care System: Transition to Nowhere By Assemblymember Mariko Yamada Chair, Assembly Committee on Aging and Long Term Care Almost forty years ago, California pioneered a system to keep frail elders and persons with disabilities in supportive … Continue reading →

STATE BUDGET READY or Not FOR RESUBMITTAL TO THE GOVERNOR Dear Readers, As this newsletter goes to the printer (JUNE 29TH) the Governor and Democratic leadership have reached a budget deal without Republican support. This revised version contains the mysteriously … Continue reading →