Advocacy
Introduction
This section contains information regarding the formal appeal procedures for Cash Assistance, Food Stamps, Medicaid, Social Security Retirement and Disability Insurance programs, as well as Supplemental Security Income. Also, included are informal advocacy practices and a listing of legal services available in NYC.
Table of Contents
- Advocacy
- Fair Hearings
- Informal Advocacy
- Legal Services
- Description of Legal Services
- Legal Aid And Legal Services
- Aids/hiv Legal Services
- Bankruptcy Legal Services
- Criminal Justice Involved Legal Services
- Disability Legal Services
- Domestic Violence Legal Services
- Family Law Legal Services
- Homeless Legal Services
- Housing Legal Services
- Immigrant Legal Services
- Older Adults Legal Services
- Public Benefits Legal Services
- Youth Legal Services
- NYC Bar Association
- Social Security & SSI Appeals
- Cash Benefits
- Cash Assistance
- Overview
- Description of Cash Assistance
- Qualifying for Cash Assistance
- Budgeting Income
- Applying for Cash Assistance
- Program Requirement: Work Activities
- Additional Program Requirements
- Time Limits
- Recertifying for Cash Assistance
- Documentation
- Returning to Work
- Overpayments
- Additional Allowances
- Housing Subsidies
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Child Support
- Emergency Assistance to Adults
- Emergency Assistance to Families (EAF)
- HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA)
- Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
- NYS Disability Insurance
- Social Security Disability Insurance
- Overview
- Description of Social Security Disability Insurance
- Qualifying for Social Security Disability Insurance
- Disability Standard
- Applying for Social Security Disability Insurance
- Recertifying for Social Security Disability Insurance
- Documentation
- Returning to Work
- Overpayments
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Social Security Retirement Insurance
- Overview
- Description of Retirement & Survivors Insurance
- Qualifying for Retirement & Survivors Insurance
- Applying for Retirement & Survivors Insurance
- Recertifying for Retirement & Survivors Insurance
- Documentation
- Returning to Work
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Supplemental Security Income
- Overview
- Description of Supplemental Security Income
- Qualifying for Supplemental Security Income
- Budgeting Income
- Disability Standard
- Applying for Supplemental Security Income
- Recertifying for Supplemental Security Income
- Documentation
- Returning to Work
- Overpayments
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Unemployment Insurance Benefits
- VA Disability Compensation
- VA Disability Pension
- Workers' Compensation
- Cash Assistance
- Children's Programs
- Child Care
- Overview
- Types of Publicly Funded Child Care
- Description of Publicly Funded Child Care
- Qualifying for Publicly Funded Child Care
- Applying for Publicly Funded Child Care
- Recertifying for Publicly Funded Child Care
- Documentation
- Child Care for Cash Assistance Recipients
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Child Care
- Employment & Training
- Food Programs
- Emergency Food Programs
- Food Stamps
- Overview
- Description of Food Stamps
- Qualifying for Food Stamps
- Budgeting Income
- Food Stamp Budget Worksheet
- Applying for Food Stamps
- Program Requirements
- Recertifying for Food Stamps
- Documentation
- Returning to Work
- Overpayments
- Transitional Benefit Alternative
- NYS Nutrition Improvement Project
- Eat Smart New York
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Senior Citizen Nutrition Programs
- Women, Infant and Children (WIC)
- Health Programs
- CHAMPVA
- Overview
- Description of Civilian Health And Medical Program
- Qualifying for Civilian Health And Medical Program
- Enrolling in the Civilian Health And Medical Program
- Recertifying for Civilian Health And Medical Program
- Documentation
- Cost Sharing And Claims Processing
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Child Health Plus
- COBRA Continuation Coverage
- Overview
- Description of COBRA Continuation Coverage
- Qualifying for COBRA Continuation Coverage
- Applying for COBRA Continuation Coverage
- Maintaining COBRA Continuation Coverage
- Medicaid COBRA Program
- NYS Continuation Assistance Demonstration Program for the Entertainment Industry
- Temporary Federal COBRA Subsidy
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- EPIC
- Family Health Plus
- Overview
- Description of Family Health Plus
- Qualifying for Family Health Plus
- Applying for Family Health Plus
- Recertifying for Family Health Plus
- Documentation
- Managed Care Provisions
- Family Health Plus Premium Assistance Program
- Family Health Plus Employer Buy-in
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Healthy NY
- HIV Uninsured Care Programs
- Low Cost Health Care Options
- Overview
- Hospital Financial Assistance – Charity Care
- Health And Hospital Corporation (HHC) Options
- Prescription Assistance
- Community Health Centers
- Low Cost Dental Care Options
- Low Cost Vision Care Options
- Options for Self-employed
- Dependent Coverage Through Age 29
- New York Bridge Plan
- Emergency Medical Services
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Medicaid
- Overview
- Description of Medicaid
- Qualifying for Medicaid
- Budgeting Income
- Applying for Medicaid
- Recertifying for Medicaid
- Documentation
- Cost Containment Provisions
- Medicaid Managed Care Provisions
- Medicaid Spenddown Program
- Medicaid Home Care
- Home And Community Based Waiver Services
- Institutional Medicaid
- Additional Medicaid Benefits
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Medicaid Buy-In
- Medicare
- Overview
- Description of Medicare
- Qualifying for Medicare
- Enrolling in Medicare
- Documentation
- Original Medicare: Cost Sharing and Claims Processing
- Managed Care: Medicare Advantage Plans
- Medicare Supplement Plans: MEDIGAP
- Medicare And Private Health Plans
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Medicare Part D
- Medicare Savings Program
- TRICARE
- VA Health Care
- CHAMPVA
- Housing Programs & Services
- DRIE
- Housing Court
- NYC Shelter System
- Overview
- Description of the NYC Shelter System
- Qualifying for the NYC Shelter System
- Applying for the NYC Shelter System
- Documentation
- Residents’ Rights And Obligations
- Involuntary Transfer And Discharge
- Cash Assistance Budgeting in the NYC Shelter System
- Domestic Violence Shelters
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Other HUD Subsidized Housing Programs
- Overview
- Description of Other Types of Private HUD Subsidized Housing
- Qualifying for Other Types of Private HUD Subsidized Housing
- Applying for Other Types of Private HUD Subsidized Housing
- Determining the Tenant’s Share of Rent
- Maintaining a Private HUD Subsidized Apartment
- Subsidy Terminations And Evictions
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Project Based Section 8
- Overview
- Description of Project Based Section 8
- Qualifying for Project Based Section 8
- Applying for a Project Based Section 8 Apartment
- Determining the Tenant’s Share of Rent
- Maintaining a Project Based Section 8 Apartment
- Adding/removing Family Members
- Transferring to Another Apartment
- Succession Rights
- Subsidy Terminations And Evictions
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Public Housing
- Overview
- Description of Public Housing
- Qualifying for Public Housing
- Applying for Public Housing
- Setting Rent Levels
- Adding/removing Family Members
- Maintaining Public Housing
- Transfering to Another Apartment
- Tenancy Terminations And Evictions
- Succession Rights
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- SCRIE
- Section 8 Voucher Program
- Overview
- Description of the Section 8 Voucher Program
- Qualifying for the Section 8 Voucher Program
- Applying for a Section 8 Voucher
- Finding & Obtaining Approval for an Apartment
- Determining the Tenant’s Share of Rent
- Maintaining a Voucher And Apartment
- Landlord’s Duty to Maintain an Apartment
- Adding/removing Family Members
- Transferring to Another Apartment
- Succession Rights
- Enhanced Or Sticky Vouchers
- Subsidy Terminations And Evictions
- Advocacy And Appeals
- Government Contacts
- Additional Resources
- Source Materials
- Immigrants' Rights and Services
- Tax Credits