SSI
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Social Security Disability Good Cause for Failure to Follow Prescribed Treatment
In general, a Social Security Disability or Supplemental Security Income claimant will be found not disabled if they fail, without good cause, to follow prescribed treatment that can restore the ability to work. However, the Social Security Administration…
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Express Interviews for evidence and Social Security cards
Effective May 28, 2021, Field Offices and Social Security Card Centers nationwide will begin offering the new Express Interview option. Express interviews are brief interviews, lasting approximately 5-7 minutes, which allow eligible individuals to apply for an original…
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COVID-19 Social Security waiver of overpayments during COVID-19
The Social Security Administration has issued an interim final rule regarding waiver of certain overpayments that accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic. Overpayments incurred between March 1, 2020 and September 30, 2020 that Social Security did not manually process…
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COVID-19 Interim Assistance Reimbursement agreements
Counties can be reimbursed for General Assistance/General Relief paid to claimants from retroactive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. One condition of this reimbursement is the claimant signing an agreement for interim assistance reimbursement called the SSP 14. The…
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COVID-19 individual stimulus payment for dependents of Social Security, SSI and VA benefits
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a special alert that Social Security and Railroad Retirement recipients who enter information on the IRS portal by noon Eastern time on April 22, 2020 can get the $500 per dependent…
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COVID-19 temporary suspension of all consultative examinations
The Social Security Administration has temporarily suspended all consultative examinations (CEs) until further notice because of COVID-19. All pending CEs should be temporarily cancelled and no new CEs should be scheduled or rescheduled until further notice. (Disability Determination…
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New SSA-1696 authorized representative form
The Social Security Administration has issued a new version of the SSA-1696 authorized representative form. The new form includes two new supplements: SUP 1 Claimant’s Revocation of the Appointment of a Representative and SUP 2 Representative’s Withdrawal of…
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Social Security and SSI COLA
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will receive a 1.6% cost of living adjustment (COLA) effective January 1, 2020. The California Department of Social Services has issued instructions regarding how the COLA will impact CalWORKs and…
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Housing and Disability Advocacy Program guidance
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued updated program guidance regarding the Housing and Disability Advocacy Program (HDAP). HDAP offers funding to county agencies or tribal governments to assist homeless disabled individuals with applying for disability…
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Social Security disability evaluation of cases involving primary headache disorders
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has issued a new Ruling about evaluating disability cases involving primary headache disorder. Primary headache disorders are a collection of chronic headache illnesses characterized by repeated exacerbations of overactivity or dysfunction of pain-sensitive…