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Happy Holidays from MDBCN!
How did we get here again, and so quickly too? Another year has raced by and has served us up, to different degrees and with new variations, the quotidian grind interlaced with despair, sorrow, hope and even, perhaps, moments of genuine joy. We hope that 2022 was, on...
Social Security Sanctions Self-Selecting Sex for SSN Records
Not a title for those with a lisp, but the SSA recently announced a policy change that will allow anyone to self-select their sex designation no matter what the records on their birth certificate may show. There's no need to provide any documentation at all but if...
Worth Remembering: SSA Resources and Benefits for Veterans
Armistice Day commemorates the ending of the First World War on November 11, 1918 and although the US were hardly involved in that conflict it is observed in this country each year in on that date. Here it's known, of course, as Veterans Day and has come to...
Change of Plan: Transferring State Benefits When You Move
Well, you can't. There is actually no provision for a simple transfer of any state-regulated benefit such as SNAP (aka Food Stamps) or Medical Assistance. Each state has their own eligibility rules and regulations so if you should up sticks and move to another state,...
An Extra Serving: Maryland Food Bank and CSFP Helping Seniors in Baltimore
The Commodity Supplement Food Program (CSFP) is a federally run program that helps low-income seniors around the country by providing them with monthly food packages. In Maryland the program is known as “My Groceries to Go!” and is administered by the Maryland Food...