Financial Wellness Education, Tools & Resources

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SSA Makes Slight Change to Overpayment Waiver Process

by | March 24, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

The non-profit legal advocacy organization, Justice in Aging, recently uncovered a small but positive change in the eligibility criteria for those requesting a waiver of the dreaded Social Security benefit overpayment. The change entails the expansion of margin of...
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Going Underground: Maryland’s Burial Assistance Program

by | March 10, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) was expressly developed to provide health care to all its citizens from ‘cradle to grave’. While there remains no such plan in the United States there is some limited provision of care that does indeed extend beyond...
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Closing Time: SNAP Emergency Allotments Ended

by | March 3, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

There's going to have to be further belt-tightening for many Maryland residents as the Consolidated Appropriations Act recently passed by Congress has brought about the end of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Emergency Allotment. The...
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Plan Ahead: America Saves Week 2023 Coming Soon

by | February 24, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

This Monday, February 27, will see the start of a week-long 'celebration and call to action for everyday Americans to commit to saving successfully,' or so says the official America Saves Week website. The non-profit organization, America Saves, has been running the...
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EID Expansion Denied by CMS

by | February 17, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

It has been reported that the expansion of eligibility for the Employed Individuals with Disabilities (EID) program which was proposed in May 2022 and came into effect later in the year has now been quashed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)....
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What’s In a Number? 1619(b) in 2023 

by | January 27, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

The somewhat lesser broadcast Section 1619(d) of the Social Security Act winds its way through the statement that "(t)he Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Education shall jointly develop and disseminate information, and establish training programs...
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2023 Federal Poverty Levels Released

by | January 20, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

The Department of Health and Human Services has just published the new Federal Poverty Levels (FPL). As might be expected by the name, the basic 100% poverty level is low and comes in at annual income for a household of one of $14,580. Broken down to a monthly amount...
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A Mixed Review: News on ABLE Accounts

by | January 13, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

There’s been a recent development in who can set up and use an Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) account. Since the ABLE Act was passed and signed into being in 2014 by President Obama it has allowed individuals with disabilities to set up tax-free savings...
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Your Turn: What Do You Want to Discuss in 2023?

by | January 9, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

As we start another trip around the sun, we’ll keep the updates coming as they arrive but all the while we’d like to look to you to give us any suggestions on what you’d like to know more about, or to ask us any benefits-related questions that we haven’t yet...
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Looking Forward to ’23: Reminder of the New Facts and Figures

by | January 1, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Another year in the books and off we go again! As we wish you all the very best of luck and happiness in 2023 here's a quick look once more at some of the pertinent figures that we'll need to be aware of in the coming months. Maryland's minimum wage continues its...
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