by Charlie Hollins | May 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
For over thirty years now the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, more familiarly known as HUD, has been administering the Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) program. The purpose of FSS being to encourage those who are receiving HUD funded rental...
by Charlie Hollins | May 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
In an effort to increase food access across the state, the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) has announced that it has signed on to an initiative funded by the US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Marketing Service which will enable local farmers...
by Charlie Hollins | Apr 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
On these pages back at the tail end of 2017 we let you know about POD (Promoting Opportunity Demonstration). POD was a new demonstration project that Social Security was implementing to see how a different set of work incentives might change outcomes for working SSDI...
by Charlie Hollins | Apr 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Social Security were in the practice of publishing an annual version of their highly comprehensive guide to work incentives for those on SSDI and SSI but, like a disused KN95 mask, it appears to have fallen by the wayside. SSA’s Red Book webpage shows the last full...
by Charlie Hollins | Apr 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Social Security have announced the date and topic of their next National Disability Forum. The focus will be “Aspects of Childhood Disability and Childhood SSI” and is set for 1pm on April 19. In keeping with the times it’s going to be a virtual meeting held...
by Charlie Hollins | Mar 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Food stamp fraud has recently become so prevalent In Maryland, with a reported 2,366 households having had money stolen from their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) accounts in the past 6 months, that the Department of Human Services (DHS) has created a simple way for...
