| Chapter 1: Minimum Basic Standard of Care (MBSAC) Payment Standards, California Department of Social Services |
Amy P Lee ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 2: CalWORKs Payment Standards Chart, California Department of Social Services |
Amy P Lee ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 3: Emergency Benefits: When You Can't Wait for Help |
Amy P Lee ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 4: Representing Yourself at Hearing: Tips to Succeed |
Amy P Lee ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 5: State Fair Hearings: Challenging the County |
Amy P Lee ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 6: Understanding Your Notices |
Amy P Lee ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 7: Getting Help in Your Language (English, Spanish, Chinese) |
Amy P Lee ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 8: Disability Rights: Getting the Help You Deserve |
Amy P Lee ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 9: Disability? Equal Opportunity! |
Amy P Lee ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 10: CalWORKs Exemption Request Form (CW 2186A) |
Amy P Lee ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 11: CalWORKs 48-Month Time Limit Extender Request Form (CW 2190A) |
Amy P Lee ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 12: CalWORKs Medical Verification Form (CW 61) |
Amy P Lee ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 13: Online Calworks Resources |
Amy P Lee ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
Antionette Dozier ~ Staff Attorney, Western Center on Law and Poverty
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| Chapter 14: CalWORKs 101 (PowerPoint Slides) |
Amy P Lee ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
Antionette Dozier ~ Staff Attorney, Western Center on Law and Poverty
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| Chapter 15: Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, Inc. Public Benefits Cheat Sheet |
Maya Hazarika Watts ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 16: Food Stamp Income Calculator; Rules and Regulations Regarding Income and Deductions |
Maya Hazarika Watts ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 17: CalFresh Overissuance Notice for Inadvertent Household Errors (IHE) Only |
Maya Hazarika Watts ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 18: 200–399 CalFresh Paraphrased Regulations |
Maya Hazarika Watts ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 19: General Assistance/General Relief Grant Amounts as of 6/30/11 |
Stephanie Haffner ~ Senior Litigator, Western Center on Law and Poverty
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| Chapter 20: GA/GR Property Limits in California |
Stephanie Haffner ~ Senior Litigator, Western Center on Law and Poverty
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| Chapter 21: Summary of Mankinen v. County of Orange Consent Decree |
Stephanie Haffner ~ Senior Litigator, Western Center on Law and Poverty
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| Chapter 22: A Primer on the Restaurant Meals Program in California |
Stephanie Haffner ~ Senior Litigator, Western Center on Law and Poverty
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| Chapter 23: Elimination of CalFresh Substitute Work Program Sanctions Fact Sheet |
Stephanie Haffner ~ Senior Litigator, Western Center on Law and Poverty
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| Chapter 24: CalFresh and General Assistance (PowerPoint Slides) |
Maya Hazarika Watts ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
Stephanie Haffner ~ Senior Litigator, Western Center on Law and Poverty
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| Chapter 25: GA & GR: Advocacy Issues and Strategies (PowerPoint Slides) |
Maya Hazarika Watts ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
Stephanie Haffner ~ Senior Litigator, Western Center on Law and Poverty
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| Chapter 26: Authorization for Nonmedical Out-of-Home Care (SSP 22) |
Brian Blalock ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 27: CDSS All County Letter No. 11-61, Extended Foster Care |
Brian Blalock ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 28: CDSS All County Letter No. 11-69, Extension of Foster Care Beyond Age 18: Part One |
Brian Blalock ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 29: CDSS All County Letter No. 11-15, New Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) Program Requirements |
Brian Blalock ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 30: CDSS All County Letter No. 11-15E, New Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) Program Requirements |
Brian Blalock ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 31: CDSS All County Letter No. 11-86, Extension of Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) Program Benefits and Adoption Assistance Payments to Age 21 |
Brian Blalock ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 32: CDSS All County Letter No. 11-78, California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids: Extending Benefits to Non-Minor Dependents |
Brian Blalock ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 33: CDSS All County Letter No. 11-78E, California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs): Extending Benefits to Non-Minor Dependents |
Brian Blalock ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 34: CDSS All County Letter No. 12-12, Re-Entry into Extended Foster Care |
Brian Blalock ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 35: CDSS All County Letter No. 12-48, Extended Benefits for Non-Minors Living with Current or Former Non-Related Legal Guardians |
Brian Blalock ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 36: Youth Benefits 101: Foster Care Benefits, Adoption Assistance, Kin-GAP (PowerPoint Slides) |
Brian Blalock ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
Angie Schwartz ~ Policy Director, The Alliance for Children’s Rights
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| Chapter 37: Fact Sheet #2 of 6: Free Health Coverage for Many Californians |
Amy Chen ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 38: Issue Brief #2: Medi-Cal Expansion |
Amy Chen ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 39: Fact Sheet #3 of 6: The Exchange Helps Californians Find Affordable Health Insurance |
Amy Chen ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 40: Issue Brief #3: Establishing the Exchange: A Backgrounder on What’s to Come |
Amy Chen ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 41: Health Benefits: Medi-Cal and the Affordable Care Act (PowerPoint Slides) |
Amy Chen ~ Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
Shirley E Sanematsu ~ Senior Attorney, Western Center on Law and Poverty
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| Chapter 42: Social Security Disability Grids, United States Social Security Administration |
Steven Weiss ~ Regional SSI Advocacy Coordinator, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 43: Policy Interpretation Ruling—SSR 11-1p: Titles II and XVI: Procedures for Handling Requests to File Subsequent Applications for Disability Benefits |
Steven Weiss ~ Regional SSI Advocacy Coordinator, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 44: Policy Interpretation Ruling—SSR 06-03p: Titles II and XVI: Considering Opinions and Other Evidence from Sources Who Are Not "Acceptable Medical Sources" in Disability Claims; Considering Decisions on Disability by Other Governmental and . . . |
Steven Weiss ~ Regional SSI Advocacy Coordinator, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 45: Sample Pre-Hearing Brief |
Lisa Lunsford ~ Managing Attorney, Homeless Action Center
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| Chapter 46: Sample Appeals Council Brief |
Lisa Lunsford ~ Managing Attorney, Homeless Action Center
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| Chapter 47: Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, and CAPI (PowerPoint Slides) |
Steven Weiss ~ Regional SSI Advocacy Coordinator, Bay Area Legal Aid
Lisa Lunsford ~ Managing Attorney, Homeless Action Center
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| Chapter 48: Writ of Mandate Outline |
Richard Rothschild ~ Director of Litigation, Western Center on Law and Poverty
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| Chapter 49: Applicable Statutes |
Patti Prunhuber ~ Staff Attorney, Public Interest Law Project
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| Chapter 50: Sample Petition for Writ of Mandamus |
Patti Prunhuber ~ Staff Attorney, Public Interest Law Project
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| Chapter 51: Sample Request for Administrative Record |
Patti Prunhuber ~ Staff Attorney, Public Interest Law Project
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| Chapter 52: The Impact of Lump Sum Settlements on Public Benefit Recipients |
Patti Prunhuber ~ Staff Attorney, Public Interest Law Project
S. Lynn Martinez ~ Managing Attorney/Senior Litigator, Western Center on Law and Poverty
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| Chapter 53: Civil Cover Sheet Form (JS 44) |
Steven Weiss ~ Regional SSI Advocacy Coordinator, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 54: Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis |
Steven Weiss ~ Regional SSI Advocacy Coordinator, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 55: Complaint for Judicial Review of Decision of Commissioner of Social Security |
Steven Weiss ~ Regional SSI Advocacy Coordinator, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 56: Summons in a Civil Action |
Steven Weiss ~ Regional SSI Advocacy Coordinator, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 57: Bay Area Legal Aid Fee Agreement and Assignment of Fees Under the Equal Access to Justice Act |
Steven Weiss ~ Regional SSI Advocacy Coordinator, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 58: Procedural Order for Social Security Review Actions |
Steven Weiss ~ Regional SSI Advocacy Coordinator, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 59: Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment and Supporting Memorandum of Points and Authorities, D.R.C. v. Michael J. Astrue, United States District Court, Northern District of California, Oakland Division (2008) |
Steven Weiss ~ Regional SSI Advocacy Coordinator, Bay Area Legal Aid
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| Chapter 60: Hypotheticals for Writ Training (PowerPoint Slides) |
Richard Rothschild ~ Director of Litigation, Western Center on Law and Poverty
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| Chapter 61: Index to California Public Benefits 2013 |
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