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Many With Disabilities Earn Far Less Than Minimum Wage. A Push For Equal Pay Continues

Advocates in one state are forging ahead after lawmakers opted not to join more than a dozen other states in ending the practice of allowing workers with disabilities to be paid subminimum wage.

February 9, 2024

Private Equity’s Growing Footprint In Home Health Care Draws Scrutiny

Many private equity firms have turned their sights on the lucrative — and often lightly regulated — home care industry, which provides care for the elderly and people with disabilities.

February 8, 2024
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SSI Recipients Can’t Afford Housing Anywhere In The US

Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries receive too little each month to reasonably afford apartment rent in any housing market across the nation, a new report shows.

February 5, 2024

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Speech Providers Push Back On Insurance Effort To Cut Rates

When a large insurer announced plans to cut reimbursement rates for speech therapy by 12% threatening care for kids with developmental disabilities, speech language pathologists fought back and they won.

February 2, 2024
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Lawmakers Want To End SSI Marriage Penalty For People With Developmental Disabilities

Under a bipartisan proposal in Congress, people with developmental disabilities would no longer sacrifice a key government benefit if they choose to get married.

January 26, 2024
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High Staff Turnover Continues To Plague Direct Support Professional Industry

DSPs in one state were paid 10% more than what was considered a self-sufficient wage 15 years ago. Today, data shows that those same professionals are paid 21% below that threshold.

January 26, 2024

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IRS Raises ABLE Account Limit

With the new year, individuals with disabilities will be allowed to put aside more money than ever before in special accounts that permit them to save without jeopardizing their government benefits.

January 8, 2024

Settlement Will Send Millions To SSI Beneficiaries

More than 2 million Supplemental Security Income recipients, including many with disabilities, who had their benefits reduced or discontinued during the pandemic will see relief under a new settlement.

January 4, 2024
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Medicaid Home And Community-Based Services Program Gets $37 Billion Boost

A pandemic relief package that was expected to funnel $12.7 billion to states to bolster home and community-based services actually distributed nearly three times that much, the White House says.

December 14, 2023

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SSI Beneficiaries Will See Double Payments This Month

People with disabilities receiving Supplemental Security Income can expect to receive two payments this month, but one will be higher than the other.

December 5, 2023
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Voc Rehab Agencies Told To Beef Up Their Offerings

The U.S. Department of Education is warning state vocational rehabilitation agencies that they need to provide more than minimal services to help people with disabilities gain employment.

December 4, 2023
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State Leaves $800 Million On The Table For Disability Services, Advocates Say

Florida officials have allowed nearly $800 million in state and federal matching funds for disability services to fall through the cracks in the past two years, according to a budget analysis.

December 1, 2023

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