Active Duty and Veterans Law |
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - April 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, TANF, Medicaid, and more. |
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - August 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, TANF, Medicaid, and more.
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - July 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, TANF, Medicaid, and more. |
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - June 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, TANF, Medicaid, and more. |
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - March 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, TANF, Medicaid, and more.
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - May 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, TANF, Medicaid, and more. |
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - October 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, disaster help, TANF, Medicaid, and more. |
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - September 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, TANF, Medicaid, and more. |
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Children's Law & Education |
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$50 Supplement and Emergency Cash Grant for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
DFCS adopted regulations on the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren program providing for a $50.00 per month, per child additional TANF supplement. The regulations also provide for an emergency grant called: GRG Emergency/Crisis Intervention Services Payment (CRISP), which is a one time only cash payment equal to up to 3 times the maximum TANF benefit for the Assistance Unit (AU) size. |
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A Parent's Guide to EPSDT Medicaid Benefits
The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) service is Medicaid's comprehensive child health program. |
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About the Georgia Legal Services Kinship Care Adoption Project
The Georgia Legal Services Program Kinship Care Project provides critical legal help and outreach to low-income grandparents and other relative caregivers of children who need stable loving homes. |
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Adoption Assistance Information for Special Needs Children AND Form for Requesting Benefits
This flyer provides information for relatives adopting children with special needs. There is also a form used to apply for these benefits. Talk to a lawyer about any adoption. |
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Ask for a Fair Hearing for Medicaid Benefits
You can ask for a fair hearing (an appeal) if:
• You have been denied Medicaid
• Your Medicaid benefits have been cut
• Your Medicaid benefits have changed.
If you want a fair hearing, call your county Department of Family and Children’s Services today. Then fill out this form. Bring it or mail it to your county Department of Family and Children Services.
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Benefits for Kinship Care Families
Adoption Assistance is available to some kinship care families who are adopting their minor relatives. Adoption Assistance includes the following assistance: (1) a monthly payment per child; (2) Medicaid coverage; and (3) payment of legal fees and costs associated with adoption. |
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Can I get alimony?
A breif audio explanation ... |
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Can my spouse and I agree to have no child support?
A brief audio explanation ... |
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Child Support in Georgia
Georgia’s new child support guidelines began January 1, 2007. Under the old law, courts
used just the income of the parent the child
was not living with to decide how much child
support should be paid. Under the new law,
courts will consider the income of both
parents. The court will also look at the best
interest of the children. |
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Child Deprivation, Domestic Violence and Visitation
Powerpoint on Child Deprivation, Domestic Violence and Visitation issues. |
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Collecting Child Support: A Guide For Parents
Your child has a right to be supported. By law, parents must support their child until the child either (1) reaches the age of 18 (if in high school, up to age 20), (2) marries, or (3) becomes emancipated. This web page explains how to collect child support. |
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Do you have a Katie Beckett Medicaid Appeal pending? What to do...
The medicaid agency is beginning to process Katie Beckett appeals that have been pending. Some appeals have been referred to private attorneys to represent the agency in the appeals. |
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Facts You Should Know About Medicaid And Tanf If You Have Children
TANF is the program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. It provides cash assistance to low-income families. |
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Georgia's Katie Beckett Program for Children - What Can You Do If Your Child's Medicaid Coverage Is Being Terminated?
Georgia children with severe disabilities (mental or physical) can qualify for Medicaid under the so-called Katie Beckett waiver. These children are in families with incomes too high to qualify for other Medicaid. This brochure explains the waiver and rights. |
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Health Care Coverage for Children and Teenagers
Most children and teenagers can get health care coverage in Georgia under Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids. This document explains how. |
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Help with Parenting Plans
In any case where the court decides custody, the parents must file a Parenting Plan. A Parenting Plan sets out the details of how the parents will share the parenting responsibilities after a divorce or separation. If the parents can agree they can file a join parenting plan. |
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Katie Beckett Medicaid -- A Successful Model Care Plan
Katie Beckett Medicaid covers severely disabled and fragile children. The child has medically complex conditions which would require treatment in a healthcare facility by healthcare professionals if the child was not cared for at home or in the community. |
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Katie Beckett Medicaid Hearings: Meeting the Criteria
Katie Beckett Medicaid covers severely disabled and fragile children. The child must meet the Institutional Level of Care Criteria, which is defined as: The child has medically complex conditions which would require treatment in a healthcare facility by healthcare professionals if the child was not cared for at home or in the community. |
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Medicaid for Working Families
You and your family may be able to get Medicaid even if you work. These programs can help you keep health care coverage for your family for a period of time while you are working.
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Parenting Plan
In any case where the court decides custody, the parents must file a Parenting Plan. A Parenting Plan sets out the details of how the parents will share the parenting responsibilities after a divorce or separation. If the parents can agree they can file a join parenting plan. If the parents don't agree on all the issues, each parent can file a separate parenting plan. A standard form is available for parties to use, but Parenting Plans should be individualized to consider the unique issues in every family.
If there is any history of family violence in the relationship, the parent may need a Safety-Focused Parenting Plan. This parenting plan includes special considerations on visitation and safety where there is family violence. This plan should also be changed to meet the family's individual needs. |
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Pauper's Affidavit (Request to File without Paying Fees
The Pauper's Affidavit, also known as a "pauperis" affidavit, can be filed by very low-income persons to avoid paying filing fees to the court. Usually the judge will review the affidavit and make a decision about whether you have to pay fees or not. If you file this affidavit, you must be ready to respond to the judge about your income.
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Protect your Medicaid rights - Ask for a fair hearing
This document explains your rights if you have problems with Medicaid, including: (1) the right to receive a written notice when the state plans to cut off your Medicaid, deny you services, or take any other action that is unfavorable to you, (2) the right to 10 days notice before the state cuts off your Medicaid (in almost all cases), and (3) the right to a fair hearing if you disagree with a decision the state makes, you have the right to a fair hearing. A fair hearing is a chance to get state officials to change their decision about your case.
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Relative Adoption Benefits Can Affect Your Eligibility for Other Benefits Programs
Adoption can change healthcare coverage or other benefits programs. |
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Relative Adoption: Issues about Access to Education
A school must allow the child to go to school for 30 days while waiting for proof of age, residence, or other requirements. The school may give more time for special reasons. The family?and not the school?should make the decision about the type of relationship that helps the family. |
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Safety-focused Parenting Plan
In any case where the court decides custody, the parents must file a Parenting Plan. A Parenting Plan sets out the details of how the parents will share the parenting responsibilities after a divorce or separation. If the parents can agree they can file a join parenting plan. If the parents don't agree on all the issues, each parent can file a separate parenting plan. A standard form is available for parties to use, but Parenting Plans should be individualized to consider the unique issues in every family.
If there is any history of family violence in the relationship, the parent may need a Safety-Focused Parenting Plan. This parenting plan includes special considerations on visitation and safety where there is family violence. This plan should also be changed to meet the family's individual needs.
The most dangerous time in a family violence relationship is when the victim is trying to leave. A batterer can use this as an excuse to escalate the violence. A victim should contact a shelter group to help make a plan to stay safe. |
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
TANF stands for ?Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.? If you meet certain requirements, you may be able to get the fifty dollar ($50) Monthly Subsidy Payment (MSP) or the Crisis Intervention Services Payment (CRISP). You may also be able to get other types of TANF. |
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The Georgia Legal Servces Program Kinship Care Adoption Project Brochure
The Georgia Legal Services Program
(GLSP) Kinship Care Project provides
civil legal services to low-income families
in forty-two (42) counties. The GLSP
Kinship Care Project focuses on
stabilizing the legal relationships between
the relative and the dependent child and
fostering the economic stability for this
newly formed family. GLSP utilizes a
holistic approach to address the legal and
the economic needs of relative caregivers. |
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The Georgia Legal Servces Program Kinship Care Project
The Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) Kinship Care Project provides civil legal services to low-income families in forty-two (42) counties. The GLSP Kinship Care Project focuses on stabilizing the legal relationships between the relative and the dependent child and fostering the economic stability for this newly formed family. GLSP utilizes a holistic approach to address the legal and the economic needs of relative caregivers. |
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The GLSP Kinship Care Project: Helping Relatives Raise Children - Creating Stable Relationships
The proper legal relationship between the relative caregiver and the child is important. Before filing any court action, the relative should find out how a relationship will affect public benefits. The information in this brochure does not discuss how legal relationships affect public benefits. |
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The Kinship Care Relative Adoption Project of Georgia Legal Services Program
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The Role of Guardians Ad Litem in Domestic Violence and Child Custody Matters
A Powerpoint presentation on the Role of Guardians Ad Litem in Domestic Violence and Child Custody Matters |
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Watch a Video Update about Katie Beckett Medicaid Eligibility
Katie Beckett is a Medicaid eligibility category that provides Medical Assistance coverage for certain children under age 19 who have long-term disabilities or complex medical needs and who live at home. Katie Beckett eligibility enables these children to be cared for at home instead of in an institution. With Katie Beckett, only the child's income and resources, not the parents', are taken into account during the application process. |
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Your Child Should Still Get Medicaid
Even if social security decides your child is no longer disabled, your child should still get Medicaid. This document contains more information about your child's rights to receive Medicaid. |
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Consumer Law |
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GLSP Housing Law Resources
This Tool Kit provides information from Georgia Legal Services Program on Landlord/Tenant law, public housing, and other housing law for Georgia residents. |
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Help with Electric Bills Due to High Cooling Costs
Alert on funding for utiltiy assistance |
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Home Repair Funding and USDA: 504 Program
Home Repair Funding and USDA: 504 Program |
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Student Loan Borrower Assistance
Help for Student Borrowers
The National Consumer Law Center has launched a new website, Student Loan Borrower Assistance, aimed at helping borrowers who are having trouble paying off student loans. The site features information on repayment options, avoiding and getting out of default, dealing with collection agencies, and more. |
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Water and Electric Service in Rental Property
This document answers common questions about utilities charges and services in connection with rented property. |
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What You Need to Know about Garnishments and Bankruptcies
This brochure provides basic legal information about garnishments and bankruptcies in Georgia. |
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Criminal Law & Personal Injury |
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Know Your Rights on the Job Q & A
A publication by the National Council of La Raza
to help safeguard Latinos in the workplace, Know Your Rights on the Job Q & A. The format of the Q & A is designed to educate Latino employees on their rights and how to combat common forms of discrimination often experienced by this group. |
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Legal Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault
Learn about how the law protects you, financial help that might be available, and how to find support. |
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Pauper's Affidavit (Request to File without Paying Fees
The Pauper's Affidavit, also known as a "pauperis" affidavit, can be filed by very low-income persons to avoid paying filing fees to the court. Usually the judge will review the affidavit and make a decision about whether you have to pay fees or not. If you file this affidavit, you must be ready to respond to the judge about your income.
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Disability |
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A Snapshot of Estate Recovery in Georgia
The state of Georgia may place a lien on your real and personal property if you received Medicaid while in a nursing home or intermediate care home or mental institution. |
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Adoption Assistance Information for Special Needs Children AND Form for Requesting Benefits
This flyer provides information for relatives adopting children with special needs. There is also a form used to apply for these benefits. Talk to a lawyer about any adoption. |
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Ask for a Fair Hearing for Medicaid Benefits
You can ask for a fair hearing (an appeal) if:
• You have been denied Medicaid
• Your Medicaid benefits have been cut
• Your Medicaid benefits have changed.
If you want a fair hearing, call your county Department of Family and Children’s Services today. Then fill out this form. Bring it or mail it to your county Department of Family and Children Services.
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Can I Get Social Security Benefits If I Am Not a Citizen of the United States?
Social Security is a monthly payment from the federal government to blind, disabled or older people who have paid into the social security system. (Social security payments are usually taken out of your paycheck.)
Even if your employer did not report your
wages to the government, you might still be
able to get benefits. Spouses and children of
persons who have paid into the Social
Security system may also be able to get
benefits. |
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Can I Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits If I Am Not a Citizen of the United States?
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is
a monthly payment from the federal government
to persons who are blind, disabled or at least
sixty-five years old. |
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Client Study Guide for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Program and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Read about your rights as a person with disabilities under the Georgia TANF program |
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Do you have a Katie Beckett Medicaid Appeal pending? What to do...
The medicaid agency is beginning to process Katie Beckett appeals that have been pending. Some appeals have been referred to private attorneys to represent the agency in the appeals. |
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Free Income Tax Assistance in Valdosta, Georgia and Neighboring Communities
If your household income is low, you can get your taxes done for free. The Valdosta Regional Office of Georgia Legal Services Program is providing free volunteer tax assistance in Berrien, Brooks, Echols, Lowndes, Lanier, Pierce and Tift Counties from January 15, 2010 through April 15, 2010. |
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Georgia's Katie Beckett Program for Children - What Can You Do If Your Child's Medicaid Coverage Is Being Terminated?
Georgia children with severe disabilities (mental or physical) can qualify for Medicaid under the so-called Katie Beckett waiver. These children are in families with incomes too high to qualify for other Medicaid. This brochure explains the waiver and rights. |
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Have You Lost Your Nursing Home Medically Needy Medicaid?
The Nursing Home Medically Needy Medicaid Program is ending as of July 1, 2004. If you receive Medicaid coverage under this program and your income is higher than the state will allow under the regular nursing home Medicaid program you will lose your Medicaid coverage after June 30, 2004. However, there is a way you may be able to protect your Medicaid. You may be able to set up a Medicaid Irrevocable Qualified Income Trust. (This is sometimes called a "Miller Trust.") If you put some of your Social Security and/or pension check into this special trust each month, it will not count against you for Medicaid eligibility. If you do this, you should be able to continue to pay for your care as you do now and still get Medicaid.
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Hospital Bills May Be Covered by the Indigent Care Trust Fund
This brochure explains what the Indigent Care Trust Fund (ICTF) is. It tells what hospitals that have the ITCF must do and cannot do. The brochure also tells you how you can apply for the ICTF and which hospitals in each county have the ICTF program. |
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Katie Beckett Medicaid -- A Successful Model Care Plan
Katie Beckett Medicaid covers severely disabled and fragile children. The child has medically complex conditions which would require treatment in a healthcare facility by healthcare professionals if the child was not cared for at home or in the community. |
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Katie Beckett Medicaid Hearings: Meeting the Criteria
Katie Beckett Medicaid covers severely disabled and fragile children. The child must meet the Institutional Level of Care Criteria, which is defined as: The child has medically complex conditions which would require treatment in a healthcare facility by healthcare professionals if the child was not cared for at home or in the community. |
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Know Your Rights on the Job Q & A
A publication by the National Council of La Raza
to help safeguard Latinos in the workplace, Know Your Rights on the Job Q & A. The format of the Q & A is designed to educate Latino employees on their rights and how to combat common forms of discrimination often experienced by this group. |
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Medicare Part D Prescripton Drug Coverage
Medicare Part D Resources |
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Overpayments & Collections - Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits
An overpayment happens when the total amount received by an individual is more than the total amount which should have been paid for that period. |
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Pet Ownership for the Elderly and Disabled in Public Housing
This brochure discusses the pet rules that apply to residents who live in public housing designated for use by the elderly or those with disabilities. A different set of rules apply to residents of general public housing project. These rules do not apply if you are a person with a disability. |
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Protect your Medicaid rights - Ask for a fair hearing
This document explains your rights if you have problems with Medicaid, including: (1) the right to receive a written notice when the state plans to cut off your Medicaid, deny you services, or take any other action that is unfavorable to you, (2) the right to 10 days notice before the state cuts off your Medicaid (in almost all cases), and (3) the right to a fair hearing if you disagree with a decision the state makes, you have the right to a fair hearing. A fair hearing is a chance to get state officials to change their decision about your case.
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Relative Adoption: Issues about Access to Education
A school must allow the child to go to school for 30 days while waiting for proof of age, residence, or other requirements. The school may give more time for special reasons. The family?and not the school?should make the decision about the type of relationship that helps the family. |
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Seniors and People with Disabilities: You Can Get Help with Your Medicare Costs
This brochure tells you about special Medicaid programs that can pay some of your Medicare expenses.
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Social Security Programs - What do Social Security (Title II) and SSI (Title XVI) Mean?
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income provide income and other support. |
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Watch a Video Update about Katie Beckett Medicaid Eligibility
Katie Beckett is a Medicaid eligibility category that provides Medical Assistance coverage for certain children under age 19 who have long-term disabilities or complex medical needs and who live at home. Katie Beckett eligibility enables these children to be cared for at home instead of in an institution. With Katie Beckett, only the child's income and resources, not the parents', are taken into account during the application process. |
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You Can Keep Your Own Home and Still Get Medicaid!
That's right! You do not have to give away your home in order to be eligible for Medicaid. In fact, giving your home away could cause you to be disqualified from receiving Medicaid. Although you may keep your home for as long as you or your spouse are alive, the state may put a lien on your home so it can recover its costs from your estate unless certain exemptions apply.
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Your Child Should Still Get Medicaid
Even if social security decides your child is no longer disabled, your child should still get Medicaid. This document contains more information about your child's rights to receive Medicaid. |
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Disaster Relief |
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Are You At Risk for Flooding
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Be Prepared: Be Ready for a Disaster
Keep important documents, cash, and other paperwork close by for an emergency in case you have to leave your home and can't return quickly. |
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Disaster Mental Health Resource
Disasters come in many forms. They may occur suddenly or with advance warning. Disasters may be human-caused or an act of nature. Some disasters have names like Katrina or flight numbers while others have faces that we see on the television. Many are known simply as house fires or accidents. All involve sudden loss and profound tragedy in people?s lives. Whether airplane crashes, hurricanes, infectious disease, school shootings, acts of terrorism, or something else, disasters have both physical and mental health components and consequences.
This page, sponsored by the Georgia Department of Human Resources, Georgia Division of Public Health and Division of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) addresses the Mental health components of disasters.
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Disaster Unemployment Insurance Explained - Available for September 2009 Floods
YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS act now! THE deadline for all affected disaster states is Monday, October 26, 2009.
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Flood Recovery Resources
?Preparing for floods and flash flooding
?Emergency procedures during a flood threat
?Protecting livestock during a flood
?Standby electric generators for emergency power
?Restoring electrical service after a flood
?What to do before and after a flood
?Flooded lawn management
?Flood damage to trees
?Frequently asked questions about flood soiled clothing |
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Flood Vicitms in Federally Declared Disaster Areas Register online at http://www.fema.gov or call1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or 1-800-462-7585
Governor Sonny Perdue today announced that President Obama has issued a Federal Disaster Declaration for individual assistance to aid residents of Cobb, Paulding, Douglas and Cherokee counties with recovery efforts in the wake of flooding that hit Georgia earlier this week. The portion of Governor Perdue?s request covering other counties and aid to governments that sustained damage to buildings and public costs due to the storms is still pending.
?The recovery is just now beginning,? said Governor Perdue. ?We have a great deal of work to do and I appreciate President Obama?s approval of the disaster declaration. We will continue to work closely with FEMA as damage assessments continue and further assistance becomes available.?
The federal declaration covers individual assistance and can include grants to help pay for temporary housing, home repairs and other serious disaster-related expenses. Low-interest loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration will also be available to cover residential and business losses not fully compensated by insurance.
The Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) is coordinating the state's response effort. ?We are coordinating the recovery effort with our local, state, federal and volunteer partners,? said GEMA Director Charley English. ?Damage assessment teams are continuing to work with local authorities in all affected areas of the state to assess losses.?
Governor Perdue declared a state of emergency in 17 Georgia counties on Monday. The state of emergency cleared the way for the massive deployment of state personnel and equipment and paved the way for the Presidential Declaration. The Governor announced the federal declaration request on Tuesday after an aerial tour of the damaged areas.
Residents and business owners in the four counties declared by the President as a major disaster area who sustained losses can begin applying for assistance by registering online at http://www.fema.gov or by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or 1-800-462-7585 (TTY) for the hearing and speech impaired. The toll-free telephone numbers will operate from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (local time) Monday through Sunday.
GEMA is the lead state agency for coordination of emergency and disaster response activities. For more emergency information and updates, visit www.gema.ga.gov |
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Flooded Home, Business or Vehicle? Here Are Steps to Take in Reporting Your Insurance Claim
Contact your insurer immediately if you plan to make an insurance claim regarding flooding either for your home, apartment, business or vehicle from the recent heavy rains.
Step 1: This is very important. In order to make a claim you must have flood insurance coverage for your home, apartment, or business. For flooded vehicles your auto policy must include comprehensive coverage. Otherwise, typical homeowners, renters, business owners or auto insurance policies do not cover flooding.
Step 2: Contact your insurance agent or company as soon as possible to report the claim.
Step 3: Make sure your insurer knows how to reach you at all times. Provide cell phone numbers, an e-mail address or phone numbers of relatives where you will be staying if you have been forced to leave your home.
Step 4: If you can enter your home safely, separate damaged from undamaged property; take photographs of damaged property and floodwater levels. The adjuster will need this evidence in determining your claim estimate.
GIIS reminds all Georgians that 25 to 35 percent of flooding incidents occurs outside designated flood zones. Only flood insurance policies, which are available whether one lives in or outside a designated flood plain, will provide financial protection in case of most dwelling floods, also known as â??rising water.â?쳌 Flood insurance coverage for homes and businesses is available from your insurer, through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Keep in mind that there is a standard 30-day waiting period before a flood policy goes into effect.
For vehicles, comprehensive coverage must be in place in order to provide financial protection for damage caused by flooding. There is no waiting period until this coverage goes into effect. |
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GEMA Flood Resources
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Georgia Website Were You Can Verify a Contractor's License.
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - October 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, disaster help, TANF, Medicaid, and more. |
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Recovering From and Coping With Flood Damaged Property
Recovering From and Coping With Flood Damaged Property |
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U-Haul offering Free Storage to Flood Victims
U-Haul is offering 30 days of free storage to anyone whose home was damaged in the storms, or flooded out. |
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Family Law and Domestic Violence |
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$50 Supplement and Emergency Cash Grant for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
DFCS adopted regulations on the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren program providing for a $50.00 per month, per child additional TANF supplement. The regulations also provide for an emergency grant called: GRG Emergency/Crisis Intervention Services Payment (CRISP), which is a one time only cash payment equal to up to 3 times the maximum TANF benefit for the Assistance Unit (AU) size. |
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About the Georgia Legal Services Kinship Care Adoption Project
The Georgia Legal Services Program Kinship Care Project provides critical legal help and outreach to low-income grandparents and other relative caregivers of children who need stable loving homes. |
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Adoption Assistance Information for Special Needs Children AND Form for Requesting Benefits
This flyer provides information for relatives adopting children with special needs. There is also a form used to apply for these benefits. Talk to a lawyer about any adoption. |
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Benefits for Kinship Care Families
Adoption Assistance is available to some kinship care families who are adopting their minor relatives. Adoption Assistance includes the following assistance: (1) a monthly payment per child; (2) Medicaid coverage; and (3) payment of legal fees and costs associated with adoption. |
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Breaking Free From Domestic Violence
This resource gives step by step instructions about how to get out of a domestic violence situation. |
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Can I get a legal separation?
A brief audio explanation ... |
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Can I get alimony?
A breif audio explanation ... |
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Can I represent myself in a divorce?
A brief audio explanation ... |
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Can my spouse and I agree to have no child support?
A brief audio explanation ... |
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Child Support in Georgia
Georgia’s new child support guidelines began January 1, 2007. Under the old law, courts
used just the income of the parent the child
was not living with to decide how much child
support should be paid. Under the new law,
courts will consider the income of both
parents. The court will also look at the best
interest of the children. |
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Child Deprivation, Domestic Violence and Visitation
Powerpoint on Child Deprivation, Domestic Violence and Visitation issues. |
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Child Endangerment and Family Violence: What You Need to Know
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“The battered mother has to worry that if she leaves, the abuser will take her children, and if she doesn’t, that the government will.” Jill Zuccardy, attorney in Nicholson v. Williams
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Collecting Child Support: A Guide For Parents
Your child has a right to be supported. By law, parents must support their child until the child either (1) reaches the age of 18 (if in high school, up to age 20), (2) marries, or (3) becomes emancipated. This web page explains how to collect child support. |
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Consumer Rights for Family Violence Survivors
Family violence survivors who have been able to free themselves from abusive relationships can start to re-build their lives. This web page will give survivors information on economic and consumer issues they may face. |
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Economic Safety Plan for Victims of Domestic Violence
If you are a victim of family violence, your first concern is the safety of you and your children. When you are in a safe place and have a safety plan and a Temporary Protective Order (TPO), you can start planning your economic security. This guide will help you.
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Employer-Obtained Petition for Temporary Protective Order
Employer-Obtained Petition for Temporary Protective Order |
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Evaluating Whether Batterers Will Kill-- a Lethality Assessment
Evaluating Whether Batterers Will Kill-- a Lethality Assessment |
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Family Violence Ex Parte Protective Order
The Family Violence Ex Parte Protective Order is the form you need to have with you when you file your petition and meet with the judge the first time. This order will tell the parties what they can and cannot do in the days between the date the order is signed and the date of the hearing. |
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Family Violence Three Year/Permanent Protective Order
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Family Violence Twelve Month Protective Order
The Family Violence Twelve Month Protective Order is the order the judge signs after both parties have the chance to present evidence to the judge. Take this order with you to the hearing. |
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Getting a Divorce in Georgia
This document answers common questions about divorce in Georgia. |
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GLSP Dismissal of Temporary Protective Order
GLSP Dismissal of Temporary Protective Order |
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GLSP Employer Instructions for Petition for Restraining Order and Temporary Protective Order
GLSP Employer Petition for Restraining Order and Temporary Protective Order |
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GLSP Employer-Obtained ExParte Order
GLSP Employer-Obtained ExParte Order |
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GLSP Family Violence Project Tool Kit for Protective Orders
This tool kit contains information about domestic violence and stalking, forms, videos and other resources for family violence advocates and victims.
NOTE: If your spouse has ever threatened you, physically harmed you, or you have ever been afraid of your spouse, you should talk to an attorney or call 1-800-33-HAVEN BEFORE you file any divorce forms. In this situation, you could be in danger and need a plan for your safety. Taking any action to separate may put you in danger!
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GLSP Family Violence Self-Help Manual
This manual explains how to use the statutory court forms relating to family violence. |
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GLSP Injunction for Employer-Obtained Petition for Temporary Protective Order
GLSP Injunction for Employer-Obtained Petition for Temporary Protective Order |
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GLSP Motion For A Permanent Protective Order
GLSP Motion For A Permanent Protective Order |
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GLSP Motion For Contempt
GLSP Motion For Contempt |
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GLSP Motion For Stalking Permanent Protective Order
GLSP Motion For Stalking Permanent Protective Order |
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GLSP Motion to Modify Protective Order
GLSP Motion to Modify Protective Order |
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GLSP Order For Continuance Of Hearing And Ex Parte Protective Order
Order For Continuance Of Hearing And Ex Parte Protective Order |
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GLSP Order To Modify Prior Protective Order
Order To Modify Prior Protective Order
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GLSP Petition for Stalking Temporary Protective Order
Petition for Stalking Temporary Protective Order |
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GLSP Stalking Ex Parte Temporary Protective Order
GLSP Stalking Ex Parte Temporary Protective Order |
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GLSP Stalking Permanent Protective Order
GLSP Stalking Permanent Protective Order |
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GLSP Stalking Self-Help Manual
This manual explains the process for using the statutory court forms to apply for stalking protective orders. |
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Help with Parenting Plans
In any case where the court decides custody, the parents must file a Parenting Plan. A Parenting Plan sets out the details of how the parents will share the parenting responsibilities after a divorce or separation. If the parents can agree they can file a join parenting plan. |
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Housing and Domestic Violence
Did You Know? (1) A victim of family violence should not be denied housing or evicted from subsidized housing just because of family violence. (2) Georgia has several public housing and housing assistance programs. (3) Shelter groups at the l-800-33HAVEN statewide hotline number can advise you about emergency family violence shelters near you. (4) Some shelters and non-profit agencies in your area may also have transitional housing available. |
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How long does it take to get a divorce?
A brief audio explanation ... |
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How to File for a Family Violence Protective Order
Instructions on How to File for a Family Violence Protective Order |
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I have not seen my spouse for years and I do not know where my spouse is. How do I get a divorce?
A brief audio explanation ... |
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Is there a waiting period for a divorce in Georgia?
A brief audio explanation... |
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Legal Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault
Learn about how the law protects you, financial help that might be available, and how to find support. |
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My spouse does not live in Georgia. Can I still get a divorce in Georgia?
A brief audio explanation ... |
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Parenting Plan
In any case where the court decides custody, the parents must file a Parenting Plan. A Parenting Plan sets out the details of how the parents will share the parenting responsibilities after a divorce or separation. If the parents can agree they can file a join parenting plan. If the parents don't agree on all the issues, each parent can file a separate parenting plan. A standard form is available for parties to use, but Parenting Plans should be individualized to consider the unique issues in every family.
If there is any history of family violence in the relationship, the parent may need a Safety-Focused Parenting Plan. This parenting plan includes special considerations on visitation and safety where there is family violence. This plan should also be changed to meet the family's individual needs. |
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Pauper's Affidavit (Request to File without Paying Fees
The Pauper's Affidavit, also known as a "pauperis" affidavit, can be filed by very low-income persons to avoid paying filing fees to the court. Usually the judge will review the affidavit and make a decision about whether you have to pay fees or not. If you file this affidavit, you must be ready to respond to the judge about your income.
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Petition for Temporary Protective Order
The Petition for Temporary Protective Order is the first form you need to fill out to ask the court to give you protection from domestic violence. |
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Petition for the Appointment of an Interpreter in Court Proceedings
Petition for the Appointment of an Interpreter in Court Proceedings |
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Relative Adoption Benefits Can Affect Your Eligibility for Other Benefits Programs
Adoption can change healthcare coverage or other benefits programs. |
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Relative Adoption: Issues about Access to Education
A school must allow the child to go to school for 30 days while waiting for proof of age, residence, or other requirements. The school may give more time for special reasons. The family?and not the school?should make the decision about the type of relationship that helps the family. |
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Safety-focused Parenting Plan
In any case where the court decides custody, the parents must file a Parenting Plan. A Parenting Plan sets out the details of how the parents will share the parenting responsibilities after a divorce or separation. If the parents can agree they can file a join parenting plan. If the parents don't agree on all the issues, each parent can file a separate parenting plan. A standard form is available for parties to use, but Parenting Plans should be individualized to consider the unique issues in every family.
If there is any history of family violence in the relationship, the parent may need a Safety-Focused Parenting Plan. This parenting plan includes special considerations on visitation and safety where there is family violence. This plan should also be changed to meet the family's individual needs.
The most dangerous time in a family violence relationship is when the victim is trying to leave. A batterer can use this as an excuse to escalate the violence. A victim should contact a shelter group to help make a plan to stay safe. |
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Stalking Twelve Month Protective Order
GLSP Stalking Twelve Month Protective Order |
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
TANF stands for ?Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.? If you meet certain requirements, you may be able to get the fifty dollar ($50) Monthly Subsidy Payment (MSP) or the Crisis Intervention Services Payment (CRISP). You may also be able to get other types of TANF. |
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The Georgia Legal Servces Program Kinship Care Adoption Project Brochure
The Georgia Legal Services Program
(GLSP) Kinship Care Project provides
civil legal services to low-income families
in forty-two (42) counties. The GLSP
Kinship Care Project focuses on
stabilizing the legal relationships between
the relative and the dependent child and
fostering the economic stability for this
newly formed family. GLSP utilizes a
holistic approach to address the legal and
the economic needs of relative caregivers. |
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The Georgia Legal Servces Program Kinship Care Project
The Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) Kinship Care Project provides civil legal services to low-income families in forty-two (42) counties. The GLSP Kinship Care Project focuses on stabilizing the legal relationships between the relative and the dependent child and fostering the economic stability for this newly formed family. GLSP utilizes a holistic approach to address the legal and the economic needs of relative caregivers. |
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The GLSP Kinship Care Project: Helping Relatives Raise Children - Creating Stable Relationships
The proper legal relationship between the relative caregiver and the child is important. Before filing any court action, the relative should find out how a relationship will affect public benefits. The information in this brochure does not discuss how legal relationships affect public benefits. |
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The Kinship Care Relative Adoption Project of Georgia Legal Services Program
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The Role of Guardians Ad Litem in Domestic Violence and Child Custody Matters
A Powerpoint presentation on the Role of Guardians Ad Litem in Domestic Violence and Child Custody Matters |
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There's nothing to settle; I just want a divorce. Why do I need a settlement agreement in an uncontested divorce?
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What if my spouse is abusive?
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A Parent's Guide to EPSDT Medicaid Benefits
The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) service is Medicaid's comprehensive child health program. |
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A Snapshot of Estate Recovery in Georgia
The state of Georgia may place a lien on your real and personal property if you received Medicaid while in a nursing home or intermediate care home or mental institution. |
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Ask for a Fair Hearing for Medicaid Benefits
You can ask for a fair hearing (an appeal) if:
• You have been denied Medicaid
• Your Medicaid benefits have been cut
• Your Medicaid benefits have changed.
If you want a fair hearing, call your county Department of Family and Children’s Services today. Then fill out this form. Bring it or mail it to your county Department of Family and Children Services.
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Can I Get Social Security Benefits If I Am Not a Citizen of the United States?
Social Security is a monthly payment from the federal government to blind, disabled or older people who have paid into the social security system. (Social security payments are usually taken out of your paycheck.)
Even if your employer did not report your
wages to the government, you might still be
able to get benefits. Spouses and children of
persons who have paid into the Social
Security system may also be able to get
benefits. |
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Can I Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits If I Am Not a Citizen of the United States?
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is
a monthly payment from the federal government
to persons who are blind, disabled or at least
sixty-five years old. |
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Do you have a Katie Beckett Medicaid Appeal pending? What to do...
The medicaid agency is beginning to process Katie Beckett appeals that have been pending. Some appeals have been referred to private attorneys to represent the agency in the appeals. |
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Facts You Should Know About Medicaid And Tanf If You Have Children
TANF is the program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. It provides cash assistance to low-income families. |
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Georgia's Katie Beckett Program for Children - What Can You Do If Your Child's Medicaid Coverage Is Being Terminated?
Georgia children with severe disabilities (mental or physical) can qualify for Medicaid under the so-called Katie Beckett waiver. These children are in families with incomes too high to qualify for other Medicaid. This brochure explains the waiver and rights. |
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Have You Lost Your Nursing Home Medically Needy Medicaid?
The Nursing Home Medically Needy Medicaid Program is ending as of July 1, 2004. If you receive Medicaid coverage under this program and your income is higher than the state will allow under the regular nursing home Medicaid program you will lose your Medicaid coverage after June 30, 2004. However, there is a way you may be able to protect your Medicaid. You may be able to set up a Medicaid Irrevocable Qualified Income Trust. (This is sometimes called a "Miller Trust.") If you put some of your Social Security and/or pension check into this special trust each month, it will not count against you for Medicaid eligibility. If you do this, you should be able to continue to pay for your care as you do now and still get Medicaid.
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Health Care Coverage for Children and Teenagers
Most children and teenagers can get health care coverage in Georgia under Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids. This document explains how. |
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Help With Hospital Bills
Many Georgia hospitals participate in the State’s Indigent Health Care Trust Fund. In return for money they receive, the hospitals have to give free care to many patients. They must also help patients in other ways. |
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Hospital Bills May Be Covered by the Indigent Care Trust Fund
This brochure explains what the Indigent Care Trust Fund (ICTF) is. It tells what hospitals that have the ITCF must do and cannot do. The brochure also tells you how you can apply for the ICTF and which hospitals in each county have the ICTF program. |
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Katie Beckett Medicaid -- A Successful Model Care Plan
Katie Beckett Medicaid covers severely disabled and fragile children. The child has medically complex conditions which would require treatment in a healthcare facility by healthcare professionals if the child was not cared for at home or in the community. |
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Katie Beckett Medicaid Hearings: Meeting the Criteria
Katie Beckett Medicaid covers severely disabled and fragile children. The child must meet the Institutional Level of Care Criteria, which is defined as: The child has medically complex conditions which would require treatment in a healthcare facility by healthcare professionals if the child was not cared for at home or in the community. |
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Know Your Rights on the Job Q & A
A publication by the National Council of La Raza
to help safeguard Latinos in the workplace, Know Your Rights on the Job Q & A. The format of the Q & A is designed to educate Latino employees on their rights and how to combat common forms of discrimination often experienced by this group. |
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Medicaid for Working Families
You and your family may be able to get Medicaid even if you work. These programs can help you keep health care coverage for your family for a period of time while you are working.
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Medicaid Patients and Prescription Drugs
Medicaid Patients, Do not leave the drug store without filling your prescriptions-even if you cannot pay the fee. The state Department of Community Health is now charging higher fees (copayments) for some Medicaid prescription drugs. Beginning July 1, 2003, the minimum fee will be 75 cents instead of 50 cents. |
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Medicare Part D Prescripton Drug Coverage
Medicare Part D Resources |
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Protect your Medicaid rights - Ask for a fair hearing
This document explains your rights if you have problems with Medicaid, including: (1) the right to receive a written notice when the state plans to cut off your Medicaid, deny you services, or take any other action that is unfavorable to you, (2) the right to 10 days notice before the state cuts off your Medicaid (in almost all cases), and (3) the right to a fair hearing if you disagree with a decision the state makes, you have the right to a fair hearing. A fair hearing is a chance to get state officials to change their decision about your case.
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Relative Adoption Benefits Can Affect Your Eligibility for Other Benefits Programs
Adoption can change healthcare coverage or other benefits programs. |
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Seniors and People with Disabilities: You Can Get Help with Your Medicare Costs
This brochure tells you about special Medicaid programs that can pay some of your Medicare expenses.
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Social Security Programs - What do Social Security (Title II) and SSI (Title XVI) Mean?
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income provide income and other support. |
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Watch a Video Update about Katie Beckett Medicaid Eligibility
Katie Beckett is a Medicaid eligibility category that provides Medical Assistance coverage for certain children under age 19 who have long-term disabilities or complex medical needs and who live at home. Katie Beckett eligibility enables these children to be cared for at home instead of in an institution. With Katie Beckett, only the child's income and resources, not the parents', are taken into account during the application process. |
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Watch Our Video about Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage
Learn about Medicare PArt D prescription Drug Coverage for persons with both Medicare and Medicaid |
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You Can Keep Your Own Home and Still Get Medicaid!
That's right! You do not have to give away your home in order to be eligible for Medicaid. In fact, giving your home away could cause you to be disqualified from receiving Medicaid. Although you may keep your home for as long as you or your spouse are alive, the state may put a lien on your home so it can recover its costs from your estate unless certain exemptions apply.
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Your Child Should Still Get Medicaid
Even if social security decides your child is no longer disabled, your child should still get Medicaid. This document contains more information about your child's rights to receive Medicaid. |
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Housing |
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5 Tips for Avoiding Foreclosure Scams
The Federal Reserve created "5 Tips for Avoiding Foreclosure Scams"which is one among many other free mortgage foreclosure resources available to the public. To access other Federal Reserve consumer resources, visit www.federalreserve.gov/consumerinfo.
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Avoiding Foreclosure Rescue Scams
Mortgage Bankers Association tips on avoiding foreclosure prevention resuce scams |
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Basic Standards for Farmworker Housing
This document is meant to be a guide for farmworkers who live in agricultural labor camps. The list does not include every standard contained in the federal regulations. These regulations apply only to persons who own or control a facility used to house migrant agricultural workers. |
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Brochure on Avoid Foreclosure Scams
Brochure on Avoiding Foreclosure Scams |
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Brochure on Community Service Requirement in Public Housing
Beginning October 1, 2000, all public housing authorities (PHAs) must required that all adult public housing residents, who are not working, satisfy a community service requirement (CSR) in which they:
? contribute 8 hours per month of community service; or
? participate in an economic self-sufficiency program for 8 hours per month; or
? perform a combination of the previous two requirements for a total of 8 hours per month.
Community service should either serve to improve the quality of life, enhance resident self-sufficiency, or increase resident self-responsibility in the community. The CSR is not intended to punish tenants but to assist them in improving their community and their own economic and social well-being.
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Brochure on the Foreclosure Process
In Georgia, most home foreclosures happen without a court hearing. Before the foreclosure sale, the Bank must send You notice that it will foreclose and publish notice of the sale in the local newspaper. Then the home is sold on the courthouse steps. After the foreclosure sale, the bank can file a dispossessory action in court asking to have You removed. The dispossessory hearing is not a chance for You to argue that the foreclosure was wrong.
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Consumer Tips for Avoiding Consumer Tips for Avoiding
Comptroller of the Currency Administrator of National Banks outlines the different types of scams that promise to ?rescue? you from foreclosure and which are popping up at an alarming rate nationwide. If you?re falling behind on your mortgage, others may know it, too ? including con artists and scam artists.
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Differences Between Public Housing and the Voucher Program
The Housing Voucher Program and Public Housing are similar but there are several important differences. Both programs are designed to provide affordable housing. In public housing, tenants live in one central location with other public housing residents. In the voucher program, the voucher can be used to rent many different types of housing in many different locations |
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Early Termination of a Lease (Answers to Common Questions)
This document contains the answers to common questions about terminating a lease earlier than what is written in the lease contract.
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Eviction (Answers to Common Questions)
This document answers questions that many people have about eviction and the eviction process. |
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Fair Housing Law in Georgia Prohibits Discrimination in Housing
This document describes the basic fair housing laws that prohibit discrimination in housing in Georgia. |
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Foreclosure Rescue Scams:Another Potential Stress for Homeowners in Distress
If you think you may be facing foreclosure, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation?s consumer protection agency, wants you to know how to recognize a foreclosure rescue scam and provides this fact sheet to help you idenitfy scams. |
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Georgia Landlord Tenant Handbook, Ninth Edition, April 2005
This Handbook is designed to answer common residential landlord-tenant questions relating to the following topics: Rental Property and the Law, Lead Paint Disclosure Requirement, Leases and Rental Agreements, Lease Termination and Renewal. Military Servicemembers as Tenants, Security Deposits, Rent Payments and Other Charges, Repairs and Maintenance, Evictions and the Dispossessory Process, Questions Asked About Fair Housing. This booklet was first prepared and published in November of 1985. This ninth edition was madepossible by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs through a contract with Georgia
Legal Services Program.
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GLSP Eviction Help Toolkit
This toolkit contians information and resources for people facing eviction. Sometimes you will hear the word "dispossessory" when talking about evictions. |
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GLSP Housing Law Resources
This Tool Kit provides information from Georgia Legal Services Program on Landlord/Tenant law, public housing, and other housing law for Georgia residents. |
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Grandparents with Grandchildren in Public Housing
Many grandparents who agree to care for their grandchildren face housing problems. This brochure will try to answer some of the questions grandparents living in public housing face when caring for their grandchildren. |
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Help with Electric Bills Due to High Cooling Costs
Alert on funding for utiltiy assistance |
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Home Repair Funding and USDA: 504 Program
Home Repair Funding and USDA: 504 Program |
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How Do I Find A Place to Rent?
Finding a good place to live at an affordable price is not easy. You can use the website Georgia Housing Search (www.georgiahousingsearch.org) which contains information on affordable rental units. You can search by area and find a list of units, the unit?s bedroom size, the monthly rent and the security deposit charged. This is a great place to start your housing search. If you do not have access to the internet in your home, your local library has computers and internet access that you can use. |
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How does a landlord remove a tenant in a dispossessory action?
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How To Answer A Dispossessory
If a Landlord wants a tenant to move out of rental property and the tenant will not voluntarily move, the landlord must go to court and seek an order for the tenant to be removed. Once the terms of the lease have been followed, Georgia law requires the landlord to demand or request that the tenant give up possession and move. This demand is best made in writing. If the tenant refuses or fails to give up possession, the landlord can file a Dispossessory Affidavit |
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How to Appeal If You Lose a Magistrate Court Dispossessory
If you lost your dispossessory trial in magistrate court, the judge will issue an order for you to be removed from the property (called a writ of possession). The judge may also hold that you owe your landlord money for rent and/or other charges. You have seven (7) days from the date of the judgment (usually the day of your hearing) to file your appeal. You can check with the court to find out when your appeal must be filed. If you do not file an appeal, your landlord can use the writ of possession and have you removed from his property no earlier than the eighth (8th) day following your trial. |
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How to Appeal From a Magistrate Court Dispossessory
If you lost your dispossessory trial in magistrate court, the judge will issue an order for you to be removed from the property (called a writ of possession). The judge may also hold that you owe your landlord money for rent and/or other charges. You have seven (7) days from the date of the judgment (usually the day of your hearing) to file your appeal. You can check with the court to find out when your appeal must be filed. If you do not file an appeal, your landlord can use the writ of possession and have you removed from his property no earlier than the eighth (8th) day following your trial. If the judge puts in his order that you owe your landlord money, your landlord may try to collect that money by garnishing your paycheck, back accounts or property. The landlord may also use a collection agency to try and collect the money from you.
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How to File a Dispossessory Answer
If a Landlord wants a tenant to move out of rental property and the tenant will not voluntarily move, the landlord must go to court and seek an order permitting the tenant to be removed from the property. Once the terms of the lease have been followed, Georgia law requires the landlord to demand or request that the tenant immediately give up possession and vacate. This demand is best made in writing. If the tenant refuses or fails to give up possession, the landlord can file a Dispossessory Affidavit.
While the legal process can take several weeks, self help evictions, including changing the locks or threatening the tenant, are illegal under Georgia law. A landlord who suspends a tenant's utility service prior to the final judgment in a dispossessory action has broken the law and may be subject to a fine up to $500 under Georgia Law found at O.C.G.A. § 44-7-14.1. A tenant can take legal action against the landlord for damages suffered due to a wrongful self-help eviction. If the tenant cannot obtain an attorney, the claim can be filed in the magistrate court of the county where the landlord is located or as a counterclaim in the dispossessory action brought by the landlord.
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Minimum Rent in Public Housing and Housing Accepting Section 8 Vouchers
This document describes the minimum rent requirements in Public Housing and in apartment complexes that accept Section 8 vouchers. |
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Minimum Rent In Public Housing: Does it Apply To You?
Tenants in public housing or tenants using a section 8 voucher are required to pay a minimum rent which the housing authority can set between $0 and $50. Some PHA?s charge a minimum rent of $0 and some charge a $50 minimum rent. In Section 8 project-based units the minimum rent is rent $25. Each tenant must pay at least the minimum rent, even if they have no income. Effective March 2000, a tenant may request not to pay the minimum rent if they are unable to pay it due to long-term financial hardship |
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Mobile Homes (Answers to Common Questions)
This document contains common questions that people ask about your rights when your mobile home is sitting on property that you rent from a landlord. |
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My landlord is not making repairs as he should. What can I do?
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New Protections For Tenants After A Foreclosure
On May 20, 2009, President Obama signed a new federal law protecting tenants when the property they rent is sold at a foreclosure sale. The Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act is a federal law but it applies to state court eviction proceedings. The new owner must give the tenant the required notice before filing to evict. The law expires on December 31, 2012.
Protections for Tenants
When property is purchased at a foreclosure sale, this law requires that the new owner accept and follow any existing leases. The tenant?s lease does not end when the property is sold at foreclosure. For example, if a tenant living in the foreclosed property has a lease with nine months remaining, the new owner cannot evict the tenant until the lease expires and proper notice is given the tenant. There are three exceptions to the rule that the new owner cannot terminate the existing lease:
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Pet Ownership for the Elderly and Disabled in Public Housing
This brochure discusses the pet rules that apply to residents who live in public housing designated for use by the elderly or those with disabilities. A different set of rules apply to residents of general public housing project. These rules do not apply if you are a person with a disability. |
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Public Housing Tenants Can Keep More of What They Earn Using the Earned Income Disregard
In some situations a Public Housing Authority cannot increase a public housing family's rent for a period of 12 months if the increase in income results from some types of earned income |
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Recognizing Foreclosure Rescue Scam in English and Spanish
Recognizing Foreclosure Rescue Scam in English and Spanish |
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Rent Payments (Answers to Common Questions)
This document answers common questions about a tenant's rights and obligations in connection with rent payments. |
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Rental Property and Satellite Dishes and other Antennas
Federal law prohibits restrictions that keep you from installing, maintaining or using antennas to receive video programming. This rule applies to owned property and to rental property where the renter has exclusive use of the area in which the antenna is installed, such as a balcony or patio. The rule also applies to antennas that receive and transmit fixed wireless signals as long as the antennas meet size limitations on property that they own or rent.
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Repairs to Rental Property
Landlords are responsible for keeping their rental property in good repair. If the condition of the rental property changes from its condition at the time the tenant moved-in, the landlord must repair the structure or thing to its original condition. Even if you do not have a written lease your landlord is obligated under state law to make repairs. Any lease provision which makes the tenant responsible for repairs is challengeable under Georgia law. A landlord is also responsible for meeting all local ordinances and minimum safety standards. |
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Repairs to Rented Property (Answers to Common Questions)
This document answers common questions about getting repairs made to property that you are renting. |
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Rural Housing Service Section 502 Program
Section 502 loans are primarily used to help low-income individuals or households purchase homes in rural areas. |
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Security Deposits (Answers to Common Questions)
Landlords usually require tenants to pay a security deposit when they sign a lease. This document contains answers to questions that many people ask about tenants' rights to security deposits during the lease and after the term of the lease is over and the tenant moves out. |
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and Public Housing
This document answers common questions about Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and the way the benefits affect a family's rights in Public Housing.
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The Community Service Requirement in Public Housing
Unless exempt, each public housing resident is required to perform 8 hours per month of community service OR participate in economic self-sufficiency activities OR some 8 hour combination of the two. Community service is defined as the performance of voluntary work or duties that are a public benefit, and that serve to improve the quality of life, enhance resident self-sufficiency, or increase resident self-responsibility in the community. Read more about the Community Service Requirement in this document. |
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Water and Electric Service in Rental Property
This document answers common questions about utilities charges and services in connection with rented property. |
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What Happens to Tenants When the Property They Are Renting Is Foreclosed?
This document describes tenants' rights when the mortgage by their landlord on the property they are renting from the landlord has been foreclosed.
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What if the landlord refuses to give back the security deposit even though the tenant deserves to have the money refunded?
A brief audio explanation ... |
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What is a Landlord Tenant Relationship?
This documents answers common questions about landlord and tenant relationships and rights. |
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What is a security deposit, and why do I have to pay it?
A brief audio explanation .. |
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What You Need to About Housing Vouchers
The Housing Choice Voucher Program is operated by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA). This program is administered by DCA in 149 of Georgia's 159 counties by five regional offices located around the State. The remaining 10 counties are served by their local housing authority. This program is funded totally by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Department of Community Affairs provides a subsidy payment directly to the landlord on behalf of the voucher holder. The amount of the subsidy is based upon the voucher holder?s income and local housing costs. |
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What You Need to Know About Section 8 Vouchers
This document provides basic information about the Section 8 Voucher program administered by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.
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When can a landlord remove a tenant?
A brief audio explanation ... |
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Why is the Lease Important?
This documents provides basic information about what leases are, the ways a lease protects the tenant and the important issues that residential lease should cover. |
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Work and Public Housing and TANF Benefits
Information on public housing policies which encourage tenants to work, including the "earned income disregard" which excludes certain earned income when calculating rent. |
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Immigrant Rights & Immigration |
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Can I Get Social Security Benefits If I Am Not a Citizen of the United States?
Social Security is a monthly payment from the federal government to blind, disabled or older people who have paid into the social security system. (Social security payments are usually taken out of your paycheck.)
Even if your employer did not report your
wages to the government, you might still be
able to get benefits. Spouses and children of
persons who have paid into the Social
Security system may also be able to get
benefits. |
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Can I Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits If I Am Not a Citizen of the United States?
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is
a monthly payment from the federal government
to persons who are blind, disabled or at least
sixty-five years old. |
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Family Violence Three Year/Permanent Protective Order
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Farmworkers' Rights
Farmworkers rights manual for non-H2A farwmorkers (i.e. US Citizens and legal permanent residents, and others who are not temporary imported workers). |
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Know Your Rights on the Job Q & A
A publication by the National Council of La Raza
to help safeguard Latinos in the workplace, Know Your Rights on the Job Q & A. The format of the Q & A is designed to educate Latino employees on their rights and how to combat common forms of discrimination often experienced by this group. |
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Public Benefits |
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$50 Supplement and Emergency Cash Grant for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
DFCS adopted regulations on the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren program providing for a $50.00 per month, per child additional TANF supplement. The regulations also provide for an emergency grant called: GRG Emergency/Crisis Intervention Services Payment (CRISP), which is a one time only cash payment equal to up to 3 times the maximum TANF benefit for the Assistance Unit (AU) size. |
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A Parent's Guide to EPSDT Medicaid Benefits
The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) service is Medicaid's comprehensive child health program. |
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A Snapshot of Estate Recovery in Georgia
The state of Georgia may place a lien on your real and personal property if you received Medicaid while in a nursing home or intermediate care home or mental institution. |
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Adoption Assistance Information for Special Needs Children AND Form for Requesting Benefits
This flyer provides information for relatives adopting children with special needs. There is also a form used to apply for these benefits. Talk to a lawyer about any adoption. |
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An Overview of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and Public Housing Authorities
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families is the new "Welfare" program. In 1996 Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act. This act abolished the old welfare entitlement program Aid to Families with Dependant Children (AFDC), and created a new block grant program, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). Under TANF, you no longer get a check for an indefinite period of time. In Georgia, families that include an adult in the grant have a lifetime limit of 48 months (4 years) in which they can receive benefits. This document contains more important information about TANF. |
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Ask for a Fair Hearing for Medicaid Benefits
You can ask for a fair hearing (an appeal) if:
• You have been denied Medicaid
• Your Medicaid benefits have been cut
• Your Medicaid benefits have changed.
If you want a fair hearing, call your county Department of Family and Children’s Services today. Then fill out this form. Bring it or mail it to your county Department of Family and Children Services.
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Can I Get Social Security Benefits If I Am Not a Citizen of the United States?
Social Security is a monthly payment from the federal government to blind, disabled or older people who have paid into the social security system. (Social security payments are usually taken out of your paycheck.)
Even if your employer did not report your
wages to the government, you might still be
able to get benefits. Spouses and children of
persons who have paid into the Social
Security system may also be able to get
benefits. |
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Can I Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits If I Am Not a Citizen of the United States?
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is
a monthly payment from the federal government
to persons who are blind, disabled or at least
sixty-five years old. |
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Client Study Guide for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Program and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Read about your rights as a person with disabilities under the Georgia TANF program |
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Do you have a Katie Beckett Medicaid Appeal pending? What to do...
The medicaid agency is beginning to process Katie Beckett appeals that have been pending. Some appeals have been referred to private attorneys to represent the agency in the appeals. |
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Facts You Should Know About Medicaid And Tanf If You Have Children
TANF is the program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. It provides cash assistance to low-income families. |
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Facts, Not Myths, for Georgia's Families about TANF
A Video Brieifing on Temporary Assitance to Needy Families |
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Free Income Tax Assistance in Valdosta, Georgia and Neighboring Communities
If your household income is low, you can get your taxes done for free. The Valdosta Regional Office of Georgia Legal Services Program is providing free volunteer tax assistance in Berrien, Brooks, Echols, Lowndes, Lanier, Pierce and Tift Counties from January 15, 2010 through April 15, 2010. |
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Georgia's Katie Beckett Program for Children - What Can You Do If Your Child's Medicaid Coverage Is Being Terminated?
Georgia children with severe disabilities (mental or physical) can qualify for Medicaid under the so-called Katie Beckett waiver. These children are in families with incomes too high to qualify for other Medicaid. This brochure explains the waiver and rights. |
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GLSP Housing Law Resources
This Tool Kit provides information from Georgia Legal Services Program on Landlord/Tenant law, public housing, and other housing law for Georgia residents. |
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Have You Lost Your Nursing Home Medically Needy Medicaid?
The Nursing Home Medically Needy Medicaid Program is ending as of July 1, 2004. If you receive Medicaid coverage under this program and your income is higher than the state will allow under the regular nursing home Medicaid program you will lose your Medicaid coverage after June 30, 2004. However, there is a way you may be able to protect your Medicaid. You may be able to set up a Medicaid Irrevocable Qualified Income Trust. (This is sometimes called a "Miller Trust.") If you put some of your Social Security and/or pension check into this special trust each month, it will not count against you for Medicaid eligibility. If you do this, you should be able to continue to pay for your care as you do now and still get Medicaid.
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Health Care Coverage for Children and Teenagers
Most children and teenagers can get health care coverage in Georgia under Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids. This document explains how. |
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Help with Electric Bills Due to High Cooling Costs
Alert on funding for utiltiy assistance |
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Hospital Bills May Be Covered by the Indigent Care Trust Fund
This brochure explains what the Indigent Care Trust Fund (ICTF) is. It tells what hospitals that have the ITCF must do and cannot do. The brochure also tells you how you can apply for the ICTF and which hospitals in each county have the ICTF program. |
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Katie Beckett Medicaid -- A Successful Model Care Plan
Katie Beckett Medicaid covers severely disabled and fragile children. The child has medically complex conditions which would require treatment in a healthcare facility by healthcare professionals if the child was not cared for at home or in the community. |
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Katie Beckett Medicaid Hearings: Meeting the Criteria
Katie Beckett Medicaid covers severely disabled and fragile children. The child must meet the Institutional Level of Care Criteria, which is defined as: The child has medically complex conditions which would require treatment in a healthcare facility by healthcare professionals if the child was not cared for at home or in the community. |
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Know Your Rights on the Job Q & A
A publication by the National Council of La Raza
to help safeguard Latinos in the workplace, Know Your Rights on the Job Q & A. The format of the Q & A is designed to educate Latino employees on their rights and how to combat common forms of discrimination often experienced by this group. |
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Medicaid for Working Families
You and your family may be able to get Medicaid even if you work. These programs can help you keep health care coverage for your family for a period of time while you are working.
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Medicare Part D Prescripton Drug Coverage
Medicare Part D Resources |
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Overpayments & Collections - Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits
An overpayment happens when the total amount received by an individual is more than the total amount which should have been paid for that period. |
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Petition for Judicial Review in an Unemployment Case
This packet includes court forms and instructions for you to appeal a decision denying you unemployment benefits. This packet (1) includes instructions for filling out the forms, (2) explains what documents to file and where to file them and (3) explains what happens after you file the documents. |
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Protect your Medicaid rights - Ask for a fair hearing
This document explains your rights if you have problems with Medicaid, including: (1) the right to receive a written notice when the state plans to cut off your Medicaid, deny you services, or take any other action that is unfavorable to you, (2) the right to 10 days notice before the state cuts off your Medicaid (in almost all cases), and (3) the right to a fair hearing if you disagree with a decision the state makes, you have the right to a fair hearing. A fair hearing is a chance to get state officials to change their decision about your case.
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - April 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, TANF, Medicaid, and more. |
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - August 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, TANF, Medicaid, and more.
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - July 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, TANF, Medicaid, and more. |
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - June 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, TANF, Medicaid, and more. |
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - March 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, TANF, Medicaid, and more.
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - May 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, TANF, Medicaid, and more. |
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - October 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, disaster help, TANF, Medicaid, and more. |
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Public Benefits Advocate Newsletter - September 2009
This monthly newsletter contains updates about Georgia public benefits programs like food stamps, TANF, Medicaid, and more. |
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Relative Adoption Benefits Can Affect Your Eligibility for Other Benefits Programs
Adoption can change healthcare coverage or other benefits programs. |
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Relative Adoption: Issues about Access to Education
A school must allow the child to go to school for 30 days while waiting for proof of age, residence, or other requirements. The school may give more time for special reasons. The family?and not the school?should make the decision about the type of relationship that helps the family. |
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Seniors and People with Disabilities: You Can Get Help with Your Medicare Costs
This brochure tells you about special Medicaid programs that can pay some of your Medicare expenses.
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Social Security Programs - What do Social Security (Title II) and SSI (Title XVI) Mean?
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income provide income and other support. |
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TANF for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: $50 Supplement and Emergency Cash Grant
TANF stands for ?Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.? If you meet certain requirements, you may be able to get the fifty dollar ($50) Monthly Subsidy Payment (MSP) or the Crisis Intervention Services Payment (CRISP). |
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TANF Sanctions: What Are My Rights?
People who receive aid under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program have to meet a number of requirements. This document explains what happens when families receiving TANF fail to comply with the TANF requirements.
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TANF: What Happens When I Go to Work?
This document describes the different kinds of support services that families receiving TANF can get when the head of the household goes to work, such as child care, Medicaid health benefits and help with transportation. The document also describes what you can do if you do not get the support services you have asked for.
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and Public Housing
This document answers common questions about Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and the way the benefits affect a family's rights in Public Housing.
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
TANF stands for ?Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.? If you meet certain requirements, you may be able to get the fifty dollar ($50) Monthly Subsidy Payment (MSP) or the Crisis Intervention Services Payment (CRISP). You may also be able to get other types of TANF. |
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The Georgia Legal Servces Program Kinship Care Adoption Project Brochure
The Georgia Legal Services Program
(GLSP) Kinship Care Project provides
civil legal services to low-income families
in forty-two (42) counties. The GLSP
Kinship Care Project focuses on
stabilizing the legal relationships between
the relative and the dependent child and
fostering the economic stability for this
newly formed family. GLSP utilizes a
holistic approach to address the legal and
the economic needs of relative caregivers. |
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The Georgia Legal Servces Program Kinship Care Project
The Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) Kinship Care Project provides civil legal services to low-income families in forty-two (42) counties. The GLSP Kinship Care Project focuses on stabilizing the legal relationships between the relative and the dependent child and fostering the economic stability for this newly formed family. GLSP utilizes a holistic approach to address the legal and the economic needs of relative caregivers. |
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The GLSP Kinship Care Project: Helping Relatives Raise Children - Creating Stable Relationships
The proper legal relationship between the relative caregiver and the child is important. Before filing any court action, the relative should find out how a relationship will affect public benefits. The information in this brochure does not discuss how legal relationships affect public benefits. |
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The Kinship Care Relative Adoption Project of Georgia Legal Services Program
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Unemployment Compensation Benefits (Answers to Common Questions)
This document answers common questions about unemployment compensation benefits in Georgia. |
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Watch a Video Update about Katie Beckett Medicaid Eligibility
Katie Beckett is a Medicaid eligibility category that provides Medical Assistance coverage for certain children under age 19 who have long-term disabilities or complex medical needs and who live at home. Katie Beckett eligibility enables these children to be cared for at home instead of in an institution. With Katie Beckett, only the child's income and resources, not the parents', are taken into account during the application process. |
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Water and Electric Service in Rental Property
This document answers common questions about utilities charges and services in connection with rented property. |
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Work and Public Housing and TANF Benefits
Information on public housing policies which encourage tenants to work, including the "earned income disregard" which excludes certain earned income when calculating rent. |
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You Can Keep Your Own Home and Still Get Medicaid!
That's right! You do not have to give away your home in order to be eligible for Medicaid. In fact, giving your home away could cause you to be disqualified from receiving Medicaid. Although you may keep your home for as long as you or your spouse are alive, the state may put a lien on your home so it can recover its costs from your estate unless certain exemptions apply.
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Your Child Should Still Get Medicaid
Even if social security decides your child is no longer disabled, your child should still get Medicaid. This document contains more information about your child's rights to receive Medicaid. |
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Seniors |
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2010 Medicare Annual Enrollment Q&A
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A Snapshot of Estate Recovery in Georgia
The state of Georgia may place a lien on your real and personal property if you received Medicaid while in a nursing home or intermediate care home or mental institution. |
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Ask for a Fair Hearing for Medicaid Benefits
You can ask for a fair hearing (an appeal) if:
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