by Charlie Hollins | Sep 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
To judge from the figures presented in the 2024 review of Maryland Department of Disabilities’ Technical Assistance Program (MDTAP) there’s not much knowledge within the state of the program itself or any of its projects. MDTAP has provided the Assistive Technology...
by Charlie Hollins | Aug 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
Maryland’s Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) has long understood the need to provide funding to children and adults in the community in order that they might lead happier and more fully integrated lives in the community. What was once called Rolling...
by Charlie Hollins | Aug 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
To commemorate this landmark birthday, we’ve re-published the open letter from Frank Bisignano, the agency’s current commissioner. Today, we celebrate the 90th anniversary of Social Security—a program that has stood as a pillarof economic security and...
by Charlie Hollins | Aug 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
In further changes under the new administration (remarkably, it has only been seven months) the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Services are now actively seeking states to implement further restrictions on what you can buy with food...
by Charlie Hollins | Aug 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last week we reported that Virginia Commonwealth’s NTDC has been closed and all services terminated. This week Social Security announced that the center is open once more. Melanie Webb, the Branch Chief of SSA’s Employment Programs, sent out an n email to the nation’s...
by Charlie Hollins | Aug 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Benefits Counselors around the country received the news today that Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) was forced to close the National Training and Data Center (NTDC) on July 29. The brief announcement from Melanie Webb, Branch Chief of Employment Programs at...
