6-Hour Program

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Overview

Why you should attend

Low-income clients need your help to protect their rights to potentially life-saving benefits.  Many low-income clients have difficulty navigating the confusing and bureaucratic process to establish and maintain eligibility for public benefits.  Without legal assistance and advocacy large numbers of clients go without the benefits to which they are entitled, which can often lead to unnecessary hunger and homelessness.  All attorneys who work with low income people should learn the basics of public benefits law and this course will teach the tools you need to assist clients with their public benefits legal issues.

What you will learn

  • Overview of CalWORKs, CalFresh, General Assistance, Foster Care and other youth benefits
  • Overview of Medi-Cal and other health benefits, including implementation of the Affordable Care Act
  • Overview of Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, and CAPI
  • Understanding of common issues that result in Administrative hearings
  • Understanding of strategies and procedures for filing writs

Who should attend

Attorneys assisting pro bono clients with benefits matters through representation or in clinical settings, firm pro bono coordinators and partners, corporate law department pro bono managers, law clinic students and faculty, public interest and non-profit organization attorneys and staff, benefits advocates, and benefits agency attorneys and staff.

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