a) RequirementsSurviving Welfare Reform: Information to Use and Share
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. HOW TO FIGHT UNFAIR WELFARE DECISIONS
a) How to Appeal Welfare Notices
b) Has DPW Cut Your Welfare Check for Not Following Its Work Requirements?
c) Dealing with DPW's Work Requirements: Protecting Your Rights
d) What to Do If You Have a Welfare Overpayment
e) HealthChoices: What If I Disagree With My HealthChoices Plan? (Folds Into a Brochure)
f) Do You Have a LEGAL Problem or Question?
2. WELFARE OVERVIEWS
a) Overview of Welfare Programs
b) Welfare Reform: What Changed on March 3, 1997?
3. WELFARE & WORK REQUIREMENTS
March '99/ 2 year Time-Limit
b) Dealing with
Welfare's Work Requirements
General:
e) Be Smart About Your 60 Months of Cash Welfare
f) Tips for Writing an Agreement of Mutual Responsibility
g) Who on Welfare Has to Work?
h) Summary of TANF Work Requirements
i) The Career
Development Unit
Work Supports
k) Working & Welfare: If I Leave Welfare for Work, Can I Still Get Help?
m) Would You Like More Money in Your Paycheck?
(on the Earned Income Tax Credit)
Welfare and Education
n) Welfare Rules About Time Limits and Education
o) Do You Currently Receive Welfare and Want to Go to School or Training?
4. SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND WELFARE
Immigrants:
a) Many Immigrants Win Back Right to Food Stamps!
b) Immigrants' Rights to Public Benefits in Pennsylvania
c) Immigrants and "Public Charge"
Domestic Violence Survivors:
d) Domestic Violence & Welfare
e) Filing for Child Support Under Welfare: Know Your Rights! Be Safe!
f) Fact Sheet on Domestic Violence and TANF
People with Criminal Records:
g) Can I Still Get Welfare Benefits if I Have a Criminal Record?
h) Guide to Criminal Background & Access to Public Benefits
Kinship Caregivers:
i) Kinship Care and Public Benefits
Teenagers:
j) Welfare Rights for Teenagers!
People In Drug / Alcohol Treatment Programs:
k) "Welfare
Eligibility for People in Drug Treatment"
5. CHILD CARE
a) Do You Need Help With Child Care?
b) Child Care Problems? Paying for Child Care Just Got Easier
6. FOOD STAMPS
a) Food Stamps Now! (On expedited food stamps)
b) Many Immigrants Win Back Right to Food Stamps!
c) Summary of Basic Food Stamps Rules
7.MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
a) Leaving Welfare?
You and Your Children Can Keep Your Medical Cards!
b) Free Health Insurance Just for Kids
c) HealthChoices: Using a Managed Care Plan (Folds Into a Brochure)
d) HealthChoices: Getting Physical Health Services (Folds Into a Brochure)
e) HealthChoices: Getting Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services (Folds Into a Brochure)
f) HealthChoices: Getting Prescription Drug Services (Folds Into a Brochure)
g) HealthChoices: Health Services for Your Child (Folds Into a Brochure)
8. SSI
a) Attention Parents and SSI Rep Payees (checklist for parents of children Receiving SSI)
c) How to Prepare for a SSI/ Social Security Disability Evaluation
e) What to Do If You Have a SSI or Social Security Overpayment
f) Rules on Dedicated Funds (for parents of children receiving SSI)
g) What to Do When You Miss a Deadline
9. WELFARE OFFICE FORMS & INFORMATION
d) Message to Doctors Completing the Welfare Office's Employability Assessment Form
e) Employability Assessment Form
f) Health Sustaining Medication Assessment Form
g) Child Care Provider Information Form
h) Directory of Philadelphia County Assistance Offices
i) Philadelphia CAO District Boundary Map
10. EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF LOW-INCOME WORKERS AND PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS
a) Cleaning Up Your Criminal Record: Expungements
b) Your Employment Rights to Not Be Rejected Based Upon Your Criminal Record
c) Your Right to Be Free From Employment Discrimination Based on Your Drug or Alcohol Addiction
d) Erasing Your Criminal Record: How to Get a Pardon
e) Employment Rights for Persons With Disabilities Who are Employed
f) Employment Rights for Persons With Disabilities Who are Seeking Employment
11. MYTHS AND FACTS ABOUT WELFARE REFORM IN PENNSYLVANIA (TRAINING EXERCISE)
c) Detailed Answer Key/Trainer's Guide
APPENDIX 1 Materials Available in Foreign Languages
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